Posts from ‘April, 2011’

According to the Stratis Times: The death toll from a slew of tornadoes rose to 324 on Friday, making the terrible storms the third-deadliest outbreak of twisters in US history and the worst in nearly 80 years. On Friday, the number of confirmed tornado-related deaths increased to 228 in Alabama; to 34 in Mississippi; and [...]

Per the Seattle Times: Weather scientists are retracing the footprints of this week’s monstrous tornadoes the way detectives would investigate a crime scene: talking to witnesses, watching surveillance video and taking the measurements of trees ripped from the ground. The result will be a meteorological autopsy report on the disaster, revealing how many twisters developed [...]

A tornado tore through Little Rock Air Force Base at about 8 p.m. Monday, damaging aircraft, base houses and more. Col. Mike Minihan, installation and 19th Airlift Wing commander, said in a press conference Tuesday morning that none were killed on base during Monday’s storm, and three people were treated for minor injuries. Across base, [...]

Per the Christian Science Monitor: With at least 300 lives lost from a massive tornado outbreak in the South, the Obama White House reacted quickly this week, declaring a federal disaster, promising federal help, and dispatching none other than the president himself to Alabama on Friday to survey the damage. A few states away, Texas [...]

The devastating tornadoes that swept across Alabama and other southern states Wednesday caused widespread power outages, shut down several large manufacturing plants and could disrupt the region’s fragile economic recovery. Most economists say the setback will likely be temporary. Martin Soler, an associate economist at Moody’s Analytics, said Alabama’s economy was already struggling to recover [...]

Per AFP: A powerful tornado which ripped across a small town in Georgia, swept up everything in its past and then roared north into Tennessee, finally dumping a store sign more than 112 miles away.Linda Summitt of Knoxville, Tennessee, could not believe her eyes when she walked into her front yard on Thursday morning and [...]

The National Weather Service says that the strong winds and rain that lashed Pennsylvania spawned three tornadoes in the state’s midsection. Bruce Budd, an NWS meteorologist, told The Patriot-News of Harrisburg that a tornado touched down in East Hanover Township, Lebanon County on Thursday. Two other tornadoes had been confirmed in Palmyra and at the [...]

According to Computer World: A graduation announcement. A page torn from a calendar, noting a father’s birthday. Tattered pictures of children. An ultrasound image of an unborn baby. These are just some of the documents that people have found after a devastating round of tornadoes ripped through parts of the south this week, killing 300 [...]

The number of fatalities in Bradley County still stands at nine, and all of the victims have been identified except one. They are: 1. Kandice Setterfield, 512 Blue Springs Lane. 2. Evelyn Johnson, Leadmine Valley Road and Kelley. 3. Robert King, 78 yo, Old Alabama Road. 4. Lisa Pack, area of 1823 Leadmine Valley Road [...]

Per the Associated Press: A Georgia salon owner and her two daughters — Sky and Stormy — climbed inside a tanning bed while a tornado ripped the roof off their business. A Virginia couple scrambled under their garage’s wooden steps after a twister ripped off their home’s roof. Mississippi mobile home park residents found shelter [...]