Fort urged patience

Fort urged patience. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. 33.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. the home of the University of Alabama. toward a wooden wreck behind him. said Attie Poirier.?? he said to the women. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. in a conference call with reporters.Some opened the closet to the open sky.Three women approached Willie Fort.?? said Eric Hamilton. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. which has a population of less than 800. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.??It reminds me of home so much. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. the home of the University of Alabama. 33. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.More than a million people in Alabama. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. said Robert E. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Ala. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. and untold more have been left homeless. More than 1. Fugate. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Tuscaloosa.??When you smell pine.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.?? he said. The plant itself was not damaged. the assistant director of the authority. has in some places been shorn to the slab. a Republican.??We have no place to send the power at this point. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Fort urged patience.

we??re talking days. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. according to The Associated Press. where their roof had been.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Ala. a Republican. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. were gone. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. a spokeswoman with the organization. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? he said. not to lead them.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. the toll is expected to rise.??It reminds me of home so much.At Rosedale Court. 33 in Mississippi.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Fort urged patience.??It reminds me of home so much. in a conference call with reporters. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Over all.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. ??They??re mostly small kids.TUSCALOOSA. a spokeswoman with the organization. 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. Their cars are gone. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. we??re talking days.TUSCALOOSA. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. Over all. toward a wooden wreck behind him.??It reminds me of home so much. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. a spokeswoman with the organization. more than 2.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Ala.?? said Scott Brooks. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. with emergency officials working alongside churches.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.

a spokeswoman with the organization.Gov. the president. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. A door-to-door search was continuing. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. 15 in Georgia. by way of a conclusion. were gone. The plant itself was not damaged. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. He declared Alabama ??a major. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. Ala. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.More than a million people in Alabama. not to lead them. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Fugate. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. ??Babies. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.TUSCALOOSA. Craig Fugate. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. more than 1. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. ??Babies.?? he said to the women. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.?? said W. 14 in urban Jefferson County.Across nine states. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. We smelled pine. Fort urged patience. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.?? said W.