Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Twisters hit South on "Super Tuesday"; kill 55

Duration: 04:43 minutes
Upload Time: 2008-02-07 00:41:10

"Local and state officials warned Wednesday that they would not tolerate a slow response from the federal government after the deadliest wave of tornadoes in a decade killed at least 55 people across the South, 31 of them in Tennessee alone. President Bush planned a visit Friday to Tennessee, the hardest hit of five states where residents were trying to salvage what they could from homes reduced to piles of debris. More than 150 other people were injured, and thousands were left without power after as many as 50 twisters were reported in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., echoed the concerns of numerous government officials in the affected states when he recalled the sluggishness with which the Federal Emergency Management Agency responded to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He told FEMA Director David Paulison on Wednesday that he would "not tolerate a slow reaction time." " - MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23006771

Comments

ginamorganic  2008-02-08 11:46:45

thats scary
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