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Pufles65

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Hoping and praying everyone was out of the way of the storms that have traveled throughout the southern US. My prayers and hearts go out to all those who lost homes and loved ones yesterday.
UW - I hope you were no where near any of the devastation. I heard Georgia was affected too, but that Alabama got hit the hardest. Many prayers sent out tonight. pray

29-04-2011 03:27

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I'm good. Haven't been tracking the thing, but I know it was bad elsewhere.

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29-04-2011 07:10

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I hope everyone is safe and sound!

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29-04-2011 13:59

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quote:

Originally posted by Transmute Jun
I hope everyone is safe and sound!

I hope so too!

I'll add my prayers to yours, Pufles!

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29-04-2011 16:22

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I thought of you as well UW, and then recalled you were in Georgia and not Alabama.

I too send my prayers to everyone when hearing about the devastation.

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29-04-2011 21:29

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We had a tornado warning in northern Virginia at 6:30 yesterday morning. Luckily we were up. My husband is from Indiana and his 'spidey sense' as he calls it went off so he got us up and downstairs in time to watch a funnel cloud pass over. Scary. It never came down more than half way.

I can't image what those people went through and never want to. My prayers have gone out also.

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29-04-2011 22:30

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Sending thoughts and prayers to those who were caught in the path of destruction. We had a tornado scare while we were in Tennessee last week. Luckily, nothing touched down. Seems like we've had a lot more tornadoes here in Virginia, too. Four people died in nearby Gloucester during a tornado here last week. Very scary and sad.

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30-04-2011 00:22

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It even made international news, besides the upcoming

Royal wedding

it was mention in the news in Spain it saying it was bad

my pen pal lives in Albama and she had to be evacutaed

to Goergia she sent me and email not to long ago saying that almost 300 lives were lost Frown

(thankfuly she had family member in Georgia)

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30-04-2011 05:15

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I just can't imagine what something like that would be like,
I am seeing footage on the news and it seems surreal, I was hoping that since there had been a lull in natural disasters since Japan, that the strange weather had abated, alas it was wishful thinking on my part.

I am sending thoughts and prays to all those affected directly or indirectly

For those who choose to believe in Angels
- Archangel Uriel is said to be the protector who helps with natural disaster, averting events and healing and in the recovery after.
I could not find any specific prayers (religious or non-religious) and not wanting to offend anyone and their beliefs,I'll leave it at that

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30-04-2011 15:24

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quote:

Originally posted by littlewolfI was hoping that since there had been a lull in natural disasters since Japan, that the strange weather had abated

Actually tornadoes aren't all that strange in the US. They don't hit that far south with that much force. They're usually a bit farther north in the mid-west. I've been to Wisconsin several times and can only think of two trips where we didn't have a tornado warning, and one of those was in December.

We've even get a few in California. Mostly just big dust devils, but we've had a few that have taken down fences or port-a-potties.

Glad to hear everyone on the boards made it through safely.

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30-04-2011 21:26

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I've heard bits and pieces about storms in the US on the radio. I hope no one here is in the damage path.

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01-05-2011 12:08

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I live in Cullman, Alabama. My town got hit by an EF4 tornado. There was a lot of devastation to homes and communities (including places I grew up), and the downtown area got smashed. Still, we were very lucky as the death toll was very low. Only 2 people in the city died. When I look at Tuscaloosa and the much larger amount of destruction and death, I realize that my town is so very fortunate. It is the worst tornado we have ever had, but there was lots of warning and the tornadoes happened during the day and were very visible.

You can look up Cullman tornado on Youtube and see footage of what they are calling a multiple vortex tornado, as well as aerial flyovers of the city afterward. Lots of footage exists for other towns like Tuscaloosa as well. Some smaller towns in North Alabama such as Pleasant Grove and Phil Campbell were wiped off the map. Power was out in much of the northern half of the state for anywhere from 4-11 days, depending on one's location. But the communities really pulled together and there was an outpouring of help from so many people.

I was lucky. I live about a mile north of the tornadoes path, so all I had to "suffer" was a long power outage. Many more were not so fortunate. The tornado came very close to our hospital, where I happened to be for a doctor's appointment when it came through. i saw the backside of it as it moved away with my own two eyes. It was the first tornado I have ever witnessed in real life.

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