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

[Machen]

Tony,

Glad to hear from you and know that you/ family are safe.    Everyone in 
Gadsden is okay but the Webster's Chapel and
Ohatchee area were hit.
I am concerned about Rick Roper because I believe he lives in the Pleasant 
Grove area if I'm not mistaken.
What about Dale?    Respond back Dale....
David Wilder is in Huntsville.  I can't recall anyone in Tuscaloosa. Thank 
goodness your son and other students were able
to get to safety.
Many, many prayers will be going up.

Susan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Nichols" <TonyNichols at bellsouth.net>
To: "'Sansom Class of 1972'" <rebels1972 at mishmash.net>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Rebels1972] At Least 72 Dead as Storms Pound South for 
SecondDay


>I don't think Alabama has ever gotten anything like the level of tornado
> activity like what Tuscaloosa got.  The sad thing is, Tuscaloosa is 
> getting
> a lot of the press because we have good footage of the storm approaching.
> There is destruction everywhere in North Alabama.  There are small towns
> that are just gone.  My wife and I want to volunteer to help out but there
> is so much need that we haven't decided where to start yet.  My next week 
> is
> slow, so I am hoping to put some disaster relief time in then.
>
> Everyone in my family is fine, but pray for all the families with no homes
> or worse, lost lives.
>
> 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 9:53 PM
> To: Sansom Class of 1972
> Subject: Re: [Rebels1972] At Least 72 Dead as Storms Pound South for 
> Second
> Day
>
> 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-st
>>orms/
>>
>>         I trust everyone there is all right?
>>
>>         Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>                                                         Fred
>>
>>
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