Woke up this morning at 5:20 am to tornado sirens. Lost power just before 6 am. The bad news this was just a first line, they expected the worst to hit later this afternoon. And sure enough, it got much worse. I live in Birmingham. Luckily for me I was 7 miles south of the Tornado that hit our city. The tornado started in Mississippi and had been on the ground for at least 2 hours, hitting Tuscaloosa then continuing to Birmingham Metro area. Many times they were tracking 7 to 8 tornados at the same time on the radar in our viewing area from late afternoon and on. So far the death toll is already at 50 for the state and expected to climb much higher. We had power restored and lost several times during the day and evening. The cold front has finally passed through so the threat of severe storms has now finally passed. Grateful that we were spared from this disaster. We know first hand of loss as we lost everything from Hurricane Katrina
Woke up this morning at 5:20 am to tornado sirens. Lost power just before 6 am. The bad news this was just a first line, they expected the worst to hit later this afternoon. And sure enough, it got much worse. I live in Birmingham. Luckily for me I was 7 miles south of the Tornado that hit our city. The tornado started in Mississippi and had been on the ground for at least 2 hours, hitting Tuscaloosa then continuing to Birmingham Metro area. Many times they were tracking 7 to 8 tornados at the same time on the radar in our viewing area from late afternoon and on. So far the death toll is already at 50 for the state and expected to climb much higher. We had power restored and lost several times during the day and evening. The cold front has finally passed through so the threat of severe storms has now finally passed. Grateful that we were spared from this disaster. We know first hand of loss as we lost everything from Hurricane Katrina