I just want to know who the hell pissed off Mom? Earthquakes, Tsunami's, Tornado's, hell Hurricane season is just about to start. I hope I still have a house after this year.

Glad yer ok Sarge , let me know if theres any thing i can do to help as im only a few hrs away

Tuscaloosa, Alabama was hit REALLY hard. Like, the largest of the tornadoes that touched down there was apparently about a mile wide, and stayed on the ground for over two hours, going all the way from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. Both my parents went to the UofA in Tuscaloosa and actually met working at a record store in a mall that came within about 200 feet of not hardly existing anymore.

Our experience too. We live near the Great Lakes and kept getting woken by shipping alerts...

Update on our Smithville tornado. EF-5

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) _ The National Weather Service says one of the tornadoes that killed hundreds in the South had winds of 205 mph and was the first EF-5 tornado in Mississippi since 1966.

That's the highest rating given by the weather service for tornado damage.

The weather services said Friday the tornado hit Smithville, Miss., at 3:44 p.m. EDT on Wednesday.

It was a half-mile wide and was on the ground for close to three miles.

The assessment is preliminary, based on photos taken Thursday and consultation with experts.

It's in our papers today (despite the Royal Wedding).
Horrendous, and I hope people recover as soon as they can.

psst i already posted that one

Yeah, but what goes aroundandaroundandaroundandaround comes aroundandaroundanadaround ....

Here is a photo gallery taken by a local photographer in Smithville:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fb...38194566217852

Can you believe this many folks still don't have power?

The tornadoes that hit the region earlier this week left 679,000 TVA customers without power. On Saturday afternoon, that number had dropped to 477,000, but Chief Operating Officer Bill McCollum said it could be mid-next week before a majority of those have power again.

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Actually, yes. The storm damage was so widespread that work crews are stretched thin. Usully there is extra manpower to direct to the affected areas. This time everyone is scattered out.

Another problem is that often there isn't enough (or any) house left to tie on to.

So horrible. :(

Last I heard 2 were killed in Jasper county, at Louin, MS. About 7 miles from me

I didn't realize it was close to you. Glad you're ok.

They've just had a tornado in Auckland, New Zealand. WTF???

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...03/3206547.htm

You did it, when you abused all those helpless apostrophes, you monster.