Fujita would have HATED the loss of life but he would have loved these aerials. I started thinking about him at 6:43 looking at the complex of tree damage. Magnificent post :-)
Wow. 4:10 there is a very clear vortex scar. It's amazing. This thing took out some REALLY well-built structures. Some buildings that had hip-style roofs were still decimated.
How are you all doing Tuscaloosa are the people still without a home or are they building houses for the people? We have our problem here in North Dakota Bismarck and Minot.Minot is the worst we could use help to bult houses for us before winter comes again. Water is everywhere here in North Dakota the rain does not stop.
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I find it odd that these tornado outbreaks barely made the media's headlines. Yet New Orleans (Katrina) and Haiti (earthquake) made the headlines for more than a month straight. We even had celebrities stepping up to the plate to try to get others to help. I guess when your a mid-class or lower-class white American from AL you are just left to be forgotten. After all, we are "white," so nobody hears our pains, they only want to hear the minorities... this is how racism still lives.
@RuthlessMcToothless thats so funny because its completely not true. racism lives in people who think like you and act like the severity of a disaster is categorized by who it hits.... stop crying for yourself.
The amount of destruction leaves me speechless. I am only glad to learn that not more people died. I wish courage to the survivors to rebuild their new life.
Did anyone even begin to realize how horrible this must have been? Now, think about yourself how would you feel if you lost everything? Better yet, as a rescuer, or a fire fighter.
Your home is probably gone, with just about everything you own. Your second home the firehouse is probably seriously damaged, you have to worry about your own family. And on top of that you still have a job to do, not to mention you KNOW your going to find bodies.
My God, I can't believe the long path of destruction here. Does anybody know how many miles it ran for ? I live in L.A. where it shakes. The earthquake we had in the valley wasn't even half as bad as what the tornado damage was here. At 45 yrs old I've never actually seen a tornado before. I could imagine it's probably terrorfying. As crazy as this sounds I would like to witness one though.....
@BadRonald1 This same tornado started in the county south of Tuscaloosa. It was at least a strong EF-4 or even EF-5 when it tore thru Tuscaloosa. Then, it went NE into the northern side of Birmingham and wiped that area off the map. It still stayed on the ground all the way up to Rome,GA, but it least it was only an EF-2 or EF-3 by that time. I don't think any other tornado in recorded history has traveled as far as this one did.
@ 4:56 ---> How was this not rated ef5 damage? You have 2 two story apartment buildings swept away to the foundation! That is directly under the classification of an ef5.
I want to say thank you to you Bill for this even though its so difficult to watch and I know there is a long way to go for clean up they still need our prayers and help there! What ever the reason this happened I know the ones that are left will rebuild and life will go on as they should. Our church has stepped up to help in any way we can. We love you all and still in my prayers.
First of All, Alabama is our home, and there is no state with more natural beauty than ours, more diverse rivers, beaches, mountains...and the most navigable rivers in the country. We have two back to back national championship rings for Alabama and Auburn. Second, this is NOT tornado Alley...do we have them, yes, on occasion, but this was the worst and most powerful tornado since the 1970s, do we leave due to it, HELL NO, we dont,! Steel beams were wrapped around trees like bread wrappers!
@q7winq7 exactly, as much as i feel sorry for the people in that area how could you even think of rebuilding there so next year you can get hit again?
@Triple88a Thats like saying you would never walk where lightening has ever struck before, this tornado ripped from Mississppi to South Carolina, cutting a path a mile wide and over 200 miles long just through our state. This is not tornado alley like the mid west, and it never takes the same path and rarely ever does this kind of damage! How insensitve to think that generations of people could just pick up and move, this is our home and our heritage; global warming is to blame here. PERIOD.
@BamaLori "How insensitve to think that generations of people could just pick up and move, this is our home and our heritage; global warming is to blame here. PERIOD."
Think about your future and your kids future not your heritage. Pointing fingers at global warming is not going to change the sad outcome if one of your kids was in those houses.
@BamaLori Sure, this tornado probably traveled the longest distance by any tornado in recorded history, but u can't just blame every natural disaster these days on global warming. One of the tornadoes during the Super Outbreak of 1974 traveled nearly 300 miles through Indiana and Ohio. Plus, Alabama has seen multiple EF-5 tornadoes before, especially the one back in '98. Tuscaloosa has been hit by an EF-4 before back in 2000.
See the "Dog Survives Alabama Tornado" video. That was a cement house that he and his neighbors were in when it hit, and the only thing left was the hallway they were huddled in. No one has yet constructed a wall that can stop a 2x4 being hurled like a missile at 200mph. That's just a fact, as is the variance in atmospheric pressure between the inside of the house and the descending storm. But, some people clearly like to oversimplify matters.
Sad to know that people put politics above the value of human life. Maybe what we really need is about 50 more storms like this one so people can be reminded of what's really important. Until then, perhaps we are simply deserving of such indiscriminate wrath as this. Too many of you commenters are just too pathetic.
The Power of 'God' or 'The Devil' ? Neither. It's just the Power of Nature. No one can see air or the wind, only the Devastating Effects & Aftermath of it all. Hopefully this isn't another H.A.A.R.P. 'experiment' or the result of PoW Wow Dances or Karma for 'Sins' or Collective Corruption.
@MrEduar23 There is NO 'God' only the POWER of 'Mother' Nature and she's PISSED OFF at all of the ENDLESS ABUSES 'humans' have 'created' in the past 200 Years of 'progress' Nuking, Drilling for Oil, Gas, Diamonds and all the rest withouT one 'thought' let alone 'feeling' about the Natural Repurcussions..ie Cause & Effect !
@JBME How about some historical, scientific, literary, & life experience evidence for your claim that there IS a "mother nature" who has power, emotion & personality? Give me your evidence that she's real & "pissed off" due to the reasons you cite. Then I'd like to see your evidence that there "is no God." To make my point clear, short & simple...there exists enough evidence for God's reality to convince any court beyond reasonable doubt. Mother Nature, however.......(snicker).
