Storms, Tornadoes Kill 25 in Alabama: Authorities

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Storms, tornadoes kill 25 in Alabama: authorities

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Tornadoes and storms that lashed the South on Wednesday killed 25 people in Alabama alone over a 24-hour period, state authorities said.

"I can confirm the 25 deaths in Alabama were related to today's weather," Valerie Hayes, a spokeswoman for the Alabama Emergency Management Agency, told Reuters, adding that the deaths occurred in nine different counties and that nine people were injured.

(Editing by Eric Walsh)

Read more: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE73R0CG20110428?irpc=932

[uppityperson]

1. 11 in MS, so far 39 confirmed dead today.

Pictures, vids on each page.
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-tornado-wire-20110428,0,7882515.story
Tuscaloosa beast:



http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2011-04-27-arkansas-storms_n.htm

[Raschel]

6. Do many homes in Arkansas have basements?

[Art_from_Ark]

8. I don't think so many Arkansas homes have basements,

especially the newer homes. No house in my old Arkansas neighborhood, at least, had a basement, and most of those houses dated from the 1950s back to the 1880s. The newer houses in the town don't have basements, either. A lot of rural residents have "root cellars", though.

[uppityperson]

16. I don't think so. This family was lucky to have a great safe room. The rest of house is gone.

[StClone]

2. From Space

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/severe-storms-20110427.html

[AC_Mem]

3. What have we done

to our earth? What will it take to accept that our planet is getting hot and that she is releasing this horrific energy in the form of earthquakes, tornado's, volcano's, fires, tsunamis, nuclear meltdowns....?

My heart weeps for those who's lives have changed in an instant over these last few months. As I sit here, safe (for now) in Memphis with my family, I pray that we are done with the destruction and further, I pray that this will somehow make the fact of climate change a little more real for those who would deny that which is right in front of our eyes.

I'll be waiting for the opportunity to donate. Pray for us too, as the Mississippi which is about 20 miles away from my home, is swelling and will probably overflow just as we begin to celebrate Memphis in May on the River.

The flooding from these storms may cause more damage than we can even imagine.

Namaste,
Annette

[ronnie624]

7. The earth's atmosphere

is a delicate, paper thin wisp of gases, hovering next to the surface. Let me assure you, that it does not contain enough mass or energy to influence the convective forces below the earth's crust, which are comparatively, infinitely greater in scale. Atmospheric phenomena cannot cause volcanic eruptions or earthquakes.

And attributing a single, specific weather event to global climate change is illogical, though technically, all of the earth's weather and climate events are a result of atmospheric energy (global warming).

[justageek]

17. we haven't done what you think

Here is perfect proof, please scroll down to the graph and note the overall actual decline in large tornadoes.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/04/19/why-it-seems-that-severe-weather-is-getting-worse-when-the-data-shows-otherwise-a-historical-perspective/

Here is the graph

[ReggieVeggie]

18. good graph

There is no proof of global warming in what happened yesterday, as there was no disproof when Washington DC had a snowstorm.

[Hissyspit]

4. Reuters: FLASH: Alabama storms, tornadoes kill 45 people on Wednesday - state authorities

[Hissyspit]

5. Death toll up to 75 across South; 130+ tornadoes reported

[RebelOne]

14. There were a few deaths in Cartersville,

which is just a few miles from my town here in North Georgia. Thankfully, it skipped over my town of Woodstock. In fact, we didn't even get any wind or rain.

[Lasher]

9. Storms kill 72 around South, including 58 in Ala.

Source: Los Angeles Times

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A wave of tornado-spawning storms strafed the South on Wednesday, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama and killing 72 people in four states.

At least 58 people died in Alabama alone, including 15 or more when a massive tornado devastated Tuscaloosa. The city's mayor said sections of the city that's home to the University of Alabama have been destroyed and the city's infrastructure is devastated.

Eleven deaths were reported in Mississippi, two in Georgia and one in Tennessee.

News footage showed paramedics lifting a child out of a flattened Tuscaloosa home, with many neighboring buildings in the city of more than 83,000 also reduced to rubble. A hospital there said its emergency room had admitted at least 100 people.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-tornado-wire-20110428,0,7882515.story

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Not included in the above article:

(Washington, DC Area) Tornadoes Confirmed; Watches in Effect

It was a busy night of severe weather in the D.C. area, with several reports of tornadoes and funnel clouds spotted in Maryland and Virginia.

<snip>

Trained storm spotters confirmed that Wednesday's tornadoes touched down about one mile west of Quantico, Va., around 6:15 p.m. and then near Stafford., Va., not long after. A funnel cloud was sighted near Accokeek, Md.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/120794729.html

[Rowdyboy]

10. Local news have unofficially reported 20 more deaths in Smithville MS....

No confirmation yet but its very believable.

Here in central Mississippi there were tornadoes all around but none in my location.

[Lasher]

11. Thanks for adding that.

I was hoping to compile a national summary and in that you have helped. Is that 20 more in addition to the 11 already reported for MS?

Glad your neighborhood didn't get hit.

[slay]

12. It's headed here to NC soon

we already got screwed by tornadoes a week ago - hope this round lightens up before impact. :scared: :hide:

[trof]

13. Alabama storm death tholl now at 128.

I expect more bodies will be found in debris.
This is the worst thing that's ever happened to us.

[Baclava]

15. Dozens of tornadoes kill 201 in 6 Southern states

PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. -- Dozens of tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system wiped out neighborhoods across a wide swath of the South, killing at least 201 people in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years, and officials said Thursday they expected the death toll to rise.

Alabama's state emergency management agency said it had confirmed 131 deaths, while there were 32 in Mississippi, 16 in Tennessee, 13 in Georgia, eight in Virginia and one in Kentucky.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said it received 137 tornado reports around the regions into Wednesday night

http://www2.nbc4i.com/weather/2011/apr/28/5/storm-death-toll-rises-173-south-ar-469405/