Exploding Ned
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Geez Ned! I'm so glad you're relatively unharmed! That's just terrifying!
I'm OK. I live in GA south of Atlanta. The note was from a friend who wasn't as fortunate.
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I'm OK. I live in GA south of Atlanta. The note was from a friend who wasn't as fortunate.
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Aerial photos of the tornado damage in Cave Spring, GA.. about 10 miles from our house.
http://www.photosnack.com/slideshows/f96e1732bdfb4681654e5c7eda842833
~Jen
http://www.photosnack.com/slideshows/f96e1732bdfb4681654e5c7eda842833
~Jen
The death toll continues to rise, with c. 200 dead in Alabama, and 14 in Georgia.
I got some wind, rain and thunder here and a lot of power flickers and brownouts, but luckily by the time the squall line got this far east of the Atlanta metro (1am or so), it had lost much of its daytime-heating strength.
Actually, we were just fortunate. The storm didn't lose it's daytime heating strength when it got here, it just happened to miss this area almost completely.
The entire Metro area got very lucky. The cells split as it it crossed Alabama, with some going north of Atlanta, and some going south. Fulton, Dekalb, Gwinnett, Hall, and Forsyth Counties were fine.
Across the top of the state from Rome (Glenn and Jen's area) to Rabun Counry got hit hard, before it moved into South Carolina. The south as far out as Eatonton and beyond got crunched, with most of the damage well east of the Metro area.
J-Dubya 777
It NEVER ends
My brother lives in Gardendale, AL. He had tons of debris in his backyard. He works in Fultondale and said that they all hid in the meat cooler of the Winn Dixie he works at. He said that most of the businesses in Fultondale got leveled, including a subdivision that was built only two years ago. Everyone in our fam is safe (nephew is in Tuscaloosa at the university) thankfully. Keeping everyone else in our thoughts.
Mosquito
oh noes!!
I lost my cousin, his wife, and his step-daughter in Alabama. But we're all doing okay considering.
AngraRULES
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I am so sorry for your losses. The devastation in some areas has been overwhelming.
Mardoch
Defender of the Universe
I considered myself lucky in SE LA that all we got this time around was some stiff wind and a fair bit of rain. Not looking forward to the Mississippi coming over the levees though. My uncle who works for the Army corps of engineers told us that they'll be opening some of the spillways. Going to be messy stuff. The vast bulk of my company's clients in the Tunica area are closed and several are underwater.
Good luck to all who are impacted by this spring's crazier than usual weather.
Good luck to all who are impacted by this spring's crazier than usual weather.
Pellaz
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KingsGene
God of Thunder
Can somebody post some info about how we can help these folks with some donations? Should be something we can do as a community (and nation)...
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Another good site is the United Way of West Alabama: uwwa.org/donatenow.html
Update: you can text "tornado" to 50555 to donate $10 to tornado relief efforts.
Update: you can text "tornado" to 50555 to donate $10 to tornado relief efforts.
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