@MrGSWAGG92 HeYoYo Yo Looks like you Need an 'Education' Back to KINDERGARDEN 101 google...c..o..m...hl=en&cp=0&gs_id=c4&xhr=t&q=butterfly+can+start+a+hurricane+videos+photos&tok=M-WFFOWS0JyduQN3Cf5Y6A&pq=a+pebble+in+a+pond+can+begin+a+tsunami+and+a+butterfly+can+start+a+hurricane+videos+photos&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=butterfly+can+start+a+hurricane+videos+photos&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=991f7b5a38332439&biw=1120&bih=552&bs=1
@StLouisStormSpotter Don't waste your energy shaking your head at crazy people. They're crazy, they can't help it. All you can do is hope someone in their life cares enough about them to lock them up in an institution before they spread their crazy around. Or bite someone. Some of them bite, you know.
Listen, Mr. Midgetdrunk man - we do not build out of rice paper. Did you check the facts about the power of this storn? This tornado was blowing over 200 mph winds, was 1 mile wide and stayed on the ground for almost 200 miles. If you had any kind of compassion you wouldn't have so much diarrhea of the mouth. Little children were sucked out of buildings and killed. People are still missing and it's almost a month later. Why don't you just kill yourself so you can burn in hell faster.
I think it only takes a tornado to bring the "end of the world"
People, we are underestimating nature too much... we are too confident.
I admire those that don't care about the 2012 rumors... but that same people also think that it takes a lot for the world to be destroyed, when it could only take a tornado, earth, and/or tsunami!
That's socialist talk! Once the government is in your buisness, they'll be trying to give you free medical care and then those bleeding heart, OBAMA LOVIN LIBERALS will WIN! Go TEA PARTY!
Much better that Dr's and insurance companies get fat while the cancer patient withers away and dies and his family has to leave their home to pay the bills. Much better than giving someone FREE Medical care, that would be criminal.
It's weird how natural disasters have been happening all over the world more often then any other time before and big disasters too not like before from only what i know if I'm not wrong in the last 2years earthquakes tsunamis tornados now ,what's going on I think we humans really messed this world up
@samstterhamstteer People have died in volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, floods, fires, earthquakes for the entire time they have lived on Earth. Two things have happened that are making you think that it's somehow worse now than it's ever been.
1) There are more people than ever before,
and
2) there is more access to information than ever before.
@BBDrums34 what an ass you are. Maybe if you're home...hell, you're whole damn town got mowed down by an EF5 tornado you wouldn't take it so lightly. Grow up and get some respect
@ShowPony111Well for your information, my parents have 8 acres in Keener Alabama that was hit by one of the (many) tornadoes, and this summer I am going down to help clean it up, the house there is demolished so yea, my house HAS been demolished by it! My Nana lives in Attalla Alabama. My Aunt lives in Birmingham, and my cousin is building a house some were else in Alabama. That doesn't mean that I cant have a little humor with it though.
That looks like the whole city of Tuscaloosa to me...Smh If i had won a million dollars I would fix every street , church, and the buildings cause thats just sad. And @ 6:27 if thats a bridge then thats the first bridge i've seen that actually flew off and the trees were around that road and bridge was just smoothered by that 200 mph wind
@nbenicewicz Entire length. Very scary isn't it? Seeing it first hand is even worse. I haven't seen Tuscaloosa first hand but I live 15 minutes from Mt. Hope where an EF4 came through and it looks awful. My friend David has lost everything. Brick house, 4 chicken houses, 4 vehicles, atvs, you name it, all gone.
this doesnt even do the damage justice. i live on 15th street and after the storm passed we walked down 15th street, it was the most horrific thing i have ever experienced. bodies everywhere and people screaming for help trapped in what used to be their homes.. there are 240 people still missing and the death toll is at 40 right now just for tuscaloosa, please pray for us!
I had no idea the twister was on the ground for that length of time. WOW!!! The damage is enormous and my prayers are with the families of the deceased and with everyone who's rebuilding their lives as well. PLEASE seek the kingdom of God and He will take care of you. Times are going to get worse (MUCH WORSE), and Jesus Christ is our only hope. GOD BLESS:)
i lived in Tuscaloosa for 4 years while going to the U of Alabama....that town will forever hold a special place in my heart....sending love, light, and prayers to those that were involved in this tragedy....love from Los Angeles
@Albanianator If you think the solution is the kind of pre-made, box-builder style 1,500 sq foot home (that is designed for *hurricanes* and sells for over $130,000... I am only going by what you showed me) then maybe you should realize by now that you are not living in the real world. This is not FL, where America retires and lives on a $ pension. This is the tornado belt - filled with hard-working blue collar citizens that lie somewhere between the poverty line and the median American salary
@pieinurface11 The government has a dedication to protect its people, and just sounding off the alarms for them to find shelter, is only one way. But as we saw 300+ people died, so if saving lives is not worth the money then I don't know what to tell you. The government gives aid to those areas after every tornado disaster, so instead of rebuilding the same way, they can improve those homes. I didn't mean that the people there should have to pay for the improvements.
@albanianator con't, This was just too great of a storm (200mph+ winds) the structures just can't take it and how often will they face an EF4 or EF5? So I would say most structures built recently could take on up to an EF3 but it won't have shingles or siding left on the house.
So even if you desing one to with stand 200mph winds you then have to take in consideration of a tree or car hitting a house at 200 mph.........theres no hope. I do see your point though.
@albanianator, I am in the structural field of commercial buildings, I detail structural joist and deck and I use to do truss (framing of roofs) designs for residential houses. Most houses that are/were built recently can withstand winds in this area of 120mph and probably more due to the overkill of engineering behind it. It is usually the architectural material that can not withstand a tornado, thus is why you see structures still standing but the roofing material is gone, etc.
Trinity United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa is cooking and delivering 300 meals a day this week to those impacted by the tornado. If you would like to make a donation to fund the cost of the food, you can send a check to the church at 729 Paul Bryant Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, and indicate on the information line of the check that the money is for "Disaster Meals." The money, all of it, will go to feed people and help with the relief effort.
I made a Google Map showing the path of this helicopter flight, but Google has made it almost impossible for people to find it. Copy the following location into your browser, but remove ALL spaces.
I agree, it would not have mattered how well built a structure, steel warehouses were ripped to shreds like paper mache. Wind that strong can tear apart even the most sound structure.
I agree, it would not have mattered how well built a structure, steel warehouses were ripped to shreds like paper mache. Wind that strong can tear apart even the most sound structure.
