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Title: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Dichotomy on April 27, 2011, 07:11:45 PM
You guys be safe

http://www.twitvid.com/4W6PU

I think this is in or near Birmingham

 :pray
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: oakranger on April 27, 2011, 07:15:18 PM
Did you film this?
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Dichotomy on April 27, 2011, 07:27:25 PM
No I picked it up off of another site.  I live in Texas. 

http://www.twitvid.com/D1HNK

This is the aftermath.  Correction it was Tuscaloosa.  Pretty close to the stadium.

Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: oakranger on April 27, 2011, 07:36:18 PM
No I picked it up off of another site.  I live in Texas. 

http://www.twitvid.com/D1HNK

This is the aftermath.  Correction it was Tuscaloosa.  Pretty close to the stadium.




I saw the stadium in front of the tornado.  Was not sure what stadium it was. 
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: fbWldcat on April 27, 2011, 07:38:28 PM
We're feeling the love up here in KY. Nothing much with tornados, but rain and flooding. Hopefully everyone in Tuscaloosa is okay, thoughts and prayers. It has to be scary.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Dichotomy on April 27, 2011, 07:41:32 PM
I hope you just get rain Wildcat .. that was one scary looking beast.  

I have a feeling I'm going to be busy the rest of the week.  

Edit:  :O

http://vimeo.com/22970879

I have no idea why in the name of all that is good and holy that person stayed put but.. ya
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: SuperDud on April 27, 2011, 07:52:22 PM
My sisters going to AU. She was hiding in the library when it hit. It missed the library along with the heart of the campus. She's still trying to get back to her apartment. Not sure if its gonna be there. A cvs 1/4 mile away is gone.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Dichotomy on April 27, 2011, 07:53:21 PM
I'm glad to hear she's okay dud.

Great... it's moving into KY.  Hunker down Wildcat. 
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: fbWldcat on April 27, 2011, 08:19:00 PM
Dich, it takes more than a tornado watch to get my bulky arse in the basement. If I hear sirens, I'll definitely get down.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Dichotomy on April 27, 2011, 08:26:46 PM
So long as you keep your head firmly attached to your shoulders I'm happy bro :D
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Reschke on April 27, 2011, 08:29:21 PM
That one that went through Tuscaloosa stayed on the ground all the way up to Gadsden which is over 100 miles away. It also got clocked with wind speed of 174 knots and has been confirmed as an EF5 already that went through there. It hit Birmingham about 40 minutes after it went through downtown Tuscaloosa and through the campus at the University of Alabama. When it went through Tuscaloosa it was only about 1/4 to 1/2 mile wide. When it hit Birmingham it was almost 2 miles wide in the destruction path.

My house got him with trees that got knocked down by a small tornado about 5:45am.

Total known fatalities as of 8:26pm are 37....that is just what the know right now. We have over 350,000 homes without power in the state and over 160k of those homes are in the Birmingham metro area. This was a bad storm.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: allaire on April 27, 2011, 08:33:02 PM
Man the south is getting pounded, what the hell did we do?  Everyone in the path of these storms hunker down, stay safe and good luck.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Dichotomy on April 27, 2011, 08:36:41 PM
Keep us posted Reschke..
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Reschke on April 27, 2011, 08:37:34 PM
Good news is that we are almost done with the storms. We have one more that is headed through the area  in the south part of Perry County (Marion, AL) and headed towards my parents location.

