Has anyone heard from our southern people kinda to the left of Mississippi?  There's some pretty nasty storms rippin thru Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee.   Talkin possible f4 or f5 hit Tuscalousa(sp)... a mile wide, footage was unreal on the weather channel. Headed south myself tomorrow to just outside Huntsville.... 
Just wondering if our southern people were ok.....
:-[

I have a call in to my brother who is in the Muscle Shoals area, West of Huntsville. So far, no response from him. Alabama has taken a bad whipping from these devastating tornadoes! I drove home to Mississippi yesterday afternoon~ from Bama. I didnt hit any storms until I was about to turn off of I-20 Interstate in Brandon, MS! I was a very lucky person to escape all of that mayhem!

Btw, the death toll is now at 178.  :(  I knew it would rise from 58 deaths as of last night! 

Quote from: U_Kay on April 28, 2011, 06:58:09 AM
Btw, the death toll is now at 178.  :(  I knew it would rise from 58 deaths as of last night!

Hmmmm....
Elfie almost at Nashville, TN, she ask for this to be passed on.

"they have no power n probably wouldnt for 2 to 4 days, then again it could be a week. to late to switch gears and fetch the camper. from what i am discovering and please pass this on,,,,,,,huntsville and decatur are without power the TVA had 78 more main lines to reconect. the nuke plant went into generator mode and it is shut down completely..they do not know when they will get it back up and running".

Awww~  I am sorry to hear this about Elfie! Hopefully, her power will be on sooner than planned.

Elfie be careful and Ukay hope you brother is ok.   :)

Quote from: U_Kay on April 28, 2011, 05:36:22 PM
Awww~  I am sorry to hear this about Elfie! Hopefully, her power will be on sooner than planned.

Elfie does not live there, she has something that has to be done there. Like help help her step person.  She has choson to go there and help what she can. 

I am here for who knows... text is spotty and so is my little antenna. we made it to Decatur, Al.  Man alive what a black out is going on... the hotel just got its power back bout 2 hours ago.
from what we heard at mile mark 14 at some teeny little gas station, all of hunstville is without power. dont know when it will go back up.  about 90%of decatur is without power. Radio stations are shutting down at an early hour and coming back on line in the morning.   just outside of Athens the power is gone coming this way. But the main roads are starting to come alive. we are on beltline, exit 334 off of 65.  right off 65 power,,,drive not very far nothing. residents have nothing. there is no way i am attempting to find dad's house in the drk in an unknown land.  peopel are checking in from power companies to residents. some residents are talkin about finding people on roofs,,, others are talking about the destruction..... ok, off i go....... hope to get back tomorrow with some daylight vision..... they are talking up t a week for hunstville to come back on line. the nuke power plant is totally shut down. operational again due to power issues...unknownhope to cya ya tomorrow...gonna try and find some news on infinity....
so I am on an elfin adventure......... what can i say.....

Good luck finding your dad house MeLady. 

Stay safe Elfie.  My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.  :)

Thanks, ST, for your well wishes. My brother called yesterday afternoon and all is well. Cellular towers were down where he was located.  :P

Again, thank you.

Tuscaloosa is devastated. Power is being slowly restored. Reports of looting in the city.

It's a fucking nightmare.

Huntsville/Decatur....they are talking up to 14 days for power to resume.  In Decatur they are 12 hrs on 12 off. Dawn til dusk curfew.  Restaurants whose workers wear uniforms can stay open til 9 so they say.    Those without are closing at 7pm...Brother coming in from Fl,,,sights of caravans of power people. We saw the same thing from Tennesse down to here.  Gas stations are 5 to 10 deep at all pumps.  Land lines are spotty,,, cell service is spotty.  No reports of looting,,,but the police force is out and very visible.
Done for the day over to Dad's.    No power inside,,,cant see...bleck.....

Quote from: Elfie on April 29, 2011, 04:02:17 PM
Huntsville/Decatur....they are talking up to 14 days for power to resume.  In Decatur they are 12 hrs on 12 off. Dawn til dusk curfew.  Restaurants whose workers wear uniforms can stay open til 9 so they say.    Those without are closing at 7pm...Brother coming in from Fl,,,sights of caravans of power people. We saw the same thing from Tennesse down to here.  Gas stations are 5 to 10 deep at all pumps.  Land lines are spotty,,, cell service is spotty.  No reports of looting,,,but the police force is out and very visible.
Done for the day over to Dad's.    No power inside,,,cant see...bleck.....

Store owner just shot and killed a looter in Huntsville.

http://www.myfoxal.com/story/14538823/alleged-looter-shot-and-killed-in-huntsville

Quote from: Danny Borden on April 29, 2011, 09:20:20 PM
Store owner just shot and killed a looter in Huntsville.

http://www.myfoxal.com/story/14538823/alleged-looter-shot-and-killed-in-huntsville

Sounds like he did the right thing. 
"Officers on the scene said the owner, who was armed with a gun, fell asleep and woke up to find someone inside his store".