I just read on the news that a few people have been killed by tornadoes in Texas. Not cool at all.
Yeah its not, I live in Dekalb County Alabama which had the second most fatalities on April 27th 2011 other than Tuscaloosa County (which is a vastly more populated county that Dekalb).
If you've never read about the April 27th tornadoes here is an article.
April 25?28, 2011 tornado outbreak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Specifically this part - Fyffe/Rainsville AL Tornado
This storm, rated EF5, began in the Lakeview community northeast of Geraldine, Alabama at 6:19 pm CDT, during the late afternoon of April 27. The tornado then tracked northeastward generally parallel and just east of State Route 75 through Fyffe, Rainsville, and Sylvania and into Georgia killing 25 people.[102]
The tornado touched down in the Lakeview community, initially causing structural damage to small buildings and snapping trees. The tornado grew in intensity and the path width increased from around 50 yards to a half a mile as it entered the Rainsville and Sylvania communities. Damage included houses that were completely removed from foundations and debris scattered for about one mile (1.6 km), trees were debarked, and a few mobile homes were completely destroyed with debris strewn for about a mile downstream. EF5 damage was noted as a pickup truck was thrown, and torn into multiple pieces, an 800-pound (360 kg) steel safe anchored to a foundation was torn away, thrown 600 feet (180 m) and had its door torn from its hinges. One home in this area was swept away, and a stone pillar was ripped from the ground, thrown, and broken into pieces, taking a section of the house foundation with it. Other homes that were swept away were found with their concrete porches torn away and smashed to pieces. An underground storm shelter was partially sucked out of the ground, pavement was stripped from roads, and large trees were snapped off at the base and thrown.[103] In Sylvania, several other houses were completely removed from foundations, some of which contained anchor bolts and foundation straps. The tornado continued to the south of Ider where significant damage was observed. It crossed into Georgia near Fox Mountain as an EF1 with winds of 110 mph. It tracked 3 miles (4.8 km) into Georgia before lifting outside of Rising Fawn. Damage in Georgia was limited to trees and power lines. This tornado came from the same supercell that produced the EF4 that hit the town of Ringgold, Georgia.[102]
My parents are both town council members (at large elected) of our little town of Lakeview a little town of around 100 people (between Fyffe and Geraldine - we are closer (half a mile) to Geraldine where I went to High school but me and my mother teach at Fyffe High School)
Fyffe and Geraldine are only 5 miles apart. This particular tornado touched down 1000 yards from my house. TVA's Nuclear Power Plant Browns Ferry lost its connection to the grid (not to mention the grid had to be rebuilt) but we were out of power a week. It was serious hell. Luckily my dad had went into the hospital a few days before (on something unrelated) so we had a place to shower, charge our phones, watch tv, etc.)
