[Rebels1972] At Least 72 Dead as Storms Pound South for Second Day

[Fred Atkinson]

Tony,

         I'm glad you and your immediate family are all right.  How 
about David and your other two siblings?  Your parents?

         Has anyone heard from Johnny Snyder since the storm?

         I've heard the reports on Fox News about Tuscaloosa.  It 
doesn't sound good.

         Let's keep those people in our prayers.

         Las Cruces is notorious for winds.  They issue a Level 1 
wind alert when the winds reach thirty-five miles an hour here.  Then 
we get a Level 2 wind alert when the winds reach fifty-five miles an 
hour.  They send it over our office email.  Some of our people have 
to drive north to White Sands Missile Range to get home.  That is 
over several mountains from here.  That's a perilous trip when we 
reach Level 2.  Fortunately, I drive south to get home.  I lose about 
a thousand feet of altitude from when I leave work to when I get 
home.  The road isn't mountainous south of where I work.  And the 
drive home is about twenty-five miles.  I've considered finding an 
apartment north of town so I don't have to drive so far.  I would 
still be south of  my work place.

         We also get some serious monsoons in the July/August time 
frame.  I've seen distant monsoons in the sky since I've been 
here.  I've never seen the sky look as ugly as that anywhere else 
I've lived except during huricanes and tornadoes.  But the monsoons 
are not treacherous weather.  In this desert area, we are glad to get 
them.  And when you are in them (as opposed to watching them at a 
distance), they don't look nearly so ugly for some reason.  I'm not 
at all afraid to drive in a monsoon.

         I've been through hoards of Level 1 and Level 2 wind alerts 
since I've been here (July will be three years now, can you believe 
that?).  But so far, we've not gotten anything like what Tuscaloosa got.

         Regards, and Thank God for his blessings.



                                                         Fred

At 08:18 PM 4/28/2011, you wrote:
>Very fortunate here in the Inverness area of Birmingham Fred.  We lost power
>for a couple of days but other than a few loose shingles on houses in the
>area, we came through without much damage.  My son Luke was at the
>University of Alabama during the storm so he was luck that most of the
>really bad stuff went through south of the campus.  However, Tuscaloosa is a
>disaster.  We have just now gotten power back as well as telephone and
>internet.
>
>Tony
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rebels1972-bounces at mishmash.net
>[mailto:rebels1972-bounces at mishmash.net] On Behalf Of Fred Atkinson
>Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:59 AM
>To: rebels1972 at mishmash.net
>Subject: [Rebels1972] At Least 72 Dead as Storms Pound South for Second Day
>
>Hello, everyone,
>
>         According to this article, there was quite a death toll in Alabama:
>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/27/arkansas-residents-brace-severe-storms/
>
>         I trust everyone there is all right?
>
>         Regards,
>
>
>
>                                                         Fred
>
>
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