Death toll after vicious southern storms reaches 345
Main Feature, News Monday, May 2nd, 2011
COURTESY/MCT CAMPUS Charles Johnson helps salvage goods from a house in Winston County, Mississippi, on Friday, April 29, 2011, after a tornado struck the area on Wednesday. A woman and three children survived the storm in the house.
A series of tornadoes and thunderstorms across southern states has made this year’s storms the deadliest in almost four decades. The death toll reached 345 today, the second deadliest storm outbreak in U.S. history.
Alabama is the most affected of the seven southern states experiencing devastating weather with fatality count of 248 according to Alabama emergency officials.
Since Wednesday’s destructive tornado that hit in Smithville, Miss. communities across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, Virginia, Louisiana and Tennessee have been struck.
With such a high number of recorded deaths and more than one million people that have been left without power, President Obama has declared a state of emergency in Alabama. President Obama and the first lady visited Tuscaloosa Friday, a town with at least 36 reported deaths and where the water supply is running low.
Residents have been advised to conserve and boil tap water before drinking it. Many have also volunteered in the community, as well as donated to charities such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
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Thanks so much for all you are doing to help out.! It means more than you will ever know!
The really sad part is folks will build and live in the same house structures that were blown away. They haven't learned. Dome homes, check em out.
Dome houses would have left a round foundation instead of what we have now.
*Nothing* would have changed it. Word is some storm cellars were moved. You seriously underestimate the power of nature or overestimate man's ability to build structures.
I agree with Lee_Meadows, too soon.
If you think you know anything about the situation, get down here and help. Learn something.
it sucked storm cellars and ceptic tanks out of the ground and leveled steel and concrete structures i seriously doubt ur little dome tee pee would have helped anyone… Sounds like you need to take a structural engineering class and get a grip on reality.
Thanks for showing your true stupidity in a time of crisis, While we are are it lets build dome shaped skyscrapers, and Titanium reinforced lava proof buildings in Hawaii. Houses made of foam in California, and Houses that float in our nations heart land which tends to flood every 15 years or so.
I live in Alabama btw if you couldn't tell. The rest of my family survived hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast any comments of idiotic proportions you would like to make about that?
Hey, Ray, I'm from Alabama, and your comment is way, way too soon. I stumbled on this site and was first encouraged that another part of the country was trying to help us. Then I saw your comment. Frankly, I'm disgusted. Over 400 people in Tuscaloosa are still missing! We simply don't know where they are. Children are in local hospitals identified only by a number because they were brought there, and no one knows who their family is. We need help, not judgment. Have you ever been through a tornado before?
See with some of these comments it shows how hard it is to help folks who don't want to learn.
Almost like being back in Africa where folks are starving. I am no stranger to hard times and do feel the pain of folks being lost. I am in Mexico helping out so can't make it farther North and yes part of my H.S. & community was destroyed by a Tornado. Best way to help is to prevent a disaster from happening. http://www.monolithic.com/ see for yourself.
Well, I'll be the 1st to say, the monolithic homes are amazing after checking out the link you posted. I did my research and read and read about it after you posted the link. I found this @ http://www.monolithic.com/stories/october-2008-ge... : "which are steel-reinforced concrete buildings known for their ability to meet Federal Emergency Management Agency’s standards for near-absolute protection from tornadoes. "
I can see why you would suggest these, and it's a great idea, but the way you worded it sounded more like an ATTACK on the people that lost their homes, more than a helpful suggestion. Most people (including me, until your link) don't know about these homes. So to say "some people just don't learn" was a little harsh. Also, in an F5 the Fujita Tornado Damage Scale states: "Incredible damage. STRONG frame houses leveled off foundations and swept away; automobile-sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters (109 yds); trees debarked; incredible phenomena will occur." INCREDIBLE PHENOMENA will occur. It is still a possibility that even the monolithic homes could be destroyed. Hopefully this area won't see another day like April 27th for years upon years, so monolithic sounds great for our regular F-0 through F-3-4 tornadoes. Thanks for the education.
are you God cause truly God is the only one that can help now, as for us not wanting help here in Alabama thats just your bad misconception of our comments to your stupidity… We accept help not ridicule… Once again go learn something you are in desperate need of being educated.
Faith Chapel in Birmingham, http://www.lpdj.com/projects/FaithChapel.htm
Tell me what kind of structure is this. Stick housing? http://photos.al.com/birmingham-news/2011/05/alab...
I supposed it would be a high amount, but never thought it will reach 345 millions, that´s a real disaster, I hope they get recovered soon.
I hope all of them get their homes soon, a disaster like that destroys your hope and your force, I will pray for them, and I am sure many more people will do it, sometimes this planet can be very dangerous without any doubt.
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