💬 April 27, 2011 - 252 Souls Lost In Alabama

[rick4bama]

These are the 252 who lost their life in Alabama during the generational tornado outbreak of April 27, 2011. We will never forget them.

James Spann

 

[TideatMileHigh]

I truly believe the Phil Campbell Hackleburg EF5 was one of the strongest surveyed tornados of all time... I think the twister probably had more destructive capabilitiy than the 1999 Moore F5.

That thing was pure evil. It didn't even look like a tornado at times... more like a rain storm on the horizon.

 

[Secondand26]

I truly believe the Phil Campbell Hackleburg EF5 was one of the strongest surveyed tornados of all time... I think the twister probably had more destructive capabilitiy than the 1999 Moore F5.

That thing was pure evil. It didn't even look like a tornado at times... more like a rain storm on the horizon.

I was up in Hackleburg about 4 weeks after & I stopped on Hwy 43. I saw where asphalt was literally pulled up from the roadway during that tornado. It was unbelievable.

 

[TerryP]

This day rolls around and I think about Carson Tinker.

 

[UAgrad93]

I’ll never forget! Over here on the Eastern side of the state, we had been sent home early from school due to the potentially bad weather. I was sitting in my living room watching James Spann and the live cameras in Tuscaloosa and in Cullman. All I could do was pray for those in the paths of these destructive storms. My then 10 year old son and I went over to T’town the following weekend to watch baseball. When I got off of 20/59 at McFarland and approached University Mall, I became extremely emotional. I didn’t recognize the place I had called home for almost 5 years.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I truly believe the Phil Campbell Hackleburg EF5 was one of the strongest surveyed tornados of all time... I think the twister probably had more destructive capabilitiy than the 1999 Moore F5.

That thing was pure evil. It didn't even look like a tornado at times... more like a rain storm on the horizon.

There were many acts of service and kindness following this event. The football teams working in Tuscaloosa got much attention, but the "I'm with Phil" movement was pretty neat. This documentary covers it well.

In the Town of Phil Campbell, a Gathering of Phil Campbells (Published 2011)

What started as a joke, a centennial celebration for Phil Campbell, Ala., turned into a relief effort in the aftermath of a tornado that killed 26 people in the little town.

www.nytimes.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704569404576297413255737194.html?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

 

[TerryP]

If you know, you know...

 

[TerryP]

I’ll never forget! Over here on the Eastern side of the state, we had been sent home early from school due to the potentially bad weather. I was sitting in my living room watching James Spann and the live cameras in Tuscaloosa and in Cullman. All I could do was pray for those in the paths of these destructive storms. My then 10 year old son and I went over to T’town the following weekend to watch baseball. When I got off of 20/59 at McFarland and approached University Mall, I became extremely emotional. I didn’t recognize the place I had called home for almost 5 years.

Dec of 2000. 16th.

The weather people had been talking for days about bad storms. Most blew over: except this one. I was living...basically at the corner of McFarland and 15th...had a house behind the Family Dollar shopping center if you remember the area.

We decided to watch a movie over a pizza for lunch...ran up to the Blockbusters on McFarland. The old lady working there closes the door, locks us outside, and says "there's a storm coming."

You know me. You know how I'm going to react...

Lisa says, "come on, let's go to _____" ... can't remember the name of the place. Movie something. It was up around the golf course. They let us in and in about two or three minutes a cop drives by and says "take shelter."

I'm in a movie store. Surrounded by DVD's. What shelter? You want to talk about "death from 1000 cuts?"

It got so dark we couldn't see the car...parked in the front row. That was the day the new Walmart got wiped out ... a day or two later and 100's would have been killed.

 

[TerryP]

There were many acts of service and kindness following this event. The football teams working in Tuscaloosa got much attention, but the "I'm with Phil" movement was pretty neat. This documentary covers it well.

I watched this when it first was published. I've watched it again today. There is so much in this that is "unspoken." Little things in the background. I think I'm going to watch it again tomorrow.

There's is a small clip of the city meeting where you see a Jeff Gordon jacket hanging on the back of a metal chair. Yes or no. Do you know who that guy is...as is, ya know? He's using his grand dads one man cross saw.

There's a scene where you see "a flag" in the background. Made me life then, makes me life today.

Seriously. Thanks for bringing this back up...