Alabama Members Check In . Almost 200 Dead in Tornado's.
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Thanks Jeff,
I'm fine,just a little water in the front yard! The big one hit Ringgold,Ga wiped it out! We had a bunch of little ones here. Ron
Thanks Jeff,
I'm fine,just a little water in the front yard! The big one hit Ringgold,Ga wiped it out! We had a bunch of little ones here. Ron
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Hackleburg Alabama and Smithville Mississippi were completely wiped OFF the map. I've heard 90%+ damage. While I was arrested last Friday night (two Fridays ago) I heard the cops say Hackleburg didnt even have a police force anymore because the cars, the station, and everything was gone. Hackleburg is a small town (very small), but they get no love in the media. As of last week there was one small town close to the Georgia line in Jackson County that had absolutely NO help, weeks after the storm hit (it was the same storm from Hackleburg to Ringgold I think that caused that damage).
I love Tuscaloosa and spend the football season there, but Pleasant Grove, Pratt City, Hackleburg, Ohatchee, and others were hit just as hard but nobody has said a word about them. Even on the local news only T-town and Pleasant Grove/Pratt City is getting all the pub. They do talk about Cullman some as they were hit hard too (I think Cullman was in the same storm as the Smithville/Hackleburg storm).
I love Tuscaloosa and spend the football season there, but Pleasant Grove, Pratt City, Hackleburg, Ohatchee, and others were hit just as hard but nobody has said a word about them. Even on the local news only T-town and Pleasant Grove/Pratt City is getting all the pub. They do talk about Cullman some as they were hit hard too (I think Cullman was in the same storm as the Smithville/Hackleburg storm).
Growing up in eastern Nebraska I have been around many twisters and lost property to them. I have toured the central part of the country many times in June and July. I have even been on teams that chased tornados but I have never seen damage like what these towns have gone through:sorry:.
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Its amazing there wasnt more deaths in Hackleburg at the Wrangler plant. Its no small place and was leveled. I just hate the cities that took the TOUGHEST hit are not getting the pub they need. Luckily though this state is pulling through and there are TONS of volunteers and money going to these places. The outreach out of state has helped as well. Makes me proud to be Bama born and Bama bred, and to be an American.
Did anyone hear the story of the Alabama football player? Him and his girlfriend hid in a closet in Tuscaloosa (she was the girl from Houston or Dallas) and both were thrown out. They found him 50 yards away with a fractured wrist and bad concussion that I think knocked him out. She was thrown 100 yards (thats the rumor) and was supposedly dead before she hit the ground. Then I think this past Friday we had ANOTHER lineman die while in Florida and no word on how he died.
Sad thing is we are not even in our peak tornado season in Alabama yet. We still have to survive hurricane season as well.
Did anyone hear the story of the Alabama football player? Him and his girlfriend hid in a closet in Tuscaloosa (she was the girl from Houston or Dallas) and both were thrown out. They found him 50 yards away with a fractured wrist and bad concussion that I think knocked him out. She was thrown 100 yards (thats the rumor) and was supposedly dead before she hit the ground. Then I think this past Friday we had ANOTHER lineman die while in Florida and no word on how he died.
Sad thing is we are not even in our peak tornado season in Alabama yet. We still have to survive hurricane season as well.
The tornados are about the ONLY thing I don't miss about Alabama.
My hometown is Enterprise, AL...I graduated from Enterprise High School, the school that was leveled back in 2007 and the 8 students were killed... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,255698,00.html
The tornado belt...the real thing...
Joe
Yea Enterprise was NAILED as well back in '07. I was chatting with local Birmingham weathermen when that supercell hit and we talked about how nasty it looked on radar and about 2 hours later we started hearing how bad it was. I think it killed 7 or 8 kids as they were in school when it hit.
I have family down that way as well. Have a Great Aunt that lived in Andalusia, my Grandfather was born in Elba, and even had cousins in Opp and my famous cousin William Lee Golden (the long bearded guy that sings with the Oak Ridge Boys) and in Brewton. Its a small world huh?
I have family down that way as well. Have a Great Aunt that lived in Andalusia, my Grandfather was born in Elba, and even had cousins in Opp and my famous cousin William Lee Golden (the long bearded guy that sings with the Oak Ridge Boys) and in Brewton. Its a small world huh?
A smaller world than you think...my mother was born in Elba. A few years after my father died, she married a Golden who was from Brewton.....
I grew up in the country...a New Brockton address, but was in Enterprise school district. I did a lot of running around in Elba, Andalusia, Geneva, Opp, Samson and every other little town in that area...all the way down to Two Egg, Fl.
Joe
People get the misconception that the Plains only get the dangerous storms. We get just as many here but most are rain wrapped and the hilly environment affects the tornadoes compared to the flat lands of the midwest. There are also alot of tornadoes here that are never found out about because its dark and never seen that dont cause any damage. Google "Dixie Alley" the NWS did some kind of survey on that years back and the numbers are closer than most think.
Wow Joe,
It is a VERY small world.......lol. My Grandmother was a Golden so they are all close kin down that way. I met one while on vacation in Pensacola Beach that migrated from Brewton to Pace Florida. He was a nice guy. William on the other hand is a different story.
Let me know the name of that Golden by PM if you want and I'll see if he ties to me. I'm pretty sure he is kin if he's a Golden from Brewton.
