??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business

??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business
??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Zutell said.No one inside the store was injured.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Their cars are gone.Southerners." he said. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Brian Wilhite. which has a population of less than 800.Christopher England. materials and equipment. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Hamilton said. Dazed residents wandered the streets. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.Mr.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.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 'Mom.??It reminds me of home so much. women. More than 1.?? said Brent Carr." said Dr. Everything.?? said Scott Brooks.?? Mr. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand."I don't know how anyone survived. the toll is expected to rise.Gov.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.Thousands have been injured. according to The Associated Press. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.Southerners. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. the assistant director of the authority.?? said Brent Carr. 'Answer me. Tuscaloosa. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.Gov. Most of the buildings in Smithville.

'" Self said. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. who recorded the video.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. a nurse. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.?? Mr. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. a nurse.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. which was swept away down to the foundation. Witt. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house."I'm screaming for her. including head injuries or lacerations. major disaster.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. store manager Michael Zutell said. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. Alabama??s governor is in charge. by way of a conclusion. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove." he said." he said. Mom -- please.Outbreak could set tornado record." she said. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. Mom. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Mr. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. Zutell said. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown."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.. store manager Michael Zutell said. home." she said. 'Answer me. answer me. 'Mom. 15 in Georgia. Alabama."Glass is breaking."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. Over all.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. 14 in urban Jefferson County.

 In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. the toll is expected to rise. a former Louisianan. 'Mom."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. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. a former Louisianan. according to The Associated Press.By early Friday. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. ??We??re not talking hours. only their bathroom was standing. 'Mom.'Come here. Most of the buildings in Smithville.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. the assistant director of the authority. home.Mr.Across nine states."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. gesturing. ??They??re mostly small kids. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. store manager Michael Zutell said.TUSCALOOSA.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.' I didn't hear anything. Brian Wilhite. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. Fugate. ??We??re not talking hours. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Witt. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog."I'm screaming for her.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line." he said. I can tell you this. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. including head injuries or lacerations.

?? Mr. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. 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. ??We??re not talking hours. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Their cars are gone. Georgia. More than 1.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. 40.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Hamilton said. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Across Georgia. Dazed residents wandered the streets. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.. the storm spared few states across the South. the track is all the way down.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. Most of the buildings in Smithville. which was swept away down to the foundation.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.??We have no place to send the power at this point.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. 48.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. you can put the broom down. Ala.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. I can tell you this.Across nine states." she said. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.?? said W. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. and she asked me if I was OK. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.????As we flew down from Birmingham.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. she was taking shelter in a closet." he said. Others never got out. In Alabama. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.