Quality of houses wouldn't have saved many more lives with this instance. This was a very populated area of the city probably the most densely populated part of the city. It could have easily been much worse. The strength of what I have seen hit on the ground no man made structure would have likely survived it's a very sad situation, had this tornado hit a different way it could have been much better or much worse in any direction, very sad the location is destroyed forever
most above ground structure should be built with solid concrete walls and /or concrete blocks that are filled with cement and rebar driven down into the middle of each block......then build a similar structure in the middle of the building as your inner bunker......should be safer than most built today or in yesteryears.....
i do beleive and i am often wrong but i think the water table has something to do with why no basements....
everything in the heart of the tornado was leveled, brick, block, wood, concrete. This was flat land, the water table is high. Where ya gonna go? We live in a suburb of Tuscaloosa on a hill so we were able to have a basement. Think before you judge
Just look at all the potential lumber they can rebuild with. This isnt are disaster lesson its a lesson on using resources, trees, coal, oil, -its all here for us in abundance. Government and special interests block the usage.
These videos really open our eyes to how powerful nature can be. There was nothing anyone in the path of this storm could have done. My prayers continue to be with those whose lives are affected.
When you've been helping people pick up the pieces, and sheltering the ones whose homes were destroyed and who lost loved ones, it would really be helpful to know that people who post have at least passed a "common sense" test befor they can show their ignorance when they've no idea what their talking about
@hamlinfanVA it's charleston square apartments and the national guard armory. that's about 4-5 miles from the university. the brick complex near the apartments was rosedale courts, a housing project.
those aren't just homes built with wood people. in that wreckage there are plenty of steel industrial buildings and huge brick buildings that were demolished. you can't build an EF5-resistant home, even a steel framed home would have only been a skeleton after something like this. there really isn't much you can do, it further reinforces the very helpless feeling for those that were standing in this things way.
Seriously, the tornado prone areas need better homes that can resist tornadoes. Even though it's more expensive, the damage that they go through every season of tornadoes is even more expensive, not to mention lives lost.
@Albanianator I live in Tuscaloosa ... the thing is these things don't happen all the time. In fact when they do hit us it's usually very rural areas this hasn't happened since 1974. So building tornado resistant homes might be a good idea but this may never happen again.
@dtwplaya Then why in the case of tornado emergencies do people seek shelter in churches? What concrete homes are you talking about? I've never seen a concrete home, the only thing concrete in our houses is the foundation, which is the only thing left in these homes here. There are ways to make a home tornado proof. Now since this was an EF4 even churches would get damaged substantially, due to the heavy/large debris flying around in high speed. But more lives can be saved, if homes are bui
Your assertions are false about building homes to withstand tornadoes, it makes no sense. Having a concrete enforced safe room is a good idea though, concrete helps a lot, but against an EF5 there is no sure thing unless is a specifically designed safe room underground. Even if built entirely of concrete like some "hurricane proof" homes in florida, you are still going to have no house left in this situation and it will cost a fortune to repair.
@Albanianator doesn't matter for those buildings. some that were destroyed have last wednesday have survived storms for over 30 years. the storm that hit last week was an EF5 and actually destroyed the foundations beneath the homes and apartments. some acts of nature cannot be entirely defended against by man's engineering.
@dtblitz55 You can see in the video a few industrial buildings did come out of this better then other buildings. You can't completely stop an EF5 yes that's true, because of the large size debris it throws about at high speeds, but you can build homes that wont get completely demolished and help reduce the death toll. I'm not saying we should make all houses like old churches with castle like structure with large brick/ concrete slabs, but you can improve homes to better withstand such disaste
@Albanianator the point is you could build a house to withstand a tornado or hurricane. the problem is, it's would cost you 4-5 times the normal price.
and you may never see another tornado in that area for 200 years. it would be more economical to have a normal built house and insurance to fix it.
@Albanianator I live in oklahoma, only F4 and F5s can do anything to my house, most houses are just alabama only has the small ones usually so they're not as concerned..
@Albanianator, you do realize the winds of this tornado were 200 mph+ right? Why don't you get right on designing a structure other than a bunker that could withstand that.
@frenchy2303 And you believe we cant construct houses to withstand that? Homes variate in strength from an average modern home to a mansion, then all the way to castle strength. I'm not saying make every home as strong as a castle, but the homes that are in tornado alley can be upgraded, to help withstand as much as possible and help save more lives.
@pieinurface11 Ok so my point of view is to improve the tornado prone areas (tornado alley), and yours is, there's no solution, so continue building those homes the same exact way. And I'm the one not living in the real world? The only way for you to have an argument is to insult, that alone says a lot about you, so there's no point for me to insult you. There are already improvements out there, and more ideas being implemented. If you don't adapt you wont survive, that's the real world.
@Albanianator In the real world, there is an application phase - something normally missed by backseat commentators like yourself. Do you propose that building should be regulated to achieve "better homes" status? House prices will rise. Less people will be interested in building/buying new houses, killing an already-terrible housing market. Or maybe people should just do it themselves? Oh wait... the have no real incentive. This was the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded US weather history.
@pieinurface11 Never said all homes, the tornado prone areas aka tornado alley. Seriously it's 2011 the many US homes are outdated, the economy is down, house prices are still dropping, but that will change and the housing market will rise again. The current homes in the tornado alley can be improved, and the areas hit by the tornadoes should be built as much of tornado proof as they can be. They have already started this, its inevitable, /watch?v=6W3X-3G331Y&feature=related.
@pieinurface11 We are both on the computer so, but the difference is I'm criticizing the way those homes were built, and you are criticizing me. So you should get of your computer and find something better to do then insult people online. It seems to me you have already bought your brain from Walmart, so I'll keep my point of view on finding solutions, instead of keeping things the way they are. Improving our technology and the way we look at things, is the way forward.
Not cost effective or practical. Getting your house hit by a tornado is not a "when" issue like with hurricane and tsunami paths, which are isolated to certain coastal areas. You can't expect everyone in Texas, the entire Midwest up to the Dakotas to pay an additional $30,000 on each house when the odds are 1 in 10,000 than he will get hit by a tornado.
The sad thing is that not just tuscaloosa is like this. Pleasant grove, hackleburg, dadeville, elmore county, lake martin, and many many more cities...
Wow, i just got power on today and i had to see. This is the worst disaster i have ever seen in this state i hope everyone the best of luck with your family. I know not all of you will get the answer you want to hear and i am sorry. Good luck.
@MrCaPprankcalls You are just a young inexperienced man so I will correct you thoughtfully. It is indeed socialism. Where do you think the money will come from to hand each of these 100K plus people a check for $20,000 for 1 month of living expenses? What is the difference between this and writing a check for someone who has cancer for medical care? Hmmm?
