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Jun 14

Tornado Victims Denied FEMA Assistance for “Insufficient Damage”

Does this look like insufficient damage to you? An F4 tornado hit Birmingham, AL in April, leaving miles upon miles of destruction like this. Yet for some reason, they received a letter stating that they were ineligible for FEMA assistance.

Birmingham, AL Tornado Damage

According to the letter they received from FEMA, the house that the family lost in the deadly April 27 twister was “not unsafe to live in.”

Sadly, it is believed that numerous families may have been rejected FEMA grants as well for the same reason. Their neighborhood?

Birmingham, AL Tornado Damage

You can read the full article about the FEMA rejections here.

Some people believe that it’s just a paperwork error and that FEMA will correctly distribute the money to the victims, but as of now that is just optimistic speculation.

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Jun 1

Tornado hits Springfield, MA

Posted in Meteorology, News, Science

Here we go again… “Chaotic” is the word being used the most to describe an outbreak of Tornadoes moving through southeastern New England today.

Videos:

Tornado Damage:

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Apr 27

Birmingham & Tuscaloosa, Alabama Slammed by Tornado

Posted in Meteorology, News, Science

Pretty surreal footage right now coming out of Birmingham, AL, right now of what is believed to be a 1-mile wide F4 or F5 tornado:

Birmingham, AL Tornado April 2011

The same Tornado that hit Birmingham, AL, struck Tuscaloosa, AL, earlier. You can find a video of the coverage for the Tuscaloosa, AL Tornado here. A quote describing the damage in Tuscaloosa:

EF4-5 type stuff in Tuscaloosa, looks like a 5000 pound bomb went out, complete buildings just missing, Krispy Kream, Casa Taco, etc…

Tuscaloosa, AL Tornado April 2011

I’m sure there will be quite a bit of content hitting the internet over the next few hours. I think at the moment, most of it’s being sent out over the news on TV.

Edit:

More videos from Tuscaloosa: