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re: Tuscaloosa 2011 Tornado Path Google Earth - Then and now
Posted on 1/14/23 at 7:34 pm to NATidefan
Posted on 1/14/23 at 7:34 pm to NATidefan
A beast of a storm, scary what Mother Nature can do and NOTHING we and Greta can do about it. Prayers to all those impacted.
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 7:34 pm to BoogalooCopperpot
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went to LSU/Alabama game in Tuscaloosa that fall after tornado and to see steel billboard pylons looking like twizzlers was humbling, while building on opposite corner of street was untouched. Can’t imagine enduring that.
I feel like you get a similar impact after all natural disasters. Fires, hurricanes, tornados, etc.
Hurricanes and earthquakes have widespread destruction and are different from the seeming randomness of fires and tornados. All drive home the insignificance of man and our designs.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 7:41 pm to NATidefan
I remember the BHM TV stations showing debris from that tornado falling on their Red Mountain studios some 45+ miles away.
Some 12 years later I still can see the line of destruction where it crosses a client's facility in Pratt City.
Some 12 years later I still can see the line of destruction where it crosses a client's facility in Pratt City.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 7:43 pm to deltaland
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What was the big square building with the courtyard and pool? Hotel?
It was an apartment complex. Believe it was named Fountain Square. Never lived there but did go swimming a few times. Just remembered that the friends that visited there also lived in a house that was destroyed in the tornado.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:01 pm to DoctorTechnical
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Some 12 years later I still can see the line of destruction where it crosses a client's facility in Pratt City.
Tornadoes leave a long lasting impact to the terrain. Sometimes it is more obvious than others. Tanner, Alabama is a small town with a significant history of dealing with tornadoes. It got hit by an F5 in the April 4, 1974 Super Outbreak. It got hit again by an EF5 in the April 27, 2011 Super Outbreak.
There's a picture of the exact same area, a small tree line, where both tornadoes hit. High in a tree is a piece of tin that has been wrapped around the tree since that day in 1974. It was pointed out to NWS storm surveyors working after the 2011 tornado that the debris in that tree was not from the storms on that day, but from three decades prior.
That really put things into perspective for me.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:06 pm to LegendInMyMind
It's strange how tornados have typical "corridors" or paths that they spawn and travel through.
Like the Phil Campbell up to Athens path has seen lots of tornados in my lifetime.
Like the Phil Campbell up to Athens path has seen lots of tornados in my lifetime.
This post was edited on 1/14/23 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:09 pm to NATidefan
That was a scary and terrible day across Alabama that say. As it was across parts of Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia, as well.
This post was edited on 1/14/23 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:17 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Not saying it wasn't terrible…Looks like it could have been worse if it went either side of a football field or a couple parking lots. Night tornadoes and lightning suck!
This post was edited on 1/14/23 at 11:30 pm
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:32 pm to NATidefan
This is a good book for those interested. It hasn't been out long. It focuses primarily on the Hackleburg to Harvest EF5 on April 27. There's a lot of general info about severe setups in the Southeast, the meteorology of that day, past events, and hits on all tornadic storms of the day. Good stuff, and worth the money and time to read. Oh, and it is packed full of pics. You can find it on Amazon.
This post was edited on 1/14/23 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:43 pm to BoogalooCopperpot
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went to LSU/Alabama game in Tuscaloosa that fall after tornado and to see steel billboard pylons looking like twizzlers was humbling, while building on opposite corner of street was untouched. Can’t imagine enduring that
Worked with a lady from Pratt City when the tornado made it to the outskirts of Birmingham, she and her husband had fled to her parents” home down the road in Adamsville as they had a basement. As they were leaving their elderly neighbor was out on her front porch in a rocking chair. The begged her to go with them as the storm approached. She refused. The whole neighborhood was leveled and their neighbor didn’t make it. Sad story but they were so fortunate to have left.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:50 pm to NATidefan
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It isn't that complicated.
Each set, separated by ******, is the same area.
First pic in each set is before the tornado, second picture after, last picture now.
It was definitely more complicated before this explanation.
Ttown is a baw town. It lingers but they did very well after that.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 8:56 pm to NATidefan
I remember following that Tornado Outbreak thread on TD.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 9:09 pm to NATidefan
I was there in Midtown apartments. Ran up to the top parking deck to watch when it was maybe less than a mile away. My apartment was luckily on the inside and our windows weren’t exposed. Hid in the closet and it still shook the frick out of the building.
Will never forget the scene when we went outside. Those house just across the street were lifted up and set down beside the foundations.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:16 pm to NATidefan
One of the things that made it hard for some us to 'follow' the story in the photographs was that we can see the major landmarks, e.g., intersection, and we have to toggle back-n-forth to see what we're looking at before we realize it's all gone.
Kinda makes your soul ache pondering this stuff.
Kinda makes your soul ache pondering this stuff.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:29 pm to AlwysATgr
Standing in the aftermath of the devastating Tuscaloosa tornado was surreal.
There is almost nothing left taller than you.
There is almost nothing left taller than you.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:32 pm to AlwysATgr
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we have to toggle back-n-forth to see what we're looking at before we realize it's all gone.
I think the last set is the probably the most eye opening.
A neighborhood was completely flattened and now there is a large shopping center with a Dick's.
Just unreal.
This post was edited on 1/14/23 at 11:33 pm
Posted on 1/14/23 at 11:54 pm to GRTiger
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It was definitely more complicated before this explanation
The dates are on the pics. I guess I didn't think people would have so much trouble looking at a spot and seeing a house surrounded by trees, next pic destroyed house and trees, next pic empty lot and no trees, etc.
But I was always really good at those games where you have two similar pics and have to find the difference.
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