@ChrisEeeSee I am so sorry for your loss. My daughter's friend is at UA & I am just relieved & grateful that she is coming home. I am glad that the warning systems are much better then they were years ago, so that people had some time to get to shelter....but nobody should have died. I can't wrap my head around it either. I don't know why these awful things happen.....but they do.....and we should do what we can to help those who are suffering. It does help remind us how precious life is.
This is horrid. I wish my family and I could do more but without money to spare or things to donate, we can't do much.. Specially since our hometown got destroyed, as well. Not our home, thank god but our town is gone and that's heartbreaking enough. I couldn't imagine loosing everything. My heart goes out to everybody without anything and in need of housing, water and so much more. I never thought this could happen to me or any of my friends for that matter but that's what everybody says..
That gwas a big beast with a huge appetite.
(now it's correct I hope)
Zumipali2 1 month ago
That was a big beast eith a huge apetite.
Zumipali2 1 month ago
Live here in Tuscaloosa 1:25 is Apartments just before that is Rosedale Courts.
Grant3223 1 month ago
where you going>?
duhavifk 2 months ago
Just noticed it wrecked a National Guard armory there. 1:20
UH1Huey3113 3 months ago
This is unbelievable. I hope Tuscaloosa is doing better now and pray for those affected by this.
Matyme 4 months ago
The damage is creepy.
Jemalacane 4 months ago
It looks like a giant lawnmower has just went right thru the city
MrGSWAGG92 6 months ago
@MrGSWAGG92 Interesting analogy, especially given that the sound of the helicopter blades reminds me of a lawnmower.
Relleq 4 months ago
@hallsonny that was an apartment complex named charleston square. Just a large square structure with the courtyard and recreations in the center
MrMaine1980 7 months ago
Does anyone know what type of building is shown at the 1:25+ time frame ?
hallsonny 7 months ago
Fujita would have HATED the loss of life but he would have loved these aerials. I started thinking about him at 6:43 looking at the complex of tree damage. Magnificent post :-)
ChristopherSaindon 7 months ago
Wow. 4:10 there is a very clear vortex scar. It's amazing. This thing took out some REALLY well-built structures. Some buildings that had hip-style roofs were still decimated.
ChristopherSaindon 7 months ago
Interesting. What was causing the global warming when these things blew through before Europeans settled in the area? Indian campfires?
k5vg 8 months ago
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Oh.. no sir..!! There is no climate change..!!
danholan 8 months ago
How are you all doing Tuscaloosa are the people still without a home or are they building houses for the people? We have our problem here in North Dakota Bismarck and Minot.Minot is the worst we could use help to bult houses for us before winter comes again. Water is everywhere here in North Dakota the rain does not stop.
Punkylucky2 8 months ago
Man, it looks like a tornado went through there.
LuvStayn 8 months ago 9
@LuvStayn good thinkin eh? haha
michaeldudeoo1 8 months ago
@LuvStayn No bro.....a tornado went through there
Awesomenizzleness 8 months ago
@LuvStayn I actually can't believe there is still structures standing..That thing looked huge
arohn2007 7 months ago
Please send me a video request response to have this video posted on my video of this Tornado. My video has over 305,000 views and I want people to see the massive damage this Tornado caused! Thanks!
Charlesrocks 8 months ago
I find it odd that these tornado outbreaks barely made the media's headlines. Yet New Orleans (Katrina) and Haiti (earthquake) made the headlines for more than a month straight. We even had celebrities stepping up to the plate to try to get others to help. I guess when your a mid-class or lower-class white American from AL you are just left to be forgotten. After all, we are "white," so nobody hears our pains, they only want to hear the minorities... this is how racism still lives.
RuthlessMcToothless 9 months ago
@RuthlessMcToothless thats so funny because its completely not true. racism lives in people who think like you and act like the severity of a disaster is categorized by who it hits.... stop crying for yourself.
Khari99 9 months ago
The amount of destruction leaves me speechless. I am only glad to learn that not more people died. I wish courage to the survivors to rebuild their new life.
JacqBLUEjay 9 months ago
how many people died ?
VinceLA91 9 months ago
@VinceLA91 344 died nation wide,238 of them in Alabama and 32 of those from this tornado in Tuscaloosa.....as it stands now.
rtds9fan 9 months ago
it's weird to see the swimming pools
TheNewMusicNetwork 9 months ago
@wh4tukn0w posibly. there is something called harp
TheNewMusicNetwork 9 months ago
@DMB1985CA no you are dumb, God exist
MrEduar23 9 months ago
Did anyone even begin to realize how horrible this must have been? Now, think about yourself how would you feel if you lost everything? Better yet, as a rescuer, or a fire fighter.
Your home is probably gone, with just about everything you own. Your second home the firehouse is probably seriously damaged, you have to worry about your own family. And on top of that you still have a job to do, not to mention you KNOW your going to find bodies.
PS: It's called Mother Nature, not God
garf1eld029 9 months ago
@DMB1985CA Maybe the first intelligent comment here...
thakrak 9 months ago
well, at least now they can use all those downed trees to help rebuild the houses.
caramae69 9 months ago
a tornado that big going though that forest equals killer debree
shthd84 9 months ago
My God, I can't believe the long path of destruction here. Does anybody know how many miles it ran for ? I live in L.A. where it shakes. The earthquake we had in the valley wasn't even half as bad as what the tornado damage was here. At 45 yrs old I've never actually seen a tornado before. I could imagine it's probably terrorfying. As crazy as this sounds I would like to witness one though.....
BadRonald1 9 months ago
@BadRonald1 This same tornado started in the county south of Tuscaloosa. It was at least a strong EF-4 or even EF-5 when it tore thru Tuscaloosa. Then, it went NE into the northern side of Birmingham and wiped that area off the map. It still stayed on the ground all the way up to Rome,GA, but it least it was only an EF-2 or EF-3 by that time. I don't think any other tornado in recorded history has traveled as far as this one did.
GAdawgsfan93 9 months ago
@GAdawgsfan93 No the 1925 tri state tornado was longer than this one...
MrGSWAGG92 8 months ago
More people create bigger tornados and higher magnitude earthquakes and it's because we have more resources... Right.. Keep thinking that way moron
samstterhamstteer 9 months ago
@samstterhamstteer Who's comment are you replying too?
