UPDATE: East AL tornado — 23 dead, some still missing

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
03/03/2019 at 21:05 • Filed to: None

Update: This single storm has already more than doubled the total national death toll from tornadoes last year. Ouch.

I know we have a few Auburn-area Oppos and a lot of school alums. I have some good friends in the area who lost someone close to them today (an 8-year-old, like my son). This area was home to me for about 6-7 years, hard to believe the death toll is already so bad given that it happened on a weekend afternoon. Very sudden.

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DISCUSSION (9)

WilliamsSW > Ash78, voting early and often
03/03/2019 at 21:57

That’s awful. My heart goes out to you and the family. What a tragedy.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Ash78, voting early and often
03/03/2019 at 22:03

It’s terrible that storm front moved very fast I was south of Atlanta at my dads about an hour and a half north of Auburn, in 10 minutes it went from just overcast to dark enough for the street lights to go on.

shop-teacher > Ash78, voting early and often
03/03/2019 at 22:09

I cannot even wrap my head around the heartbreak of losing an 8-year old. My heart goes out to them.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Ash78, voting early and often
03/03/2019 at 22:20

This brings back memories of 2011, another reason I plan to never live in Alabama again. That's horrible.

Matt Nichelson > Ash78, voting early and often
03/03/2019 at 22:36

Very sorry to hear about that. It’s always sad to lose someone due to severe weather, much less someone so young.

Thankfully it just stormed here in MS, but I also was not expecting it to get that bad in AL and GA today. The SPC only had a moderate outlook for today (at least when I checked it around lunch time), but it definitely ended up being much worse.

Ash78, voting early and often > Matt Nichelson
03/03/2019 at 22:40

Yeah, up here in North Al it was just the usual spring deluge with flooding in the lowlands. I think the southern edge of this front caught a lot of people (including meteorologist) a little by surprise. The coolish weather doesn’t usually produce serious storms.

DipodomysDeserti > Ash78, voting early and often
03/03/2019 at 23:21

My condolences to your friends. Losing a child is unimaginable.

Spanfeller is a twat > Ash78, voting early and often
03/04/2019 at 09:15

That sounds horrifying, I hope the best for the rescue efforts this morning.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > Ash78, voting early and often
03/04/2019 at 10:18

I am waiting to hear back from friends in the area as well. Hoping/praying for the best.