Southern Storm Damage

[SevenC]

I don't know if I'm the only southerner in here, but wanted to extend well wishes to anyone else affected by this terrible storm. I live in Louisiana, so it wasn't as bad here, we only had a few tornadoes, we only had 2 or 3 deaths. I did evacuate to my mom's since I live in a trailer and it was scary, but nothing compared to what Mississippi and Alabama got.

I have a lot of family in Alabama, all of them were hit, but all are safe and still have their homes. It took us 5 hours (communications are very tied up) to reach my grandpa this morning, so if you still can't reach people there, don't worry. We haven't been able to reach my aunt and uncle, but both are hospital employees and we hope they are simply at work.

It's just heartbreaking, seeing a death toll near 300, neighborhoods flattened.

There is a facebook page dedicated to getting pictures and documents found in debris and rubble, back to their rightful owners. I joined the page and went through images and cried for like 30 minutes straight earlier. I hope every person in every picture is alive and okay. (There's a link on CNN's front page, but I haven't been a member long enough to post it.)


Anyway, it's weighed heavily on my heart today and yesterday (and I know you all have weather phenomena that affect your areas of the/your country as well)

Hope all is well with your families and no one here has been affected.

[Nakamova]

I was listening to interviews with people caught in the storm. One man talked about how his 8-year old son was sucked out of their house when a wall collapsed. Amazingly, the boy emerged from the rubble in the yard, virtually unhurt, but the father was in the hospital recovering from injuries he suffered when the family washing machine landed on him. It boggles the mind, the kind of shock and pain people must be feeling.

My best wishes to any affected by these storms.

[C0urt]

I got my power back today

[Day]

Whereabout do u live, Court?

I'm in Houston and we didn't get any twisters. Had some high winds today and for the past week, and a cool wave came thru yesterday. That was about it.

[C0urt]

birmingham, alabama, slept through most of the tornadoes, but there is a fair amount of storm damage around here. lots of friends are having issues. spots with out cell phone issues, my moms job is gone, so I may have to move soon. lots of people still with out power here,
since a lot of people donated clothing, tye died shirts have mad a huge come back all of a sudden.

[BuckeyeFan]

I am so glad to hear from you guys down south. What a terrible disaster this has been. I saw some aerial shots of Tuscaloosa yesterday and they are unbelievable. They all make me think of the 1974 outbreak and the devastation in Xenia Ohio fairly close to where I live. Years later you could still see the path of the tornado because of the lack of large trees and all of the buildings are newer. I am sure these southern towns will be the same.

Here in Ohio, we dodged the bullet. We did have an EF2 less than 20 miles away earlier in the week, but luckily no serious injuries. My brother in TN was surrounded by tornados, but luckily none hit his town.

They speak of this as being the 2nd dealiest in comparison to the 1974 outbreak. I think this one was worse in damage, but so much was learned in 1974, that lives were saved this time. After that outbreak, all kinds of warning systems were added and even some construction was changed. It was really the beginning of the systems that saved lives this time.

Prayers to all of those impacted.

[BuckeyeFan]

Just saw on CNN.com that the death toll has now passed the 1974 outbreak. The worst was in 1925. This devastation is horrible.