BadRonald1 9 months ago
@ 4:56 ---> How was this not rated ef5 damage? You have 2 two story apartment buildings swept away to the foundation! That is directly under the classification of an ef5.
TheMightykaz 9 months ago
I want to say thank you to you Bill for this even though its so difficult to watch and I know there is a long way to go for clean up they still need our prayers and help there! What ever the reason this happened I know the ones that are left will rebuild and life will go on as they should. Our church has stepped up to help in any way we can. We love you all and still in my prayers.
lonelyhup 9 months ago
First of All, Alabama is our home, and there is no state with more natural beauty than ours, more diverse rivers, beaches, mountains...and the most navigable rivers in the country. We have two back to back national championship rings for Alabama and Auburn. Second, this is NOT tornado Alley...do we have them, yes, on occasion, but this was the worst and most powerful tornado since the 1970s, do we leave due to it, HELL NO, we dont,! Steel beams were wrapped around trees like bread wrappers!
BamaLori 9 months ago
Move to Michigan and bring your business with you.
Why stay in "tornado Alley?"
q7winq7 9 months ago
@q7winq7 exactly, as much as i feel sorry for the people in that area how could you even think of rebuilding there so next year you can get hit again?
Triple88a 9 months ago
@Triple88a Thats like saying you would never walk where lightening has ever struck before, this tornado ripped from Mississppi to South Carolina, cutting a path a mile wide and over 200 miles long just through our state. This is not tornado alley like the mid west, and it never takes the same path and rarely ever does this kind of damage! How insensitve to think that generations of people could just pick up and move, this is our home and our heritage; global warming is to blame here. PERIOD.
BamaLori 9 months ago
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@BamaLori "How insensitve to think that generations of people could just pick up and move, this is our home and our heritage; global warming is to blame here. PERIOD."
Think about your future and your kids future not your heritage. Pointing fingers at global warming is not going to change the sad outcome if one of your kids was in those houses.
Triple88a 9 months ago
@BamaLori Sure, this tornado probably traveled the longest distance by any tornado in recorded history, but u can't just blame every natural disaster these days on global warming. One of the tornadoes during the Super Outbreak of 1974 traveled nearly 300 miles through Indiana and Ohio. Plus, Alabama has seen multiple EF-5 tornadoes before, especially the one back in '98. Tuscaloosa has been hit by an EF-4 before back in 2000.
GAdawgsfan93 9 months ago
at least they'll get new housing projects to live in
thghs801 9 months ago
Sweet Mother of God!!!...i just can´t believe it...everything down there was destroyed in few minutes....sames like end of the world setting.
juanfecruz 9 months ago
See the "Dog Survives Alabama Tornado" video. That was a cement house that he and his neighbors were in when it hit, and the only thing left was the hallway they were huddled in. No one has yet constructed a wall that can stop a 2x4 being hurled like a missile at 200mph. That's just a fact, as is the variance in atmospheric pressure between the inside of the house and the descending storm. But, some people clearly like to oversimplify matters.
lohkai 9 months ago
Once upon a time, three little pigs,
The first little pig, built his house of straw. The wolf came and blew, the house was demolished and the wolf ate the pig.
The second little pig built his house of wood. The wolf came and blew stronger. The house was demolished and the wolf ate the second pig.
The third little pig was smarter and built his house of brick and cement. The wolf huffed and puffed but couldn't bring down the house.
ixtilim 9 months ago
Sad to know that people put politics above the value of human life. Maybe what we really need is about 50 more storms like this one so people can be reminded of what's really important. Until then, perhaps we are simply deserving of such indiscriminate wrath as this. Too many of you commenters are just too pathetic.
lohkai 9 months ago
The Power of 'God' or 'The Devil' ? Neither. It's just the Power of Nature. No one can see air or the wind, only the Devastating Effects & Aftermath of it all. Hopefully this isn't another H.A.A.R.P. 'experiment' or the result of PoW Wow Dances or Karma for 'Sins' or Collective Corruption.
JBME 9 months ago 6
@JBME Oh my God, this is the power of God
MrEduar23 9 months ago
@MrEduar23 There is NO 'God' only the POWER of 'Mother' Nature and she's PISSED OFF at all of the ENDLESS ABUSES 'humans' have 'created' in the past 200 Years of 'progress' Nuking, Drilling for Oil, Gas, Diamonds and all the rest withouT one 'thought' let alone 'feeling' about the Natural Repurcussions..ie Cause & Effect !
JBME 9 months ago
@JBME How about some historical, scientific, literary, & life experience evidence for your claim that there IS a "mother nature" who has power, emotion & personality? Give me your evidence that she's real & "pissed off" due to the reasons you cite. Then I'd like to see your evidence that there "is no God." To make my point clear, short & simple...there exists enough evidence for God's reality to convince any court beyond reasonable doubt. Mother Nature, however.......(snicker).
ProChoiceJesus 8 months ago
@JBME Nope. None of those :-/ Just a powerful tornado
ChristopherSaindon 7 months ago
@JBME Yo what the fuck do Powwow dances got to do wit this shit????
MrGSWAGG92 4 months ago
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JBME 2 months ago
@JBME HAARP really? SMH
StLouisStormSpotter 3 weeks ago
@StLouisStormSpotter Don't waste your energy shaking your head at crazy people. They're crazy, they can't help it. All you can do is hope someone in their life cares enough about them to lock them up in an institution before they spread their crazy around. Or bite someone. Some of them bite, you know.
ProgHead777 1 day ago
Listen, Mr. Midgetdrunk man - we do not build out of rice paper. Did you check the facts about the power of this storn? This tornado was blowing over 200 mph winds, was 1 mile wide and stayed on the ground for almost 200 miles. If you had any kind of compassion you wouldn't have so much diarrhea of the mouth. Little children were sucked out of buildings and killed. People are still missing and it's almost a month later. Why don't you just kill yourself so you can burn in hell faster.
noneofyourbizness315 9 months ago 3
Wow, that looks like a post apocalypse setting!
I think it only takes a tornado to bring the "end of the world"
People, we are underestimating nature too much... we are too confident.
I admire those that don't care about the 2012 rumors... but that same people also think that it takes a lot for the world to be destroyed, when it could only take a tornado, earth, and/or tsunami!
So yes, always be prepared for emergencies!
bcta302 9 months ago
That's socialist talk! Once the government is in your buisness, they'll be trying to give you free medical care and then those bleeding heart, OBAMA LOVIN LIBERALS will WIN! Go TEA PARTY!
generaldilvry69 9 months ago
@generaldilvry69
Much better that Dr's and insurance companies get fat while the cancer patient withers away and dies and his family has to leave their home to pay the bills. Much better than giving someone FREE Medical care, that would be criminal.
