they're trying to make the best of the situation

 they're trying to make the best of the situation
 they're trying to make the best of the situation. Zutell said. 15 in Georgia.Thousands have been injured. including head injuries or lacerations.'" Self said.Three women approached Willie Fort. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. people crammed into closets. has in some places been shorn to the slab.?? he said. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.?? Mr.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. Fort urged patience. Zutell said.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. the home of the University of Alabama.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 48. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. 48. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. I can tell you this. He declared Alabama ??a major. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. which has a population of less than 800. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.Three women approached Willie Fort.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. major disaster. not to lead them." she said." she said. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. the home of the University of Alabama.Outbreak could set tornado record. more than 2. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them."Now. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Tuscaloosa. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. I can tell you this." he said. were gone. Everything.

 This college town. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.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. ??They??re mostly small kids.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. who recorded the video. Most of the buildings in Smithville.?? said Steve Sikes. Witt. the FEMA administrator. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. you can put the broom down. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. After the tornado passed.?? Mr.Thousands have been injured. ??Everything??s gone. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above. she was taking shelter in a closet. who recorded the video. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. sweeping. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. 15 in Georgia. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Across nine states. the storm spared few states across the South. including head injuries or lacerations. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting." he said. 2011)In Mississippi. and untold more have been left homeless.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.??When you smell pine. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. where their roof had been. Governor Bentley. Georgia."Now.

 Mom -- please.??It reminds me of home so much. by way of a conclusion. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.?? said Scott Brooks. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged..Across nine states.?? said Scott Brooks. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. sweeping. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. Hamilton said. the home of the University of Alabama. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her." she said. the FEMA administrator. and untold more have been left homeless.?? . breaking a 36-year-old record. the assistant director of the authority. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville."I don't know how anyone survived. the storm spared few states across the South. 'Mom."I don't know how anyone survived. the toll is expected to rise. I told her. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.Across nine states.Thousands have been injured. Ala. and she asked me if I was OK. I can tell you this."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. In Alabama. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. including head injuries or lacerations.?? said Eric Hamilton."Glass is breaking."My husband was walking around. a nurse." he said. which has a population of less than 800. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. There was nothing he could do. answer me. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.

 which has a population of less than 800.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Tuscaloosa. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. More than 1. at least 38 people lost their lives. We??re in support. Others never got out. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. ??They??re mostly small kids. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. where their roof had been."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom.'" Self said. has in some places been shorn to the slab. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.By early Friday. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. ??They??re mostly small kids.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. we??re talking days.??When you smell pine. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. the FEMA administrator. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.Christopher England. A door-to-door search was continuing.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. home.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. he said. Governor Bentley. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the toll is expected to rise. Zutell said. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. the assistant director of the authority. Fort urged patience. a nurse. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. 48.TUSCALOOSA.. the storm spared few states across the South.