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11 years ago today was a rough day
Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:18 am
Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:18 am
April 27. A rough day for Mississippi and Alabama. Largest tornado outbreak since ‘74. Four EF5’s that day.
I know how it feels. My sister was only 15 minutes S of the Tuscaloosa storm. I watched it all on my laptop on the 33/40 live stream.
I know how it feels. My sister was only 15 minutes S of the Tuscaloosa storm. I watched it all on my laptop on the 33/40 live stream.
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Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:20 am to Pisco
I was living in Huntsville at the time.
Sat in a bathtub with a motorcycle helmet on.
We lost power for a week.
Sat in a bathtub with a motorcycle helmet on.
We lost power for a week.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:22 am to Pisco
I remember everyone freaking out when it got a little close to Bryant-Denny
Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:24 am to GetCocky11
The bigger freak out was how close it came to Tuscaloosa’s big hospital.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:27 am to Pisco
I'll never forget the scenes I saw the next day when we went to check on my Grandfather's place on the river in Ohatchee. Just straight up carnage everywhere.
The old horse farm near Willow Point out with dead horses scattered through the pastures is one that stands out. As well as the elderly woman they were fishing out of the water near my Grandfather's place. Such a sad time for so many people.
The old horse farm near Willow Point out with dead horses scattered through the pastures is one that stands out. As well as the elderly woman they were fishing out of the water near my Grandfather's place. Such a sad time for so many people.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:29 am to Displaced
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Sat in a bathtub with a motorcycle helmet on.
Pics?
Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:30 am to The Spleen
When the weather started getting closer to where I live, I went to take important stuff to my spot in the basement under the stairs, looked down through the basement steps and saw a copperhead. Only time I've ever seen a poisonous snake on my property.
Opened the garage door and went back upstairs for something, can't remember what, but the snake was gone and I couldn't find where it went, so I was like, frick it, if it's still here we're both riding the storm out in the basement. Never saw it again thankfully.
Opened the garage door and went back upstairs for something, can't remember what, but the snake was gone and I couldn't find where it went, so I was like, frick it, if it's still here we're both riding the storm out in the basement. Never saw it again thankfully.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 9:30 am to The Spleen
dup
This post was edited on 4/27/22 at 9:31 am
Posted on 4/27/22 at 10:17 am to Pisco
My friends boss and whole family died. It screwed with his head for a bit because it missed his house by 100 yards.he still had damage but 100 yards from it nothing was left of 20 year old pines and houses were completely gone nothing but slab
This was on the Mississippi side before it got to Tuscaloosa
This was on the Mississippi side before it got to Tuscaloosa
This post was edited on 4/27/22 at 10:19 am
Posted on 4/27/22 at 10:40 am to Pisco
The story about that Alabama football player and his girlfriend is fricking wild.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 10:45 am to Pisco
That thing smoked tuscaloosa. 15th street was a damn warzone.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 11:16 am to Pisco
Posted on 4/27/22 at 11:27 am to m2pro
I used to do a lot of work in Tuscaloosa. When I went back for the first time a couple of weeks after the storms it was so weird. Whole streets of houses just gone.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 11:31 am to Pisco
Tornadoes suck
Posted on 4/27/22 at 11:55 am to grizzlylongcut
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The story about that Alabama football player and his girlfriend is fricking wild.
Almost bought a house in that neighborhood back in college.
Storm took it down to the slab.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 11:57 am to upgrade
I was at work when it hit. We're just off the 359/59 interchange. They let us leave a little after 6, not long after it hit. Seeing what that storm did to the city and the great people that live here was heartbreaking. T'town will never be the same.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 11:59 am to GetCocky11
Holy shite!
Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:08 pm to Pisco
CSB from that day:
I have a friend who's in the insurance business in Tuscaloosa. So I didn't call him for about a month after the storm. Because I knew he was crazy busy.
So when I did call I asked him to relate one interesting story from the aftermath. And he comes up with this one:
They get a call from a lady who says she has storm damage. So they look up her address and put her on the map. And she's like 3 miles from the storm path. So they send someone out there to see what's up.
And her house has been cut in half by a 40 foot steel beam. No damage anywhere else. Just this enormous beam in her living room.
Turns out it was dangling from a crane at the hospital construction site. Got tossed 3 miles and landed in her living room.
That's all I got.....
I have a friend who's in the insurance business in Tuscaloosa. So I didn't call him for about a month after the storm. Because I knew he was crazy busy.
So when I did call I asked him to relate one interesting story from the aftermath. And he comes up with this one:
They get a call from a lady who says she has storm damage. So they look up her address and put her on the map. And she's like 3 miles from the storm path. So they send someone out there to see what's up.
And her house has been cut in half by a 40 foot steel beam. No damage anywhere else. Just this enormous beam in her living room.
Turns out it was dangling from a crane at the hospital construction site. Got tossed 3 miles and landed in her living room.
That's all I got.....
Posted on 4/27/22 at 12:09 pm to Pisco
I was about 3 blocks from it off of 15th- heard it come and pass. Took weeks, maybe a year, to even process all of it. Came out fortunate but 4/27 will forever stick out like a sore thumb on a calendar to me
We lost power shortly before the now-infamous Tuscaloosa skycam was shown on 33/40. We had no idea how bad it really was until the next day. People were talking about it, of course, but to see it on camera like that was unreal
We lost power shortly before the now-infamous Tuscaloosa skycam was shown on 33/40. We had no idea how bad it really was until the next day. People were talking about it, of course, but to see it on camera like that was unreal
This post was edited on 4/27/22 at 12:17 pm
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