That is the last one that is showing for us.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Reschke on April 27, 2011, 08:45:08 PM
Go to www.cbs42.com for videos and pictures from Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. It looks like a damn warzone. Gas mains are popped open and fires are going in Birmingham right now.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Reschke on April 27, 2011, 08:48:08 PM
My old college football buddy and room mate is the mayor of Tuscalossa and he is talking right now on the news and he is having a tough time. My thoughts and prayers are going out to him and as of 7:30pm just Tuscaloosa 17 confirmed fatalities and that number is going to go up.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: oakranger on April 27, 2011, 08:51:10 PM
 :pray for the people in that area. 
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Dichotomy on April 27, 2011, 08:56:16 PM
Indeed Oak  :pray
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: fbWldcat on April 27, 2011, 08:56:44 PM
Geez, I hope it isn't as bad here. I have a pregnant sister in G-town plus family in E-town. (Georgetown and Elizabethtown, respectively).
Scary stuff. Thoughts and prayers for people in Tuscaloosa.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Reschke on April 27, 2011, 08:59:05 PM
Well guys I am going to sign off now. I have been cutting trees out of my house and my neighbors homes from about 7am till around 4pm. Now I am in the hotel and am just now getting settled. Thanks for the prayers and thoughts. Will update in the morning.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Dichotomy on April 27, 2011, 09:00:09 PM
 :aok bro.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: fbWldcat on April 27, 2011, 09:04:03 PM
I'm turning in, too. Remember guys, if you hear rain hitting all 4 sides of your house, be like Burt the Turtle and Duck 'n Cover. I'm being serious. Last thing we need is more fatalities from storms. <S>
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: camnite on April 27, 2011, 09:27:28 PM
the tail of that stuff is still coming through the area. feel for ya rescke, if ya need help let us know. from the looks of it, the east coast is gonna get it tomorrow


deathtoll is now 40 in alabama
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Slash27 on April 27, 2011, 09:37:27 PM
Well guys I am going to sign off now. I have been cutting trees out of my house and my neighbors homes from about 7am till around 4pm. Now I am in the hotel and am just now getting settled. Thanks for the prayers and thoughts. Will update in the morning.
Glad you're ok man. Historic day no doubt.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: texasmom on April 27, 2011, 11:10:16 PM
Well guys I am going to sign off now. I have been cutting trees out of my house and my neighbors homes from about 7am till around 4pm. Now I am in the hotel and am just now getting settled. Thanks for the prayers and thoughts. Will update in the morning.
I'm glad your safe. I saw an update that it was increased to over 70 killed. Wow - that's terrible stuff out where y'all are at.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: camnite on April 28, 2011, 06:03:53 AM
128 dead in alabama so far
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Gaidin on April 28, 2011, 06:20:21 AM
180 dead at the moment.  My niece was in the Hospital in Tuscaloosa working when the roof got torn off and the windows busted out.  Some pictures will be put up in abit.  Still trying to get in contact with some family in the areas.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: jolly22 on April 28, 2011, 06:42:46 AM
Thats scary as heck....We are getting all this today around noon  :uhoh

Hope all will be good.  :pray
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Vapor on April 28, 2011, 06:50:11 AM
I hope all are safe. We had a few fatalities in NE Tennessee area. We stayed down and are ok.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Reschke on April 28, 2011, 07:14:06 AM
Anyone that wants to have some help contacting people in the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa area drop me a PM and I will do what I can to help you guys.

I have a pretty good contact with a customer in Tuscaloosa that can help get some information from the area and can get into areas of the town that are hard hit.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: ACE on April 28, 2011, 09:44:14 AM
That storm came up to TN not as bad though were out of power for atleast another day or so.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Krupinski on April 28, 2011, 07:23:18 PM
Very sad to see  :(

Here in Lancaster, PA we had 3 tornado warnings... first tornado warning in.. years pretty much.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: SKColt on April 29, 2011, 01:47:21 PM
My brother and family live in Harvest AL. This "was" their house.
The good news is that they are all safe and unhurt!!!

(http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa391/SKColt/KunklehouseHarvestAlabama4-28-2011.jpg)
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: fudgums on April 29, 2011, 04:46:42 PM
One cell came about mile from my house, luckily it was just rotating and not on the ground. It touched in virginia,killed one person. Scary ish, prayers to yall down south
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Reschke on April 30, 2011, 09:55:11 AM
Well my old room mate from college who us the mayor of Tuscaloosa thinks the death toll there will be at least twice what it is today since so many people are still unaccounted for.  We have pieces of mail and houses from Tuscaloosa in my yard and I live about 50 miles from there. If a person got sucked up in the storm who knows how far they could go before being dropped out.
Title: Re: Alabama and Georgia
Post by: Dichotomy on April 30, 2011, 08:04:53 PM
 :pray