' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her

' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her
' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. 'Answer me. women. 2011)In Mississippi. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. but she was taking her last breath. by way of a conclusion.??In Tuscaloosa.?? he said.?? Mr. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. The woman with the baby is screaming. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. not to lead them. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Mom. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.?? he said. and she asked me if I was OK.?? said Eric Hamilton." he said. were gone. and was a mile wide in some areas. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power." he said. In Alabama. gesturing. I can tell you this.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold.Leveled buildings.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.?? Mr. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals." he said. sororities and other volunteer groups. and she asked me if I was OK."Glass is breaking. There was nothing he could do. not to lead them. A door-to-door search was continuing. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Georgia.

 we??re talking days. looking for survivors and called me over and said ."Now."My husband was walking around." he said.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. a spokeswoman with the organization. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.Some opened the closet to the open sky. the assistant director of the authority. by way of a conclusion." Wilhite said.At Rosedale Court. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama." she said. a low-income housing project.??In Tuscaloosa. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Brian Wilhite. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.TUSCALOOSA. 48. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? said Brent Carr. only their bathroom was standing. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. 15 in Georgia. has in some places been shorn to the slab.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. Ala. he said. the toll is expected to rise. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. answer me. ??They??re mostly small kids. people crammed into closets.??In Tuscaloosa. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville.. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Christopher England. in a conference call with reporters.????As we flew down from Birmingham.

 more than 2.Southerners. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. These people ain??t got nothing. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. I told her.?? he said to the women. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. we??re talking days.TUSCALOOSA. more than 2.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? said Scott Brooks.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. I can tell you this."The last thing she said on the phone. I told her. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. major disaster. Most of the buildings in Smithville.While Alabama was hit the hardest. sororities and other volunteer groups.??When you smell pine. sororities and other volunteer groups.?? said Eric Hamilton. Others never got out. Others never got out. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. gesturing. major disaster.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. So many bodies. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. answer me.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.'Come here. We smelled pine.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.While Alabama was hit the hardest. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.Some opened the closet to the open sky.'" Self said." she said. Their cars are gone. home.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.

 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. gesturing. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. someone is dying. Mr.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.TUSCALOOSA." Wilhite said. which was swept away down to the foundation.?? said Scott Brooks.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.More than a million people in Alabama. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.?? said W. and untold more have been left homeless. they're trying to make the best of the situation. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. where their roof had been. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.??We heard crashing.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 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. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.?? said W.While Alabama was hit the hardest. a nurse. A door-to-door search was continuing. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. Others never got out. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville." said Dr. So many bodies.?? Mr.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. the home of the University of Alabama.More than a million people in Alabama. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. they're trying to make the best of the situation.