FedupwithR 9 months ago
Two words: Monolithic dome.
rocketplumber 9 months ago
I wish someone could add commentary as to which streets are being crossed at various times.
jlauer95 9 months ago 2
That 's unbelievable, thinking about whats left there, tornadoes are nasty !
MrCwaigo 9 months ago
It looks like in some places the grass has been sucked right out of the ground.
kwagmyrefrontman 10 months ago
Yes I think the world is coming to an end. If your asking why? Turn to god now and confess your sins, cause later you won't be able to.
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ICDWILL117 9 months ago
boggles my mind this isnt automatic EF5. Oh well.
alcoholya 10 months ago
It's weird how natural disasters have been happening all over the world more often then any other time before and big disasters too not like before from only what i know if I'm not wrong in the last 2years earthquakes tsunamis tornados now ,what's going on I think we humans really messed this world up
samstterhamstteer 10 months ago
@samstterhamstteer People have died in volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, floods, fires, earthquakes for the entire time they have lived on Earth. Two things have happened that are making you think that it's somehow worse now than it's ever been.
1) There are more people than ever before,
and
2) there is more access to information than ever before.
It's really no more complicated than that.
jawnybnsc 10 months ago
@jawnybnsc
Actually, yes it is worse now, more than before.
I understand your faith and hope, but that doesn't mean that you should fool yourself into thinking that things are better!
bcta302 9 months ago
terrible ..just terrible
yehlingboy 10 months ago
I cant believe that such a small number of people died from sooo much destruction!
BBDrums34 10 months ago
Perfect time for that re- modeling we've been talking about.
BBDrums34 10 months ago
@BBDrums34 what an ass you are. Maybe if you're home...hell, you're whole damn town got mowed down by an EF5 tornado you wouldn't take it so lightly. Grow up and get some respect
ShowPony111 10 months ago
@ShowPony111Well for your information, my parents have 8 acres in Keener Alabama that was hit by one of the (many) tornadoes, and this summer I am going down to help clean it up, the house there is demolished so yea, my house HAS been demolished by it! My Nana lives in Attalla Alabama. My Aunt lives in Birmingham, and my cousin is building a house some were else in Alabama. That doesn't mean that I cant have a little humor with it though.
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Edzio3000 10 months ago
I think the world is just coming to a slow end.....
poopkalicious 10 months ago
I've never seen anything like this. The trees flattened and the houses just obliterated. It's just awful.
eshiveley 10 months ago
Which is more destructive....tsunami or tornado???
midorikirin 10 months ago
That looks like the whole city of Tuscaloosa to me...Smh If i had won a million dollars I would fix every street , church, and the buildings cause thats just sad. And @ 6:27 if thats a bridge then thats the first bridge i've seen that actually flew off and the trees were around that road and bridge was just smoothered by that 200 mph wind
MrAUFANATIC 10 months ago
Is this helicopter circling a curtain area or is it following the entire length of the path of destruction?
nbenicewicz 10 months ago
@nbenicewicz Entire length. Very scary isn't it? Seeing it first hand is even worse. I haven't seen Tuscaloosa first hand but I live 15 minutes from Mt. Hope where an EF4 came through and it looks awful. My friend David has lost everything. Brick house, 4 chicken houses, 4 vehicles, atvs, you name it, all gone.
madskrillz2 10 months ago
this doesnt even do the damage justice. i live on 15th street and after the storm passed we walked down 15th street, it was the most horrific thing i have ever experienced. bodies everywhere and people screaming for help trapped in what used to be their homes.. there are 240 people still missing and the death toll is at 40 right now just for tuscaloosa, please pray for us!
ttownblondie 10 months ago
I had no idea the twister was on the ground for that length of time. WOW!!! The damage is enormous and my prayers are with the families of the deceased and with everyone who's rebuilding their lives as well. PLEASE seek the kingdom of God and He will take care of you. Times are going to get worse (MUCH WORSE), and Jesus Christ is our only hope. GOD BLESS:)
KnottCoBoys 10 months ago
i lived in Tuscaloosa for 4 years while going to the U of Alabama....that town will forever hold a special place in my heart....sending love, light, and prayers to those that were involved in this tragedy....love from Los Angeles
UAJAKE82 10 months ago
@pieinurface11 Sorry that happened to you. But you can't think that there's no solution, and that things can't be better.
Albanianator 10 months ago
@Albanianator If you think the solution is the kind of pre-made, box-builder style 1,500 sq foot home (that is designed for *hurricanes* and sells for over $130,000... I am only going by what you showed me) then maybe you should realize by now that you are not living in the real world. This is not FL, where America retires and lives on a $ pension. This is the tornado belt - filled with hard-working blue collar citizens that lie somewhere between the poverty line and the median American salary
pieinurface11 10 months ago
@pieinurface11 The government has a dedication to protect its people, and just sounding off the alarms for them to find shelter, is only one way. But as we saw 300+ people died, so if saving lives is not worth the money then I don't know what to tell you. The government gives aid to those areas after every tornado disaster, so instead of rebuilding the same way, they can improve those homes. I didn't mean that the people there should have to pay for the improvements.
Albanianator 10 months ago 2
@albanianator con't, This was just too great of a storm (200mph+ winds) the structures just can't take it and how often will they face an EF4 or EF5? So I would say most structures built recently could take on up to an EF3 but it won't have shingles or siding left on the house.
So even if you desing one to with stand 200mph winds you then have to take in consideration of a tree or car hitting a house at 200 mph.........theres no hope. I do see your point though.
hardincah 10 months ago
@albanianator, I am in the structural field of commercial buildings, I detail structural joist and deck and I use to do truss (framing of roofs) designs for residential houses. Most houses that are/were built recently can withstand winds in this area of 120mph and probably more due to the overkill of engineering behind it. It is usually the architectural material that can not withstand a tornado, thus is why you see structures still standing but the roofing material is gone, etc.
hardincah 10 months ago
Trinity United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa is cooking and delivering 300 meals a day this week to those impacted by the tornado. If you would like to make a donation to fund the cost of the food, you can send a check to the church at 729 Paul Bryant Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, and indicate on the information line of the check that the money is for "Disaster Meals." The money, all of it, will go to feed people and help with the relief effort.
jeanieperkins 10 months ago
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jeanieperkins 10 months ago
Terrible. What's the best way to give money to the relief fund? Ed UA C&Ba MBD '76
edko426 10 months ago
Terrible. Thank God the campus was saved. Ed UA C&Ba MBD '76
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WithABanjoOnMyKnee 10 months ago
I agree, it would not have mattered how well built a structure, steel warehouses were ripped to shreds like paper mache. Wind that strong can tear apart even the most sound structure.
quadporter 10 months ago
I agree, it would not have mattered how well built a structure, steel warehouses were ripped to shreds like paper mache. Wind that strong can tear apart even the most sound structure.
quadporter 10 months ago
Prayers go to everyone without a home and/or loss of loved ones. Everyone will help as much as possible.
