Posted on 03/26/2023 6:32:25 AM PDT by texas booster
At least 26 people have died in Mississippi and Alabama after a tornado tore through the southern US states.
Search and rescue efforts are continuing, and the Mississippi state government has declared a state of emergency.
In Rolling Fork, crushed cars, bricks and glass litter the streets - the town has been almost entirely wiped out.
Mississippi state governor Tate Reeves visited Silver City and Winona on Saturday to meet affected residents who had been hit by the tornado's fury.
One resident told the BBC he was lucky to survive after seeking shelter in his bath tub.
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Then, suddenly, you see the houses that were in the tornado's path.
They have been totally obliterated.
In this rural town of only 2,000 people, where one fifth of residents live below the poverty line, dozens of buildings have been flattened by the fury of the tornado.
Homes where family and friends had gathered less than 24 hours before, ready for the weekend, have been reduced to rubble.
Timber frames have been snapped into pieces. There are upturned washing machines, but it is impossible to identify anything that might have been a kitchen.
There is the occasional children's toy and other signs of the lives that were lived here just hours earlier.
Sharing an update on Twitter, Mr Reeves described the situation as a "tragedy", writing: "We are blessed with brave, capable responders and loving neighbours. Please continue to pray."
Mr Reeves requested an expedited disaster declaration for the region and said: "We're going to fight like hell to make sure that we get as many resources to this area as possible."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Reminds me of the Wichita Falls tornado in 1979.
Aren’t there tornadoes every year. They don’t call it tornado alley for nothing. Yep and soon it will be nonstop talk of hurricanes in Florida. Fires in California. Round and round we go.
em-pa-thy noun
the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
“he has a total lake of empathy for anybody”
You are likely dealing with someone who has a lack of empathy when it happens to someone else but the minute a natural disaster happens to them, they will be requesting a “prayer thread”, crying about their insurance not covering everything, FEMA not being there minutes later and probably posting a Go-FundMe.
Two of my co-workers survived the massive Tornado in Oak Lawn, IL by getting under the pool table at the tavern
Watch the video link in post 8 for a great view of a nighttime tornado.
And those lights may well have been a vehicle ... not completely sure.
All liberals, including the turd in the WH, are laughing at this devastation in two of the most Republican states.
How very liberal of you.
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