Witness Protection Program

You get any damage? That line that just crossed US27 looks pretty nasty, too.

Starting to pop up from Hendersonville and the Cumberland River.

The stuff dive bombing Arkansas from MO/KS is flying.

Edit: Nevermind, radar false alarm Of course on the one week I can't park in my garage because of construction. How big is the Nashville hail risk for the 1am-6am rounds?

PDS south of I-840.

Good to find this subforum a few hours before I die in a tornado. Nashville, here. Never was sure if I was supposed to post in the Southeast or Ohio Valley subforums.

For those wanting to see 'before' pictures, that's the Fastrip at 3950 E 20th St, Joplin, MO 64801-5851 (SW corner of 20th and Duquesne). Google Streetview and Bing Bird's Eye View both cover that area.

According to an article yesterday, that is exactly what happened to 7 people killed at the Home Depot.

Based on that video, my guess is that JoMo's house survived intact. (Edited to remove street names. )

Adding $5-13,000 to the cost of every new home (probably more once it becomes gov't mandated), pricing a whole lot more people and families out of these houses and stuck in mobile homes and flimsy apartments. Brilliant way to increase deaths in the 99% of tornadoes that aren't EF5. How about we let each person make their own decisions.

Go to Bing Maps' 'Bird's Eye View' to see excellent 'before' views of what was damaged/destroyed. Some reference points: Video starts facing east at 35th and Exchange Ave (road next to RR tracks) :37 - Road crossing the freeway is 31st st 1:00 - Roseland Courts public housing, looks to be about 40% destroyed. 2:30 - 15th St and 5th Ave 2:50 - McFarland Blvd just south of 13th St, the Hobby Lobby strip center where a lot of the evening video was shot of people walking up and down McFarland past the rubble. Offscreen to the right of this video but easily seen in Bird's Eye View is the mall parking lot where that kid got the dramatic tornado vid: SE corner of McFarland and 15th, he starts facing west across McFarland, ends facing north across 15th, then heading east. 3:30 - Slabs were industrial buildings between the RR tracks south of University and Kicker. 3:50 - Church at University and 22nd. 4:33 - 4th St between 30th and 31st Ave. 5:05 - Trailer park west of Crescent Ln at 1st. 5:55 - Elm Dr at 44th Ct.

Thanks for posting. For the before images, enter "Rosedale Courts, Tuscaloosa, AL" on google maps. Was a single-story brick public housing complex on the west side of 10th ave at 27th st.

Good video of 4 MS/AL tornadoes from some chasers: May want to mute it, lots of screaming dork throughout.

Already the 3rd worst in the last 50 years and 9th worst in the last 100. According to Wikipedia (yeah, I know): 1974 - 317+ deaths 1965 - 256+ 1953 - 247+ 1936 - 454+ 1932 - 330+ 1925 - 747+ 1920 - 243+ and 280+

Then the live feed over Spaulding Co. GA tseems to suggest at least EF3 in spots, from what my amateur eyes can tell. Definitely the tree damage, though not necessarily in a wide swath or continuous. Some bare concrete slabs, with the adjacent homes suggesting those were either traditional wood-frame or perhaps pre-fab (not trailers.) Also wood-framed houses reduced to rubble with piles of lumber and siding blown across the road.

"http://www.ajc.com/news/storms-kill-11-in-928006.html Spalding Sheriff's Capt. Tony Ranieri was directing traffic at the intersection of School Road and Hwy. 19/41. "All of our traffic lights are gone," he said. "We don't know where they're at."

Tornado warning for Ithaca, NY.

Video of some of the Ringgold damage: http://www.newschannel9.com/articles/reports-1000662-ringgold-hit.html

http://wdef.com/news..._medium=twitter Chattanooga: 41-year-old Mai Crumley was killed in the Shepherd community. While her family huddled in her home, she stuck her head out to what was happening, just as a tree fell on her mobile home.

From the same source: CHATTANOOGA (WRCB) - Here's the latest update on damage from the storms that have hit the Tennessee Valley. The worst hit areas are Ringgold, and Trenton in Georgia and Apison and Cleveland in Tennessee. Due to lack of communication with many areas in the Tennessee Valley, and crews working in complete darkness, the scope of the damage will not become clear until tomorrow night APISON, HAMILTON COUNTY: Triage center set up for mass injuried at Apison Elementary. Reports of homes collapsed, people trapped in homes. Police on scene confirm at least 2 dead off Clonts Road. Roads impassible. CLEVELAND: Communication extremely limited in Cleveland. Knox County sending Search and Rescue teams Cleveland. Chattanooga FD Urban Search and Rescue teams dispatched to Cleveland. Scattered reports of buildings collapsed and people trapped. McDONALD, BRADLEY COUNTY: Widespread damage to homes. Multiple people trapped.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=14521722 RINGGOLD: Ringgold PD has requested a mass casualty area be set to handle fatalities. Catoosa County has declared a state of emergency. Massive devastating damage has been reported on the following streets: Highway 151 (Alabama Highway) Highway 41 Talley Road Nashville Street Bill Jones Road Salem Valley Road Salem Road Cherokee Valley Road London Lane Apison Pike Ware Road 10-12 commercial buildings have collapsed. 100-200 injured. Super 8 Motel evacuated 125 from location due to damage. Major damages to Ringgold High and Middle Schools (one entire wing missing) Georgia Search and Rescue teams dispatched to the area. TRENTON: Possible tornado hit apartment complex. At least 2 dead, multiple injured. Hamilton County lending service to help Dade County. Dade County has declared a state of emergency. FLINSTONE, WALKER COUNTY: Multiple buildings collapsed at Eagles' Landing off 193. Substantial damage in area. No reports of fatalities.

The earlier "hundred dead in Tuscaloosa" rumor appears to be false. Tusc. mayor just reported 15 dead and more than 100 injured.

Cullman about to be hit by its 3rd tornado today.

And the reports of walking wounded with amputations.

I'm afraid NW of Birmingham is going to end up being much worse than Tuscaloosa. On the level of Greensburg, KS or worse.