Mother Nature being a mother

Good Lord. Could it have been a sick prank?

Insofar as cable news coverage, it appears the outlets are in full catch-up mode. The wedding is over.

 

Don't think so. I believe our paper got the same fax, or the e-mail version.

 

Other than the power being out, my "plantation" place is fine. I can't say the
same about other homes in my neighborhood. One block down and one
block over three different houses were destroyed by trees falling on
them. I'm talking 120-foot oak trees like the eight in my front yard. So I'm living like I'm camping, with flashlights, a gas grill with a one-burner stove and heating water in a pot for a morning scrub.

That's nothing compared to Ringgold, a 10-minute drive from downtown

Have a look: http://www.tfponline.com/news/2011/apr/29/photo-gallery-storm-damage-around-tennessee-valley/?breakingnews
And here too:http://www.tfponline.com/news/2011/apr/29/photo-gallery-images-storm-damage/?breakingnews

 

Send those Westboro bastards down. We could use a theraputic ass kicking.

 

A girl that went to high school with me lost her camper and her house's roof, but her husband and kids are okay.

If my math holds up, this will be deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history, worse than the Super Outbreak of 1974, when tornadoes hit everywhere from Ontario to Alabama. That killed 315-330 people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak

 

Tuscaloosa mayor: 446 still missing in city.

 

Mwwt Jason835A, who is apparently the stupidest person alive. Filmed the tornado from the University Mall parking lot, which meant the thing went right across the street from him.

The worst damage was in the Alberta City neighborhood. It isn't the absolute worst section of town, but it is the worst part that outsiders travel through on a regular basis. They are just now starting to get in there and find casualties. CNN went in and found a great ancedote.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/29/tuscaloosa.alberta.tornado/index.html?hpt=C1

 

I loved this that asshole moved closer, then had a meltdown.

 

After my ranting about the failings of cable news, I have to give some credit to NBC's Brian Williams. He landed in London, learned about the tornadoes and immediately came back to the States to cover it.

 

A tip of the cap to all of the Alabama papers. I've been reading most of the major papers' websites this week, and the work has been outstanding under extremely difficult conditions. Good job by all.

 

Indeed. It's about the only coverage you'll see, as the national media is firmly planted up the backside of this royal wedding thing. Some of the arial photography from the Tuscaloosa News site, seeing the path of the tornado from above, it's just amazing trying to comprehend the damage.

 

But enough about the football players already...