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From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Tornadoes kill 9 in South; warnings active in Ala.
URL: http://news.yahoo.com/tornadoes-kill-9-south-warnings-active-ala-034344781.html
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the storms are continuing in the south, day after day now... TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Tornadoes flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and bent telephone poles into 45-degree angles as they barreled through Alabama and Mississippi on Monday, part of a storm system that killed at least nine people in the South and brought the overall death toll from two days of severe weather in the country to at least 26. Tens of thousands of customers were without power in Alabama, Mississippi, and in the state of Kentucky, which did not report tornadoes but was slammed with severe storms. Thousands more hunkered down in basements and shelters as The National Weather Service issued watches and warnings for more tornadoes throughout the night in Alabama. Weather satellites from space showed tumultuous clouds arcing across much of the South over the course of the day Monday. The system is the latest onslaught of severe weather a day after a half-mile-wide tornado carved an 80-mile path of destruction through the suburbs of Little Rock, Ark., killing at least 15. Tornadoes or severe storms also killed one person each in Oklahoma and Iowa on Sunday. Six people died in Winston County, Miss., on Monday, including a woman who perished in the day care center she owned in Louisville, county Coroner Scott Gregory told The Associated Press late Monday. Louisville is the county seat and home to about 6,600 people. the rest of the article and pictures at the link... |
8820
From: Polydactyl in N. Bay, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Tornadoes kill 9 in South; warnings active in Ala.
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Why is this storm STILL over Alabama for a second day? Shouldn't it have moved out by now? Weird. The stormchasers had a pretty wild ride yesterday. I've been watching the TVN weather 'live cams.' The area where the guy flew the drone over (great use of a drone!) said there were people screaming for help from the forest - omg. We never hear the nitty gritty rescues from these types of disasters. Too scary! I'll never forget when Timmons et al. were on a stormchase where were very close to a hit, so they got out to help people in dire need. An injured woman who couldn't move due to a pelvis break couldn't see that her husband was underneath a large object with his legs sticking out, not far from her. They filmed the woman pleading with them to look for her husband. Timmons was saying like, 'uh, weeeeell ya, we see him or something like that and called for help. I don't remember if her husband survived or not. If you have to take cover for a tornado I guess the best method is to throw as many layers of padding on top of you as possible. Hope I never have to do that but eQ's could end ya up in the same multi-layered mess in Cali. Another womaon this morning was saying, ya know how they tell you a tornado sounds like a freight train coming at you, with the roar and all? She said, what I didn't know is that it makes a roar with a bumpety-bump noises, like it's a train going over tracks, as the tornado hits and explodes objects on it's path into a debris ball. She was scared to death. Whew. |
8821
From: Grits, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Tornadoes kill 9 in South; warnings active in Ala.
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We got lucky in Alabama yesterday as the storms weren't strong the 2nd day of the prediction. I think it's because the cloud cover never completely disappeared from the 1st day and that didn't give the sun time to warm up the atmosphere enough to create the 2nd bad day. This is my first tornado season in my new house and I've moved from a safe tornado track zone into one that sees them more frequently. Thankfully I have a partial basement in this house so that will come in handy (I spent part of Monday night in the stairwell). Most people in this part of the country don't have basements because of the water table levels. Shouldn't it have moved out by now? In the south, thunderstorms and tornadoes can "pop-up" whenever atmospheric conditions are ripe for them. It takes a heated humid atmosphere along with some cooler air moving in...that's about all it takes. Once we heat up for the summer (and heat up we will...dreading it) the tornado risk will go away because there will be no more cooler air moving in to fuel them. |
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From: Nancyvreuls, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Tornadoes kill 9 in South; warnings active in Ala.
| I am a storm spotter. This was the tornado in Alabama. |
8824
From: Nancyvreuls, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Tornadoes kill 9 in South; warnings active in Ala.
| Oops! Here is the link... |
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From: Nancyvreuls, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Tornadoes kill 9 in South; warnings active in Ala.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202831115570673&l=bcb2f9d9e0
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Good grief. It does not like the image link. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php? fbid=10202831115570673&l=bcb2f9d9e0 |
8826
From: Grits, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Is that one of the one's...
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...from the 1st day that went through Limestone County? I'm trying to remember if Brown's Ferry is in Limestone...I know it's in the general area. Great pic! I live just north of Wetumpka, Al and luckily we had nothing on the ground that day...just radar spotting in the air. I've lived in Alabama all my life and have never seen one on the ground yet, but have seen 2 and possibly 3 in the air. |
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8828
From: Nancyvreuls, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Is that one of the one's...
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Yes, Browns Ferry Road ends at Nuclear Plant Road in Limestone County, Athens, Alabama. I live in Madison, but this is the area there have been several F5 tornadoes. I worry about the Nuclear Plant... |
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