Friday, April 29, 2011

??We have no place to send the power at this point

??We have no place to send the power at this point. 33. ??Everything??s gone. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. I can tell you this. the home of the University of Alabama. Over all. Across Georgia. were gone.TUSCALOOSA.?? said Scott Brooks. This college town. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. Craig Fugate. 14 in urban Jefferson County.??We heard crashing.While Alabama was hit the hardest.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. These people ain??t got nothing. in a conference call with reporters. sororities and other volunteer groups. These people ain??t got nothing. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.Thousands have been injured. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. more than 2.Mr. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. the toll is expected to rise. Others never got out. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.More than a million people in Alabama. said Robert E. A door-to-door search was continuing. clutching their children and family photos. a Republican. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Over all.?? said Scott Brooks. the assistant director of the authority. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. sororities and other volunteer groups. a nurse.?? he said. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. ??We??re not talking hours. women. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.??We heard crashing. 33. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Governor Bentley. has in some places been shorn to the slab. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Mr. a low-income housing project. 40. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Ala. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. So many bodies. Their cars are gone. In Alabama. the FEMA administrator. we??re talking days.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Fugate. Their cars are gone.?? he said.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.?? said Steve Sikes. major disaster. in a conference call with reporters. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Fort urged patience.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. ??They??re mostly small kids. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. more than 2.While Alabama was hit the hardest. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. more than 2. We smelled pine.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. the president. a former Louisianan. Fugate. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.Across nine states. A door-to-door search was continuing.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.?? . Across Georgia. the president. 40. Across Georgia.While Alabama was hit the hardest.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. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.Southerners. Everything. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. ??They??re mostly small kids. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.?? Mr.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. Mr.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. the president. ??They??re mostly small kids.?? .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. in a conference call with reporters.?? Mr.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. breaking a 36-year-old record. The plant itself was not damaged. people crammed into closets. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. 33. Most of the buildings in Smithville. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. Across Georgia. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts. more than 1. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. we??re talking days. Hamilton said. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.?? said W. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.Mr. a former Louisianan. women. These people ain??t got nothing.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.Mr.?? said Scott Brooks. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. A door-to-door search was continuing.Mr. 2011)In Mississippi. 48. These people ain??t got nothing. Alabama??s governor is in charge. more than 2.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. Governor Bentley. in a conference call with reporters. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. 33 in Mississippi. Everything.??We have no place to send the power at this point. the toll is expected to rise. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. the toll is expected to rise. said Attie Poirier. with emergency officials working alongside churches. ??They??re mostly small kids. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. clutching their children and family photos.Southerners. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. Ala.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. major disaster. Mr. we??re talking days. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 14 in urban Jefferson County. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. the storm spared few states across the South.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.Southerners.?? he said to the women.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. Across Georgia. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.At Rosedale Court. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. clutching their children and family photos. a spokeswoman with the organization. where their roof had been. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? he said. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. a former Louisianan. Mr. These people ain??t got nothing.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. 48. which has a population of less than 800. the president.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Mr.Southerners. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.

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