The south has been rocked by the number of storms and tornadoes that went through on Wednesday April 27, 2011. Wednesday morning I woke up at my dad around 6 to the sound of high winds, rain, and the tornado siren. Luckily, a tornado did not touch down where I was at the time, but the wind damage across the town was a sight! Power lines laying across the roads, huge trees uprooted everywhere I looked, trees lying on houses, roofs of buildings ripped off, and no power anywhere. Several states were hit across the south, but Alabama was one of the worst with over 200 deaths, and more than 100,000 people out of electricity! Our whole county is expected to be without power for 7-9 days, and most of the surrounding cities are as well, and will probably be out even longer. So my family fled the state to go stay with family until the power comes back! Once we reached power Thursday night we finally got to see the news...and all the devastation across the south! Tuscaloosa, Alabama was one of the worst places hit out of all the states. A huge EF4 EF5 tornado a mile wide ripped through Tuscaloosa, missing the campus, but destroying the residential areas right next to campus and traveled on the ground for 80 miles. The Tornado had wind speeds of up to 200 miles per hour and left Tuscaloosa looking like a war zone. To give you an idea of how rare these tornados are, the amount of EF5 tornados that occur in the U.S. is about one every 2-4 years! 15th street was wiped out along with the mall and MidTown on Mcfarland Blvd. Please pray for Ttown! Right now there are 39 confirmed deaths and 571 people missing in Tuscaloosa!
It is a tragedy what has happened across the south so please keep us in your prayers.
Roll Tide!!
This is the Tornado in Tuscaloosa...
So thankful we are all safe!! And there is FINALLY power back at home!
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