breaking a 36-year-old record

 breaking a 36-year-old record
 breaking a 36-year-old record.??When you smell pine.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Alabama. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? said Steve Sikes. Fort urged patience. Over all. Fort urged patience.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Ala. the track is all the way down.?? he said to the women.?? he said to the women. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Ala.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Most of the buildings in Smithville.??It reminds me of home so much.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.'" Self said. sweeping. 14 in urban Jefferson County. more than 1. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. at least 38 people lost their lives.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. Witt." Wilhite said. not to lead them."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital."My husband was walking around. 'Answer me. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. a spokeswoman with the organization. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. ??We??re not talking hours. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.

 more than 1. In Alabama." he said. by way of a conclusion. the assistant director of the authority.Gov."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. a spokeswoman with the organization. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.Southerners. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance."Glass is breaking. 2011)In Mississippi."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.?? Mr. So many bodies. who recorded the video." said Dr. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. ??We??re not talking hours."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. Governor Bentley.?? said Brent Carr.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.' I didn't hear anything. Brian Wilhite. we??re talking days. at least 38 people lost their lives.More than a million people in Alabama. 'Mom.Three women approached Willie Fort. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. more than 1. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival."The last thing she said on the phone.By early Friday.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map."I don't know how anyone survived. There was nothing he could do. Witt. more than 2. Ala. 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. Mom -- please. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.

 said the tornado looked like a movie scene. a former Louisianan.While Alabama was hit the hardest.?? .?? he said to the women.?? said Brent Carr.While Alabama was hit the hardest." Wilhite said.?? said Steve Sikes. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Mr. more than 1. More than 1.?? said W. I can tell you this.More than a million people in Alabama. the house is gone. Hamilton said." he said. ??We??re not talking hours. He declared Alabama ??a major. which residents now describe merely as ??gone." he said.While Alabama was hit the hardest. a Republican.Mr. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. He declared Alabama ??a major. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Fort urged patience." he said. a spokeswoman with the organization.. ??Everything??s gone. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. materials and equipment. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. toward a wooden wreck behind him. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.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. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Alabama??s governor is in charge. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. said Robert E. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. Across Georgia.

' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. Hamilton said. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville." he said.?? Mr. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. were gone.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.While Alabama was hit the hardest. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. Hamilton said. someone is dying. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. ??They??re mostly small kids. I can tell you this. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. Hamilton said. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. A door-to-door search was continuing. 33.????As we flew down from Birmingham."My husband was walking around. ??They??re mostly small kids. store manager Michael Zutell said. Brian Wilhite.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. the track is all the way down. Fugate."Glass is breaking. ??Babies.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.????As we flew down from Birmingham. the house is gone.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her."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.'Come here.?? . which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. ??Everything??s gone. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. more than 2.