Alabama got pounded by tornados tonight. Much damage and many deaths. Headed for Atlanta now. All will need our thoughts and prayers.

 

The Red Cross could probably used some monitary help on this one. There is going to be a lot of people needing immediate help. I have no connection with the Red Cross other than professionally on the job.

 

That ugly line of Radar-Red and -Yellow is 35 miles west of me now.

 

Good Luck Mark -- Be Safe!

 

The line was actualy about 60 miles away, it's here now!

Collapsed houses and lots of damage north of Atlanta now.

 

Keep your head down Mark.

roadster with a stick

 

all i saw was rain in atlanta

 

I STILL HAVE POWER!

Lightning and wind - the storm is here, oddly no rain yet.

WSB weather guy says these storm are weaker than those that hit north of Atlanta... looks like I'll be ok!

 

Good. Now you can go back to worry about women.

 

On my road, not so much as a leaf or branch down. Four miles to the north, there are huge commercial buildings wiped away! A tornado touched down about 8 miles to the west, it's first victim was the home of friends I have attended church with for 10 years. They heard odd sounds, hid in an inner closet. When they came out, about 75% of the house was gone. The storm stayed on the ground for over 12 miles, and again, it came thru about four miles north of my house, and about 1 mile north of the office.

I rode thru there just now, one RV dealer lost every RV on the lot - none escaped damage, two were piled on each other (these are 40 to 50 foot motor homes).

Across the street, the Shell station was reduced to rubble about 4 feet high. Behind it, was a mobile home park, only about 8 or 10 trailers. Nothing is left, they think 3 died there.

NEXT DOOR is ANOTHER mobile home park, 6 or 8 trailers there - one trailer was crushed when a tree fell on it, no other trailers were damaged. Less than 200 feet separates the two trailer parks!

In the middle of a destroyed lift truck place, a destroyed RV dealership, a destroyed Gas Station, etc. Sat the post office. A brick building with minimal windows. It lost some shingles off the roof - no other damage.

If you see any of this on the news, I'm in Spalding county, GA.

 

Followed the storms on the web yesterday.
Here's where I watched. LINKY

 

Thats the one I was watching - the thing that amazes me was that it was listed in Wikipedia already while the storms were in still Birmingham as Birminghan tornado of april 27 2011.

 

Wow, just wow! The word is severely over used but tornadoes are truly an AWESOME force of nature. Utterly humbling for humans. Glad to hear you survived unscathed. Sorry to hear some friends didn't. That's what makes these things so scary. With all of our technology, we still have very little warning where these storms will hit, what track they will take, and how long they'll be on the ground. Give me a good old hurricane any day.

 

I agree! I've gone through both. While I don't particularly like hurricanes, it seems as though you can step out of their way compared to a tornado!

 

Hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, floods!
Ya'll move to Sierra Vista, Az., and forget 'bout dem thangs!

Just imagine all of the get togethers we could have!

 

that is very true DJ....we have had a few minor ones pass by us...nothing big yet...it does serve a purpose...all those old barns that should be torn down, are now...but, you still wouldn't want to be in its path...