A wave of tornado-spawning storms strafed the South on Wednesday, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama.
11 dead in Mississippi...
My mother spent a great deal of the day in the middle of the house...the bathroom. Bless her heart for real...
God love those who lost folks, and those who lost property.
If anybody has a link to disaster information there or a list of casualties, please let me know.
According to local reports - 7 dead at exit 28 (I-81) in SW Virginia.
Prayers.
Just heard on FNC that the total dead is been increased to 173...
Lost power here in the morning, and then again in the evening when round 2 hit. It was out for almost 12 hours, came back on this morning. In a place where everything is electric (water heater, stove, air conditioning, etc) losing electricity knocks you back quite a ways. Canned veggies, fruit, and bread by candlelight last night.
If it had not come back today, things in the refrigerator would have spoiled, I think.
Makes you think about how life would change if the power was lost for a week, two weeks, a month, or a year due to a variety of scenarios.
Several of these were very powerful, long-track tornadoes. Papers and other items identifiable as being from Tuscaloosa have been found up to 100 miles away, many items falling to the ground all along the path of the tornadoes.
Finally, a statement from Mr. President. Apparently, before this, not enough people had died and had their homes and businesses destroyed in the previous band of severe storms and tornadoes for him to make one.
I shouldn’t be so bitter about this president, should I?
I wonder if Obama will do anything about this devastation....or even mention it?
“a city of approximately 180,000 leveled by an estimated mile-wide tornado”
What? Where are the pictures? What the hell?
Jeez, my eyes are going. I first thought the title in the sidebar read:
Deadly Tomatoes: 77 Killed Across South
A wave of tornado-spawning storms strafed the South on Wednesday, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama.
So, has the stupid Obama weighed in yet? or is he on the golf course or at a fundraiser?
Obama hates the people. He is a useless bag of bones.
While this isn’t to quite the same degree, Syracuse, NY was inundated Tues.
Here are some links of the Syracuse area and the SU campus.
This one is obvious. (And no, it’s not a fountain. Just steps)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beaH63b3PAc
This one is harder to see, but it is water coming up through a manhole cover like a geyser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMtjHUGYeHU
Someone kayaking down the street.
http://yfrog.com/h8yumadj
SU Daily Orange article
http://www.dailyorange.com/news/afternoon-downpours-flood-euclid-leave-officials-scrambling-to-remove-water-from-campus-buildings-1.2208746
I lost my Grandmother yesterday. Her husband was wounded in the Pacific during WW2 and was sent to recover at the VA hospital in Tuscaloosa AL. He was killed in a robbery thirty years ago and she joined him yesterday. The storm took her to him.
I love ya Maw Maw.
I haven’t been able to read other posts... will send this and shut my phone down. N. Alabama is devastated. No gas available (places that had power are are but empty ). Power out for prob a solid week. Power out from points south of Athens to at least Birmingham. Hard even to buy supplies since we’re in a cash only situation. Many homes in area destroyed. This is historically bad and will take a long time to restore everything. Have not yet seen any utility crews either
Prayers for everyone affected by this horrible storm system.
I have family in New Market/Huntsville AL who we haven’t heard from yet. I was in touch with one cousin feeding her tornado warnings by facebook/phone because she had no power. Her area had 6 tornado warnings in 2 hours.
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Here is a statement from Herman Cain early this morning:
My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of the South who have been affected by the devastating storms that ripped apart communities, homes, and families. May God give you peace throughout the mourning and rebuilding process.