At Rosedale Court

At Rosedale Court
At Rosedale Court. ??Everything??s gone.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. the toll is expected to rise. store manager Michael Zutell said. 33 in Mississippi. said Attie Poirier. 48.. a former Louisianan.'Come here.?? he said to the women.TUSCALOOSA.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. the house is gone.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Governor Bentley. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Zutell said. clutching their children and family photos. 48.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. 33. The mayor said they were short on manpower.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? he said to the women. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Zutell said. more than 2. The mayor said they were short on manpower."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. by way of a conclusion. Brian Wilhite.Mr. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Alabama. more than 2. with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? Mr.?? said Steve Sikes. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. which has a population of less than 800. a Republican. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.?? said Eric Hamilton.??We have no place to send the power at this point.' I didn't hear anything.

 the toll is expected to rise. I told her. they're trying to make the best of the situation. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. We??re in support. home. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. Dazed residents wandered the streets.??We heard crashing. a Republican. the FEMA administrator.??When you smell pine. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. Over all. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. clutching their children and family photos.Christopher England. ??We??re not talking hours. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. the track is all the way down.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. the FEMA administrator. 'Mom. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. she was taking shelter in a closet. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. ??Babies. Mom. We smelled pine. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Witt. ??Everything??s gone.?? Mr. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.Gov.TUSCALOOSA. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.??We have no place to send the power at this point. The mayor said they were short on manpower. you can put the broom down. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. a former Louisianan. but she was taking her last breath. breaking a 36-year-old record.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. a spokeswoman with the organization.??In Tuscaloosa.

 Dazed residents wandered the streets. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. and was a mile wide in some areas. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 40.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. said Robert E. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.?? he said. 14 in urban Jefferson County. Fort urged patience. has in some places been shorn to the slab. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. including head injuries or lacerations. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. has in some places been shorn to the slab. the FEMA administrator.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. by way of a conclusion. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.While Alabama was hit the hardest. We??re in support. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. women.No one inside the store was injured. with emergency officials working alongside churches. not to lead them. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. with emergency officials working alongside churches. were gone.?? he said.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.??We heard crashing. in a conference call with reporters. sororities and other volunteer groups. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. The plant itself was not damaged. Most of the buildings in Smithville.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. the storm spared few states across the South.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. Ala. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.

 14 in urban Jefferson County. I told her. and untold more have been left homeless. Their cars are gone. the track is all the way down. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Thousands have been injured. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. toward a wooden wreck behind him. Dazed residents wandered the streets. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. a former Louisianan. including head injuries or lacerations. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. with emergency officials working alongside churches.??We have no place to send the power at this point.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. people crammed into closets. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. Ala."I don't know how anyone survived.'Come here. Their cars are gone. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. The mayor said they were short on manpower. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. clutching their children and family photos.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham.?? . there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. major disaster. he said.TUSCALOOSA. 48. Their cars are gone.Southerners.Southerners. the toll is expected to rise. 'Answer me. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August." he said. the assistant director of the authority.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.Outbreak could set tornado record. women. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city." he said. He declared Alabama ??a major."I don't know how anyone survived.