Here is some info to back up what you are saying.
Kansas - Highest number of F5 tornadoes since 1880
Iowa - Greatest number of F5's per square mile
Alabama - Highest percentage of tornadoes rated as of significant intensity
Kentucky - Highest percentage of all tornadoes ranked as violent (F4 or F5)
Small world, but what I'd like to know is when one of the ladies with the last name Golden gets married, do they have wedding showers for them. I suppose they do but maybe they have to be careful on how they word the invitations.
And not trying to be funny in a tragic thread like this. As soon a I heard of this I went to the MSN news in Canada and tried to learn
as much as I could. My heart goes out to all that had to endure this. I have no idea how people can live in these areas. The one thing that you can learn is how people that although have lost everything, can pull themselves up by their boot straps and help out
their friends and neighbors despite their own hardships. People all over North America can take a lesson by how these folks react.
And not trying to be funny in a tragic thread like this. As soon a I heard of this I went to the MSN news in Canada and tried to learn
as much as I could. My heart goes out to all that had to endure this. I have no idea how people can live in these areas. The one thing that you can learn is how people that although have lost everything, can pull themselves up by their boot straps and help out
their friends and neighbors despite their own hardships. People all over North America can take a lesson by how these folks react.
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We are very fortunate for the technology that the weather stations have now days, they were warning people of these storms way before any of them hit and the weather stations stayed live during and after the storms reporting that this was going to be bad or there would have been thousands of people killed from this storm.
And it's a good thing these tornado's didn't come thru at night like tornado's normally do or there would have also been thousands of people killed from them being asleep.
Everyone that lived through all of these storms got really lucky.
And it's a good thing these tornado's didn't come thru at night like tornado's normally do or there would have also been thousands of people killed from them being asleep.
Everyone that lived through all of these storms got really lucky.
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It is a comforting thing to see the compasion and care ya'll have for the people that have had their lives and homes and everything they had, taken from them in a mere 60 seconds or so.
Thank God I was not touched by these tornados, the big one that went through T-Town was noth of me, there were three or four small ones that all went south of me.
I felt so compelled to help in any way I could. I first bought a good load of canned goods, diapers, etc (no water) and delivered to a donation site. I then took a trip to a town 20 miles south of Enterprise to pick up 17 generators that were to be DONATED but I ended up having to pay for all of them, (I got all my money back through donations and four were purchased). The following week I took two days off of work to help on a work team in Pleasant Grove. When I went into the affected area I was dumb founded, if you could imagine what an atomic bomb looks like when it goes off (I don't have personal knowledge of that) I would imagine it looks like what I saw, TOTAL DEVESTATION. People were sitting in the driveways, on whatever area of there property that was clear to keep people from stealing what little bit that had left!! I saw the best of humanity and the worst of humanity. This touched me in a very profound way, my heart is heavy to see the loss, but then to talk to some of the survivors they say "I'm blessed I'm still alive"!!!!
Sorry to ramble I wanted to say if there is any donation anyone can make to the people of Alabama, there are many ways and many people that need it. Moreso in the out laying areas Hackleburg, Cordova, Phil Campbell are a few of the areas.
Thank you all!!!!
It is a comforting thing to see the compasion and care ya'll have for the people that have had their lives and homes and everything they had, taken from them in a mere 60 seconds or so.
Thank God I was not touched by these tornados, the big one that went through T-Town was noth of me, there were three or four small ones that all went south of me.
I felt so compelled to help in any way I could. I first bought a good load of canned goods, diapers, etc (no water) and delivered to a donation site. I then took a trip to a town 20 miles south of Enterprise to pick up 17 generators that were to be DONATED but I ended up having to pay for all of them, (I got all my money back through donations and four were purchased). The following week I took two days off of work to help on a work team in Pleasant Grove. When I went into the affected area I was dumb founded, if you could imagine what an atomic bomb looks like when it goes off (I don't have personal knowledge of that) I would imagine it looks like what I saw, TOTAL DEVESTATION. People were sitting in the driveways, on whatever area of there property that was clear to keep people from stealing what little bit that had left!! I saw the best of humanity and the worst of humanity. This touched me in a very profound way, my heart is heavy to see the loss, but then to talk to some of the survivors they say "I'm blessed I'm still alive"!!!!
Sorry to ramble I wanted to say if there is any donation anyone can make to the people of Alabama, there are many ways and many people that need it. Moreso in the out laying areas Hackleburg, Cordova, Phil Campbell are a few of the areas.
Thank you all!!!!
When I worked as an insurance adjuster just after Hurricane Katrina hit, I saw the things you described, people sitting in their driveways because their houses were decimated, basically still in shock, weeks and months after the hurricane. Those were the lucky ones (who had insurance) but still the stress is incredible on everyone. I guess we have our ancestors to thank for our ability to survive in these situations. Thanks for caring!
JoeyA
I seen the Dadeville damage taking my old man to pick up his Harley. Dadeville is very close to my Mother's "home land" and we could see where the tornado touched down and cleaned 3 houses off the foundations. Only thing left was like a gazebo type structure that was there with no damage. The houses were gone. All the trees were snapped about 10 foot off the ground. I saw the inside of a washing machine thrown into a tree and was actually embedded into the tree.
