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Bishop1
03-01-2007, 03:35 PM
" T O R N A D O "

Enterprise Alabama Has Been Hit Hard By A Tornado
And Alabama's Governor Riley has just Ordered Out
The National Guard !

There are 4 Apostolic Churches There
So Please Keep Our Brothers & Sisters In Your Prayers


Bishop1
:beatdeadhorse

rgcraig
03-01-2007, 03:40 PM
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There's some bad cells out there.

LaGirl
03-01-2007, 03:42 PM
i heard they have confirmed 8 deaths

rgcraig
03-01-2007, 03:44 PM
That's terrible.

rgcraig
03-01-2007, 03:45 PM
9 killed as tornadoes rake Alabama
Others injured at Enterprise high school; twisters also strike Kansas, Mo.
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 4:34 p.m. CT March 1, 2007
A tornado struck an Alabama high school, Thursday killing at least eight people, believed to be students and teachers, a state official said. The storm that struck Enterprise was one of several tornadoes that ripped a swath of destruction across at least three states, including Kansas and Missouri.

Yasamie Richardson, a spokeswoman with the Alabama Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the eight deaths at the high school in Enterprise. Richardson said she believes there are students and teachers among the dead.

Officials also confirmed there are still people trapped at the high school.

Toni Kaminsky, a spokeswoman with the medical center in Enterprise, said dozens of patients — including students and teachers — were waiting at the town hospital's emergency room. As many as six students have been airlifted to hospitals in nearby Dothan, about 30 miles from Enterprise, Kaminsky said.

William Cooper, a Wilcox County councilman, said he had seen more than 15 students with injuries. Cooper said he thought there were four students trapped in the school, with fire rescue personnel working to get them out. Cooper said that officials from numerous fire and police departments in the area have come to assist.

One person was killed when a tornado ripped through part of Wilcox County in western Alabama, the State Emergency Management agency said.

Other damage elsewhere
The destruction in Alabama followed other tornado damage elsewhere.

A tornado struck southern Missouri, killing a 7-year-old girl and damaging homes and businesses Thursday.

Howell County Sheriff Robbie Crites identified the young victim as Elizabeth Croney. Her mother, father and two brothers were injured when a tornado hit their mobile home in a rural wooded area near West Plains, Crites said.

In Caulfield, Rick Jarvis heard the storm ripping through his gas station around dawn. His home next door suffered just minor damage, but the twister shredded the business, ripping down its roof and back wall.

“It sounded like a herd of horses tearing up stuff. When I came out, it was done,” said Jarvis, 48.

At least four mobile homes, two houses and two service stations in Caulfield were damaged when the twisters hit around 6:30 a.m., and a tornado also touched down near an elementary school in Caulfield. Two more tornadoes were also reported in the area, said Mike Wade, a dispatcher at the Howell County Sheriff’s Office.

In Kansas’ Linn County, along the Missouri state line, a tornado Wednesday night destroyed a power substation, and roofs and siding were torn from buildings, Linn County Emergency Management Director David Yates said. He said some minor injuries were reported.

The storm also ripped out poles and electric lines, but power was expected to be restored by the end of the day, said Paul Norris, operations manager for Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative.

The burst of tornadoes was part of a larger line of thunderstorm and snowstorms that stretched from Minnesota to Louisiana. In Nebraska, strong wind and heavy snow caused whiteout conditions in eastern Nebraska that forced the shutdown of 75 miles of Interstate 80.

But Alabama bore the brunt.

Tornado watches issued Thursday morning across Alabama led several school systems to close or dismiss students early. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Enterprise, in southeast Alabama, was one of them.

Local officials reported there was significant damage to the school, with the gym’s roof heavily damaged.

Students report
Enterprise student Amberlee Henderson said fellow students screamed as the tornado hit: "They were bleeding a lot and crying; there was glass everywhere … no ceiling, no walls, cement blocks falling."

Martha Rodriquez, a 15-year-old sophomore at the high school, said she had left the school about five minutes before the storm hit. When she returned, she said that "a hall at the school collapsed, and there were kids inside."

She said the stadium was destroyed, cars scattered in the parking lot, and trees were ripped out of the ground.

At Miller's Ferry in west Alabama, trailer homes were flipped over and trees downed by a storm that caused "extensive damage," according to Bernadine Williams in the Wilcox County Emergency Management Agency office. She did not know if there were any injuries.

State Rep. James Thomas told WSFA-TV in Montgomery that the Wilcox County fatality occurred six to eight miles west of Camden, in a rural area.

© 2007 MSNBC InteractiveThe Associated Press and NBC affiliate WSFA contributed to this report.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17397486/

Bishop1
03-01-2007, 04:19 PM
13 Now Confirmed Dead -

Tornado Sirens Are Now Blaring Here

A funnel Clow Is Now Spotted
Less Than 1 Mile From Us -

GOTTA GO

Bishop1
:beatdeadhorse

Drama Queen
03-01-2007, 04:20 PM
Praying for all involved!

Margies3
03-01-2007, 04:37 PM
13 Now Confirmed Dead -

Tornado Sirens Are Now Blaring Here

A funnel Clow Is Now Spotted
Less Than 1 Mile From Us -

GOTTA GO

Bishop1
:beatdeadhorse

Please let us know that you are ok ASAP, Bishop1. We're praying!!!

Ferd
03-01-2007, 05:53 PM
Bishop1, we need a report!

Theophilus
03-01-2007, 06:22 PM
Bishop1, we need a report!

No communications from the backside of the moon. Maybe we'll hear from him when he comes around.

Chances are he has lost power.


Tornados are terribly awesome, truly. I've had my first hand experiences and it is still difficult to get this kind of news. All that I can do is trust in the Lord.

I wish more would be done by people to build in ground shelters underneath their mobile homes. I can't imagine having nowhere to go.

Bishop1
03-01-2007, 07:00 PM
Power's Back Up -

Nothing Here But A Few Downed Trees


But Now There Is 18 Confirmed Deaths
In The Entetrprose Area


Bishop1
:beatdeadhorse

Theophilus
03-01-2007, 07:01 PM
Praise God Bishop1! You're blip is on my screen. How did you fare?

Theophilus
03-01-2007, 07:18 PM
Power's Back Up -

Nothing Here But A Few Downed Trees


But Now There Is 18 Confirmed Deaths
In The Entetrprose Area


Bishop1
:beatdeadhorse

There you are.

We'll take the good with the bad.

Steve Epley
03-01-2007, 08:30 PM
Anyone heard from the Pagents????????

Scott Hutchinson
03-01-2007, 09:22 PM
Where I'm located we are ok. My oldest daughter who goes to school at the UPCI church in Thomasville,AL had to get out early.
My county borders on Wilcox county where Miller's Ferry is located.
You can read some about the storm at this site.
http://www.wkrg.com
Please bear in mind this is a site from a TV news station , as I'm not trying to offend anyone.

HeavenlyOne
03-01-2007, 09:28 PM
Where I'm located we are ok. My oldest daughter who goes to school at the UPCI church in Thomasville,AL had to get out early.
My county borders on Wilcox county where Miller's Ferry is located.
You can read some about the storm at this site.
http://www.wkrg.com
Please bear in mind this is a site from a TV news station , as I'm not trying to offend anyone.

Bro, I'm glad you and your family are ok.

Scott Hutchinson
03-01-2007, 09:38 PM
Thank you HO,when I came back to work from lunch we had to go to the center of the store.