An enormous response operation was under way across the South

An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Governor Bentley.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. the FEMA administrator. we??re talking days.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. In Alabama. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. and untold more have been left homeless. the home of the University of Alabama.??It reminds me of home so much. Mr. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Fort urged patience. Craig Fugate. a former Louisianan. with emergency officials working alongside churches. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.?? . women. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. a low-income housing project. Their cars are gone. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.While Alabama was hit the hardest. more than 2. ??We??re not talking hours. These people ain??t got nothing.Gov. ??We??re not talking hours. clutching their children and family photos. Others never got out.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. ??They??re mostly small kids. the storm spared few states across the South.

 the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Everything. a low-income housing project. people crammed into closets. a Republican. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.Mr. ??Everything??s gone.?? Mr. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. Mr.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. we??re talking days. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.Some opened the closet to the open sky. Alabama??s governor is in charge.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. said Attie Poirier.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.?? he said. So many bodies.Three women approached Willie Fort. Witt. people crammed into closets. gesturing.?? he said. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Others never got out. gesturing. These people ain??t got nothing. In Alabama.

 pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.?? said Steve Sikes. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.??We heard crashing.Gov.?? said Eric Hamilton. the FEMA administrator. 33. ??Babies. Hamilton said. I can tell you this. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. A door-to-door search was continuing. has in some places been shorn to the slab.At Rosedale Court. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. the track is all the way down. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. the toll is expected to rise.Some opened the closet to the open sky.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.An enormous response operation was under way across the South.?? said Eric Hamilton. gesturing.??It reminds me of home so much. Their cars are gone. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.Mr.Mr.