MsCheeseCoffee 10 months ago
Mother nature is on quite a roll lately.
getplaning 10 months ago
Our street is at 5:53. We loved in a low, solid, brick house that was built to last centuries. It's rubble.
bombastulin 10 months ago
Quality of houses wouldn't have saved many more lives with this instance. This was a very populated area of the city probably the most densely populated part of the city. It could have easily been much worse. The strength of what I have seen hit on the ground no man made structure would have likely survived it's a very sad situation, had this tornado hit a different way it could have been much better or much worse in any direction, very sad the location is destroyed forever
alabamafbfan1985 10 months ago
Thankfully the University of Alabama wasn't hit.
SuperCrackhead5 10 months ago
most above ground structure should be built with solid concrete walls and /or concrete blocks that are filled with cement and rebar driven down into the middle of each block......then build a similar structure in the middle of the building as your inner bunker......should be safer than most built today or in yesteryears.....
i do beleive and i am often wrong but i think the water table has something to do with why no basements....
urdum2 10 months ago
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urdum2 10 months ago
everything in the heart of the tornado was leveled, brick, block, wood, concrete. This was flat land, the water table is high. Where ya gonna go? We live in a suburb of Tuscaloosa on a hill so we were able to have a basement. Think before you judge
rover6x01 10 months ago
perhaps if you stop using wood to build stuff its gonna resist!
zyxena 10 months ago
Just look at all the potential lumber they can rebuild with. This isnt are disaster lesson its a lesson on using resources, trees, coal, oil, -its all here for us in abundance. Government and special interests block the usage.
snippittz 10 months ago
These videos really open our eyes to how powerful nature can be. There was nothing anyone in the path of this storm could have done. My prayers continue to be with those whose lives are affected.
Unofkystudent 10 months ago
When you've been helping people pick up the pieces, and sheltering the ones whose homes were destroyed and who lost loved ones, it would really be helpful to know that people who post have at least passed a "common sense" test befor they can show their ignorance when they've no idea what their talking about
11629381 10 months ago
THIS IS FAR BEYOND A NIGHTMARE!!!! TOTALLY CATASTROPHIC!!!!
2717olskl 10 months ago
There is no such thing as a tornado proof home for EF4s and EF5. This thing blew apart concrete buildings and large department stores.
nanashiwanderer 10 months ago
google map is not updated yet
songohan0002 10 months ago
heroofislam, do u even have a heart??
angelamurphree2 10 months ago
So, u still wondering what all those FEMA camps are for?
DrLeroyGreen 10 months ago
Wow, the path of the tornado is clearly evident on that video, and that shot at 1:25, isn't that the university of Alabama?
hamlinfanVA 10 months ago
@hamlinfanVA No that's an apartment complex, Luckily the University was unharmed.
Munchess88 10 months ago
@hamlinfanVA it's charleston square apartments and the national guard armory. that's about 4-5 miles from the university. the brick complex near the apartments was rosedale courts, a housing project.
dtblitz55 10 months ago
Even solid brick buildings cant withstand an f5 tornado.
starbuckallstar 10 months ago
I am sad for the trees more the humans
heroofislam 10 months ago
@heroofislam Your an idiot.
iballmike44 10 months ago
Dude.
talonsl007 10 months ago
It didn't matter how well built or prepared the buildings were, only an underground bunker would have survived that.
midgetdrunkman 10 months ago 16
@midgetdrunkman Agreed
DoomsdayInc 10 months ago
@midgetdrunkman
You are part right and part incorrect!! Next time make your house out of rice paper so when the tornado hits it will be a quick death.
yetibiker08 9 months ago
those aren't just homes built with wood people. in that wreckage there are plenty of steel industrial buildings and huge brick buildings that were demolished. you can't build an EF5-resistant home, even a steel framed home would have only been a skeleton after something like this. there really isn't much you can do, it further reinforces the very helpless feeling for those that were standing in this things way.
ackmess 10 months ago
There is no such thing as a M5 tornado resistant house
ArtStone 10 months ago
lol americans. y not build ur houses from stone?
pekkauolevi 10 months ago
This is so depressing to watch. I can't even imagine what losing my home would be like. Prayers to those affected by this tragedy!
Stamm32089 10 months ago
Seriously, the tornado prone areas need better homes that can resist tornadoes. Even though it's more expensive, the damage that they go through every season of tornadoes is even more expensive, not to mention lives lost.
Albanianator 10 months ago 2
@Albanianator Maybe, but many more people die weekly from wrecking their plastic automobiles.
ddddcinc 10 months ago
@Albanianator I live in Tuscaloosa ... the thing is these things don't happen all the time. In fact when they do hit us it's usually very rural areas this hasn't happened since 1974. So building tornado resistant homes might be a good idea but this may never happen again.
macinfloydvolk 10 months ago
@Albanianator Well maybe you didn't think about this but the mass majority of these things have been around for decades.
