This may be a repeated thread so be it, i want people to read a perspective of what the tornado's have done to us. i am shooting from the hip so forgive grammar, etc.
This storm has crippled Alabama.
It is the saddest times we have ever experienced.
pleasant grove, AL is still not allowing people in to survey there damage, there are using cadaver dogs to find people
my home town was hit, 10 people that i know of died, some of them were children, there are people still missing. the fatality county will be much higher just by hearing of the still missing reports.
15 U A students died
The western part of Birmingham, Fultondale, is destroyed, that part of town was barely hanging on business wise, now who knows.
I have witnessed some things that makes me feel proud of where i am from, people risking there lives to save others, story after story of people coming out alive from a wreck that was impossible to survive. People working hand in hand with each other not knowing who each other are but trying to help as many people as fast as they can. Tons and tons of work by individuals being done with hardly no talking. as you complete a task you see another, i see faces that i know but no one has time to to talk about how you know them. The amount of love for another human goes up instantly as you approach your neighbors to see how they can be helped. AS debris is being moved more catastrophe is being discovered.
A dog pointed out a buried child before being scooped up by pet control, the child lived.
The stories are amazing.
Folks I will tell you this almost every story that i witnessed started out by them saying we ran to the closet, the bathroom tub, the basement, etc. these people are the ones that survived the impossible. The ones that did not make it are the ones that were driving in the tornado or did not have adequate protection, or did not take appropriate action.
I do not know what the fatality count is but i will tell you that it is much higher than what they are reporting, these numbers being reported are from the counties reporting to the state with a death certificate, out in the damage they are searching for people using dogs.
Some of our counties in Alabama are so poor and understaffed i cannot imagine they have all been counted, and also some of our state is extremely rural, and damage in small towns and unincorporated areas have not been searched. There were several other tornado's that were not part of the big storm that totally devastated entire communities. The poverty in our state probably will tick a little lower from this storm as some of the places hit that are not being mentioned are poor communities less than 40k per household. Some of the damage is not being reported because they are not high profile like Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, pleasant grove, cullman, etc. I am hearing of towns that i did not know existed in Alabama.
At my home it rained debris from Tuscaloosa which is 40 miles away. roofing, wood, siding, paper, insulation, are some of the things that rained down in my yard and i was 4 miles from where the tornado passed through my community.
This storm could very well effect the course of action in this state for several years to come. a very sad time, but also a very proud time for Alabama.
I am very proud to call Alabama home.
This storm has crippled Alabama.
It is the saddest times we have ever experienced.
pleasant grove, AL is still not allowing people in to survey there damage, there are using cadaver dogs to find people
my home town was hit, 10 people that i know of died, some of them were children, there are people still missing. the fatality county will be much higher just by hearing of the still missing reports.
15 U A students died
The western part of Birmingham, Fultondale, is destroyed, that part of town was barely hanging on business wise, now who knows.
I have witnessed some things that makes me feel proud of where i am from, people risking there lives to save others, story after story of people coming out alive from a wreck that was impossible to survive. People working hand in hand with each other not knowing who each other are but trying to help as many people as fast as they can. Tons and tons of work by individuals being done with hardly no talking. as you complete a task you see another, i see faces that i know but no one has time to to talk about how you know them. The amount of love for another human goes up instantly as you approach your neighbors to see how they can be helped. AS debris is being moved more catastrophe is being discovered.
A dog pointed out a buried child before being scooped up by pet control, the child lived.
The stories are amazing.
Folks I will tell you this almost every story that i witnessed started out by them saying we ran to the closet, the bathroom tub, the basement, etc. these people are the ones that survived the impossible. The ones that did not make it are the ones that were driving in the tornado or did not have adequate protection, or did not take appropriate action.
I do not know what the fatality count is but i will tell you that it is much higher than what they are reporting, these numbers being reported are from the counties reporting to the state with a death certificate, out in the damage they are searching for people using dogs.
Some of our counties in Alabama are so poor and understaffed i cannot imagine they have all been counted, and also some of our state is extremely rural, and damage in small towns and unincorporated areas have not been searched. There were several other tornado's that were not part of the big storm that totally devastated entire communities. The poverty in our state probably will tick a little lower from this storm as some of the places hit that are not being mentioned are poor communities less than 40k per household. Some of the damage is not being reported because they are not high profile like Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, pleasant grove, cullman, etc. I am hearing of towns that i did not know existed in Alabama.
At my home it rained debris from Tuscaloosa which is 40 miles away. roofing, wood, siding, paper, insulation, are some of the things that rained down in my yard and i was 4 miles from where the tornado passed through my community.
This storm could very well effect the course of action in this state for several years to come. a very sad time, but also a very proud time for Alabama.
I am very proud to call Alabama home.
Where did you stay at when you were in school...I was there same time period. I lived off 10th Ave...down by Prince and 27th. Some good times...hate to see the city torn up now.
I NEEDS me some breakfast there even though the parking still sucks there 
