Good to hear from you. Olive you are in my thoughts and prayers. On Apr 30, 2011 6:05 PM, "Darren Evans-Young" <dar...@bama.ua.edu> wrote: > I don't know if you all have followed the news lately. Last Wednesday, our > city, Tuscaloosa, AL, was devastated by an EF5 tornado. This tornado took > a path right through the middle of our city, which included industrial > areas, highly populated residential areas, and highly populated retail > areas that contained many restaurants and fast food establishments. We > have 39 confirmed fatalities, however, there are still many missing and > unaccounted for. The tornado missed The University campus by about 1 mile, > however, it did hit an area where many students lived off-campus. Four UA > students were killed, many others injured. It didn't matter if you went to > an interior room or closet as we are all told to do. This tornado left > nothing but a concrete slab for many homes. Some bodies were found in > trees (the few trees that were left standing). Others were trapped and > crushed under rubble and trees. We are all still in a state of shock. The > pictures don't come close to show the widespread damage. It is difficult > to identify the areas in the pictures because there are no landmarks left > standing. > > Last week was the last week of classes with final exams coming up this > next week. The University cancelled all classes, all final exams, and > suspended graduation. Thank goodness this thing missed the university. > Large areas of the city are without power but it is slowly coming back. > The directly hit areas won't have power for awhile. There are no houses > left to connect power to. > > The video below was filmed from a mall parking lot. The tornado is > actually coming toward the camera. The person filming doesn't realize it > at first. Also, realize the buildings this thing is hitting, is full of > customers. After it swiped the Mall, it went onto another densly populated > area, killing more. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohIVzIZLuQ > > News video from a tower camera. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA7TKSHJ_wM > > Another video: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0FHTG9VETY > > Before/after images: > > http://stormvictims.tuscaloosanews.com/before-and-after/ > > Darren > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
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