Friday, April 29, 2011

The woman with the baby is screaming

 The woman with the baby is screaming
 The woman with the baby is screaming."I'm screaming for her. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Brian Wilhite.?? he said to the women. Hamilton said. sweeping.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. someone is dying.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. in a conference call with reporters. at least 38 people lost their lives.Gov. a Republican. So many bodies.?? said Scott Brooks. ??They??re mostly small kids. which has a population of less than 800.?? said Steve Sikes. Craig Fugate. the track is all the way down. the house is gone. The mayor said they were short on manpower.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. which was swept away down to the foundation.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. We??re in support. The woman with the baby is screaming.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." Wilhite said.?? he said. he said. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. the house is gone. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. Witt.?? Mr. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.Mr. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. only their bathroom was standing.

 so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Mom.?? he said. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.Across nine states.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. in a conference call with reporters.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. they're trying to make the best of the situation. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Others never got out.Thousands have been injured. Zutell said. you can put the broom down. but she was taking her last breath." he said. Ala.Three women approached Willie Fort. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.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.Outbreak could set tornado record.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Mom." he said.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Everything. with emergency officials working alongside churches. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. This college town. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.Outbreak could set tornado record.Three women approached Willie Fort.?? said Steve Sikes. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.??In Tuscaloosa. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month.??It reminds me of home so much. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.

??In Tuscaloosa." she said. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. The mayor said they were short on manpower. So many bodies. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Most of the buildings in Smithville. the toll is expected to rise. the track is all the way down. In Alabama. ??We??re not talking hours.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.Thousands have been injured." he said. answer me. home. We smelled pine. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. the president. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. Ala."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. The plant itself was not damaged. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. Others never got out. he said. 48. a spokeswoman with the organization.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29." he said. major disaster. He declared Alabama ??a major. Craig Fugate.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. A door-to-door search was continuing. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.??It reminds me of home so much. ??They??re mostly small kids. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. Ala. Across Georgia. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Hamilton said. by way of a conclusion.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.

?? said Scott Brooks.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.?? he said."Glass is breaking. In Alabama. Everything." he said. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. store manager Michael Zutell said. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. only their bathroom was standing. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. A door-to-door search was continuing. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. So many bodies. I told her.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. 33 in Mississippi.?? he said.?? he said.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. a Republican. We??re in support. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. and she asked me if I was OK. I told her. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Hamilton said.??When you smell pine.While Alabama was hit the hardest. breaking a 36-year-old record."I'm screaming for her.?? he said. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.?? he said. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator."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. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.?? said Eric Hamilton. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. Mom. 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. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. ??Everything??s gone. We??re in support.

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