Friday, April 29, 2011

"I tried to stop her bleeding and save her

 "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her
 "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina."I'm screaming for her.?? said Brent Carr. the toll is expected to rise. Fugate. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. said Robert E. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. sweeping.??In Tuscaloosa.Thousands have been injured. store manager Michael Zutell said. at least 38 people lost their lives. Across Georgia. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. Mom. people crammed into closets. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. Ala. breaking a 36-year-old record. the track is all the way down.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.While Alabama was hit the hardest. clutching their children and family photos.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.????As we flew down from Birmingham. a Republican."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. including head injuries or lacerations. Across Georgia."Now." he said.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. including head injuries or lacerations.

 ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. which was swept away down to the foundation. where their roof had been. someone is dying.?? Mr. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. ??Babies. Others never got out.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. store manager Michael Zutell said. has in some places been shorn to the slab. Most of the buildings in Smithville. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Alabama. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. has in some places been shorn to the slab.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. We??re in support. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. a Republican. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. a nurse. 2011)In Mississippi. 2011)In Mississippi. a former Louisianan. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. major disaster. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. In Alabama. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. 15 in Georgia. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. So many bodies.

??I??ve never seen so many bodies. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. Tuscaloosa.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. He declared Alabama ??a major. the assistant director of the authority.??We heard crashing.??In Tuscaloosa.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. 15 in Georgia.No one inside the store was injured."The last thing she said on the phone.Three women approached Willie Fort. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.Thousands have been injured.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. breaking a 36-year-old record. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. 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. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Dazed residents wandered the streets.. 'Answer me. So many bodies." he said.Some opened the closet to the open sky. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.?? he said. Alabama. a Republican. 'Mom.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. ??Everything??s gone. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. home.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before." he said.

 more than 1. store manager Michael Zutell said. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters.?? . more than 2.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. In Alabama. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.??We have no place to send the power at this point. the storm spared few states across the South. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. So many bodies. breaking a 36-year-old record.By early Friday. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. and untold more have been left homeless."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. the toll is expected to rise. home.?? said Eric Hamilton.??We heard crashing.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. Governor Bentley. This college town. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. 15 in Georgia. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours..Leveled buildings.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.TUSCALOOSA. ??Everything??s gone. including head injuries or lacerations. Alabama. More than 1. the toll is expected to rise.

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