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Old 04-28-2011, 06:51 AM
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Default Tornado in Alabama..
click on this link, amazing video of the killer tornado that hit near bama campus yesterday...

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Old 04-28-2011, 08:53 AM
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NWS is sayin' it was an F4. I saw where the campus was untouched but everything in it's path is gone.
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Old 04-28-2011, 09:05 AM
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My buddy said were he's from in missssippi there was a mile wide tornado
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Old 04-28-2011, 09:09 AM
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I've got family that live in and around Tuscaloosa...haven't heard from them yet...kinda worried...
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Old 04-28-2011, 09:28 AM
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I've got family that live in and around Tuscaloosa...haven't heard from them yet...kinda worried...
Hopin' everyone is alright, man. It was bad on that side of town. "There" reporting over 200 deaths yesterday.
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Old 04-28-2011, 09:30 AM
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watching it on FOX news..... thats some crazy video.... i have family in TUSC also...... called them last night and they were vacationing in FL. "There" fine, but im not sure about "there" house and belongings....
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Old 04-28-2011, 11:23 AM
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It was picking stuff up in Tuscaloosa and dropping it in Birmingham from what news said.......that's a big stretch of land!!!
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Old 04-28-2011, 12:08 PM
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127 tornados confirmed in 5 states. Large areas completely flattened. Some areas they cannot even access. Prayers sent...
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Talked to my dad who got in touch with some of the family and all are ok, most were out of town thank goodness!!

However the main drag in Tuscaloosa is gone...literally restraunts and building are completely gone...its pretty bad scene right now!
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Unbelieveable, I pray that Human Life was spared, wow!!!!
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That dude is crazy for staying that close!

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50 fatalities in one small town between Tuscalooser and Huntsville. Obama is scheduled to do a "fly-over". Bet he don't get out....ain't no kuhns up there.
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NWS is sayin' it was an F4. I saw where the campus was untouched but everything in it's path is gone.
Nick S. must have been working on campus...... or maybe his statue kept it away.
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Old 04-28-2011, 07:20 PM
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Nick S. must have been working on campus...... or maybe his statue kept it away.

Maybe, like LSU, the twister was just in awe of the University of Alabama.

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Prayers sent to all the victims and the families who lost someone.
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Man, that's some rough stuff!
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