on the one hand, tomorrow I have to go to work and listen to my tinfoil-on-head crazy co-worker add this weather phenomenon to his 2012 doomsday portent list.
on the other, the fact that this is the only thing I can complain about is a ridiculous blessing.
The one thing I loved about hurricanes was the warning
I had days to get the fuck out of the state
When I lived in Louisiana, it was just days of warning for my dad to half-ass board up windows on one side of our half of the ghetto duplex we lived in while my mom cussed him out for not finding a hotel room somewhere within a day's drive.
And one year taking me camping in the Ozarks while a hurricane was headed up, so we got caught in about 4 feet of rainfall in a shitty old tent.
They say it was 1.5mi by the time it was crossing I-65. Which was 30 miles away. Along the way, it wiped the town of Pleasant Grove off the map...you'll be seeing more reports from there tomorrow, I think. On the way out of AL, it did significant damage to the town of Piedmont. It then followed that up by doing some damage all across Georgia, and has just recently exited into North Carolina, still with a tornado warning on it.
Another storm in north AL wiped the town of Phil Campbell as well. Got some reports out of there before sunset, and it looked pretty horrific. Earlier storms caused significant damage to Cullman and Arab as well.
Also, Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in north AL had it's main utility lines cut by a different storm. No word on damage to the plant itself, but over 300,000+ homes (the entirety of Madison County at least) is without power until they can restore that link. That storm also took the shingles off my in-laws' house :P.
Part of the problem was that there was a round of storms this morning across MS and AL (the remnants from the storms in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas the night before) that knocked out power to significant portions of the state. This kept a lot of people from getting warned about the storms, and likely increased the fatality totals.
They say it was 1.5mi by the time it was crossing I-65. Which was 30 miles away. Along the way, it wiped the town of Pleasant Grove off the map...you'll be seeing more reports from there tomorrow, I think. On the way out of AL, it did significant damage to the town of Piedmont. It then followed that up by doing some damage all across Georgia, and has just recently exited into North Carolina, still with a tornado warning on it.
Another storm in north AL wiped the town of Phil Campbell as well. Got some reports out of there before sunset, and it looked pretty horrific. Earlier storms caused significant damage to Cullman and Arab as well.
Also, Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in north AL had it's main utility lines cut by a different storm. No word on damage to the plant itself, but over 300,000+ homes (the entirety of Madison County at least) is without power until they can restore that link. That storm also took the shingles off my in-laws' house :P.
Part of the problem was that there was a round of storms this morning across MS and AL (the remnants from the storms in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas the night before) that knocked out power to significant portions of the state. This kept a lot of people from getting warned about the storms, and likely increased the fatality totals.
I worked in Phil Campbell for two years, I just heard about this from my dad.
Catoosa County authorities were trying to get to a 4-month-old who was dependent on life support equipment but was in danger because there was no electricity to run the machine, according to radio transmissions. At the same time, onlookers had begun gathering around houses that were damaged and empty. “We’ve got a lot of devastation and a lot of young people out just looking around and the next thing you know we have looting,” one rescuer said.
I seriously can't imagine how fucked up you have to be to rummage through the house of someone who just got hit with a tornado for free loot. Fuck's sake.
I seriously can't imagine how fucked up you have to be to rummage through the house of someone who just got hit with a tornado for free loot. Fuck's sake.
Honestly? If you're the kind of person who sees a person's home evacuated or damaged by a serious weather emergency and your response is to loot it, I fucking hope it collapses on you.
No hyperbole. No qualifier. I hope you are seriously injured or killed for being an outrageous fucking asshole.
I seriously can't imagine how fucked up you have to be to rummage through the house of someone who just got hit with a tornado for free loot. Fuck's sake.
Honestly? If you're the kind of person who sees a person's home evacuated or damaged by a serious weather emergency and your response is to loot it, I fucking hope it collapses on you.
No hyperbole. No qualifier. I hope you are seriously injured or killed for being an outrageous fucking asshole.
They're the kinda dumb idiotic asshole people that will die because they get murdered in jail before they're 20 so it all works out in the end.
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glad to hear my favorite beaver is okay
guess this is going to whang me a bit
he is very clearly now a bieber
I had days to get the fuck out of the state
Worst tornado storm in American history.
Last comparable event was in the 1970s.
on the other, the fact that this is the only thing I can complain about is a ridiculous blessing.
we have gotten in touch with most, and they are ok. There is one friend that tasty hasn't gotten a hold of yet.
a bieber beaver
nobody can be a full on bieber
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/video-of-the-tornado-in-alabama/
edit: and the aftermath, 15th street and macfarland is one of the major intersections of the city
http://www.twitvid.com/D1HNK
I'm getting sleepy so I think I'll try and sleep. Annie can put me in the bath tub if it gets bad (as long as I still have my pillow).
I hope you hear from them soon.
When I lived in Louisiana, it was just days of warning for my dad to half-ass board up windows on one side of our half of the ghetto duplex we lived in while my mom cussed him out for not finding a hotel room somewhere within a day's drive.
And one year taking me camping in the Ozarks while a hurricane was headed up, so we got caught in about 4 feet of rainfall in a shitty old tent.
They say it was 1.5mi by the time it was crossing I-65. Which was 30 miles away. Along the way, it wiped the town of Pleasant Grove off the map...you'll be seeing more reports from there tomorrow, I think. On the way out of AL, it did significant damage to the town of Piedmont. It then followed that up by doing some damage all across Georgia, and has just recently exited into North Carolina, still with a tornado warning on it.
Another storm in north AL wiped the town of Phil Campbell as well. Got some reports out of there before sunset, and it looked pretty horrific. Earlier storms caused significant damage to Cullman and Arab as well.
Also, Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in north AL had it's main utility lines cut by a different storm. No word on damage to the plant itself, but over 300,000+ homes (the entirety of Madison County at least) is without power until they can restore that link. That storm also took the shingles off my in-laws' house :P.
Part of the problem was that there was a round of storms this morning across MS and AL (the remnants from the storms in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas the night before) that knocked out power to significant portions of the state. This kept a lot of people from getting warned about the storms, and likely increased the fatality totals.
you look at the twister and can almost feel it has some sinister malevolence
and it's hard to listen to the person taking the video too, they sound terrified.
I worked in Phil Campbell for two years, I just heard about this from my dad.
I think I'm going to try to follow your lead.
Also, family in the areas being hit. Oh my oh my
Thanks for the reassurance Sara. Sleep tight!
In other news, it's already started:
Fucking cut that shit out you inbred fucks!
I think the 1974 outbreak was worse overall, but for MS and AL specifically this is worse. Definitely one of the worst since 1974, though.
That's the biggest downside to number of trees we've packed into our urban areas.
Well, second biggest after the pollen problem.
Really?
78 Is getting up there, but 144 Fatalities is still topping that by a wide margin.
Stupid town never rebounded economically from that Tornado.
Holy fuck that tops the Waco one.
Things were way worse fatality-wise in the pre-Doppler era. If this event took place back then, we'd probably be looking at several hundred dead.
Also, there are still a lot of people missing in AL...probably won't get a good count until daybreak.
Honestly? If you're the kind of person who sees a person's home evacuated or damaged by a serious weather emergency and your response is to loot it, I fucking hope it collapses on you.
No hyperbole. No qualifier. I hope you are seriously injured or killed for being an outrageous fucking asshole.
They seem to think that this will blow over fast with severe wind.
They're the kinda dumb idiotic asshole people that will die because they get murdered in jail before they're 20 so it all works out in the end.