as the nation moves its focus to seemingly frivolous matters like the royal wedding, the dress she wore, and the nfl lockout (c'mon, people...), family, friends, and neighbors in alabama continue to deal with the aftermath of one of the worst storms of the century. below are some images my mom took with her cell phone around our neighborhood and downtown where our office is located and where some of the worst damage was done.
the power of mother nature is absolutely amazing and incredible.
the house of a dear friend in our neighborhood. it will have to be torn down.
what's left of the busy bee cafe, a local diner that's been a cullman staple
for more than 80 years is just gone. this alone is devastating enough.
the view from the office. again, half a city block just gone.
a childhood friend's old house.
obama is touring alabama today, assessing the damage and "empathizing" with the people and showing his support, or doing whatever he does in an instance like this. what else could you do in an instance like this, i suppose. the death toll is up to 316 as of friday afternoon, and it will likely get higher. cullman amazingly had no deaths, but two people died in surrounding small towns. as i watched the massive tornado go through downtown tuscaloosa on a live feed from abc3340.com, meteorologist james spann, a well-known weather man in alabama, said it was the worst storm he's seen in all his years. he said the last storm system of this magnitude was in 1932. power in cullman will be out for 5-8 days (luckily my parents have a generator), and food has become a limited resource. the water supply is fine.
please keep all these families in your thoughts as they continue to
deal with such massive and heartbreaking loss.
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