Munchess88 10 months ago
@Albanianator
Even concrete homes got swept clean. I guess you mean underground homes, that's the only way.
dtwplaya 10 months ago
@dtwplaya Then why in the case of tornado emergencies do people seek shelter in churches? What concrete homes are you talking about? I've never seen a concrete home, the only thing concrete in our houses is the foundation, which is the only thing left in these homes here. There are ways to make a home tornado proof. Now since this was an EF4 even churches would get damaged substantially, due to the heavy/large debris flying around in high speed. But more lives can be saved, if homes are bui
Albanianator 10 months ago
Your assertions are false about building homes to withstand tornadoes, it makes no sense. Having a concrete enforced safe room is a good idea though, concrete helps a lot, but against an EF5 there is no sure thing unless is a specifically designed safe room underground. Even if built entirely of concrete like some "hurricane proof" homes in florida, you are still going to have no house left in this situation and it will cost a fortune to repair.
dtwplaya 10 months ago
@Albanianator doesn't matter for those buildings. some that were destroyed have last wednesday have survived storms for over 30 years. the storm that hit last week was an EF5 and actually destroyed the foundations beneath the homes and apartments. some acts of nature cannot be entirely defended against by man's engineering.
dtblitz55 10 months ago
@dtblitz55 You can see in the video a few industrial buildings did come out of this better then other buildings. You can't completely stop an EF5 yes that's true, because of the large size debris it throws about at high speeds, but you can build homes that wont get completely demolished and help reduce the death toll. I'm not saying we should make all houses like old churches with castle like structure with large brick/ concrete slabs, but you can improve homes to better withstand such disaste
Albanianator 10 months ago
@Albanianator and no one would be able to afford it. just like they can build cars to never rust but it would cost $100k.
blue03r6 10 months ago
@blue03r6 But the tornado prone areas will end up rebuilding after they get hit by tornadoes anyway right?
Albanianator 10 months ago
@Albanianator the point is you could build a house to withstand a tornado or hurricane. the problem is, it's would cost you 4-5 times the normal price.
and you may never see another tornado in that area for 200 years. it would be more economical to have a normal built house and insurance to fix it.
blue03r6 10 months ago
@Albanianator I live in oklahoma, only F4 and F5s can do anything to my house, most houses are just alabama only has the small ones usually so they're not as concerned..
AridSea 10 months ago
@AridSea Were in 2011 and this is the USA we can construct better houses to help save more lives in times like these.
Albanianator 10 months ago
@Albanianator, you do realize the winds of this tornado were 200 mph+ right? Why don't you get right on designing a structure other than a bunker that could withstand that.
frenchy2303 10 months ago
@frenchy2303 And you believe we cant construct houses to withstand that? Homes variate in strength from an average modern home to a mansion, then all the way to castle strength. I'm not saying make every home as strong as a castle, but the homes that are in tornado alley can be upgraded, to help withstand as much as possible and help save more lives.
Albanianator 10 months ago
@Albanianator Seriously, maybe you should get off the computer and get out into the real world. I heard they have brains for sale at Walmart.
pieinurface11 10 months ago
@pieinurface11 Ok so my point of view is to improve the tornado prone areas (tornado alley), and yours is, there's no solution, so continue building those homes the same exact way. And I'm the one not living in the real world? The only way for you to have an argument is to insult, that alone says a lot about you, so there's no point for me to insult you. There are already improvements out there, and more ideas being implemented. If you don't adapt you wont survive, that's the real world.
Albanianator 10 months ago
@Albanianator In the real world, there is an application phase - something normally missed by backseat commentators like yourself. Do you propose that building should be regulated to achieve "better homes" status? House prices will rise. Less people will be interested in building/buying new houses, killing an already-terrible housing market. Or maybe people should just do it themselves? Oh wait... the have no real incentive. This was the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded US weather history.
pieinurface11 10 months ago
@pieinurface11 Never said all homes, the tornado prone areas aka tornado alley. Seriously it's 2011 the many US homes are outdated, the economy is down, house prices are still dropping, but that will change and the housing market will rise again. The current homes in the tornado alley can be improved, and the areas hit by the tornadoes should be built as much of tornado proof as they can be. They have already started this, its inevitable, /watch?v=6W3X-3G331Y&feature=related.
Albanianator 10 months ago
@pieinurface11 We are both on the computer so, but the difference is I'm criticizing the way those homes were built, and you are criticizing me. So you should get of your computer and find something better to do then insult people online. It seems to me you have already bought your brain from Walmart, so I'll keep my point of view on finding solutions, instead of keeping things the way they are. Improving our technology and the way we look at things, is the way forward.
Albanianator 10 months ago
@Albanianator
Not cost effective or practical. Getting your house hit by a tornado is not a "when" issue like with hurricane and tsunami paths, which are isolated to certain coastal areas. You can't expect everyone in Texas, the entire Midwest up to the Dakotas to pay an additional $30,000 on each house when the odds are 1 in 10,000 than he will get hit by a tornado.
crimsontiderdotcom 10 months ago
@Albanianator After 30 years in the home building business, it's not possible. Only concrete bunkers would survive an F5
kwagmyrefrontman 10 months ago
The sad thing is that not just tuscaloosa is like this. Pleasant grove, hackleburg, dadeville, elmore county, lake martin, and many many more cities...
mlank33 10 months ago
Oh my god.
MinmatarThrasher 10 months ago
Wow, i just got power on today and i had to see. This is the worst disaster i have ever seen in this state i hope everyone the best of luck with your family. I know not all of you will get the answer you want to hear and i am sorry. Good luck.
MCG55SS 10 months ago
Sad
34julius 10 months ago
@MrCaPprankcalls You are just a young inexperienced man so I will correct you thoughtfully. It is indeed socialism. Where do you think the money will come from to hand each of these 100K plus people a check for $20,000 for 1 month of living expenses? What is the difference between this and writing a check for someone who has cancer for medical care? Hmmm?
thebp9999 10 months ago
@ChrisEeeSee I am so sorry for your loss. My daughter's friend is at UA & I am just relieved & grateful that she is coming home. I am glad that the warning systems are much better then they were years ago, so that people had some time to get to shelter....but nobody should have died. I can't wrap my head around it either. I don't know why these awful things happen.....but they do.....and we should do what we can to help those who are suffering. It does help remind us how precious life is.
daisymaisy66 10 months ago
There way more than 300 dead based on what i just saw
MrCaPprankcalls 10 months ago
@ChrisEeeSee Amen to that.
Aggieav8r 10 months ago
It's bad enough that this happen to so many, do we have to also put up with such ignorance and bad language at the same time?
RDB07 10 months ago
2:26 You can see my house. That white square in the lake is my roommates ceiling.
kevlc91 10 months ago
This is horrid. I wish my family and I could do more but without money to spare or things to donate, we can't do much.. Specially since our hometown got destroyed, as well. Not our home, thank god but our town is gone and that's heartbreaking enough. I couldn't imagine loosing everything. My heart goes out to everybody without anything and in need of housing, water and so much more. I never thought this could happen to me or any of my friends for that matter but that's what everybody says..
dejamcdonald 10 months ago