Friday, March 2, 2007

Storm Disaster leaves death toll of 20


Imagine waking up one morning and getting ready to go to your typical day of classes. As students we tend to never know what the day might have in store for us. Well, students at Enterprise High School had no idea that there usual Friday classes would let out early due to a tragic storm ripping apart half of their school.
Eight students were killed when the school took a direct hit on one of it's wings. Blowing out the walls and collapsing the roof was just some of the small demages the storm had to offer, it took with it eight innocent people with it.
As students scrambled for shelter and blood dripped from their faces, debris from the school was being thrown around leaving the mayor and officials unsure about where students would finish the year. At least one other person was killed in Enterprise, Alablama, another died across the state in a ferry.
However, the tragic storm doesn't stop here. It went on later to hit South Georgia and leave its mark there as well.
As the storm swept into Georgia it appeared that a tornado had apparently already touched down and claimed two more lives. The tornado touched down near the Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, south of Atlanta, where it caused people and even patients to evacuate the area.
I think that has to be the worst part of this story. People that are already in bad conditions, end up being in even worst ones despite the fact they can't control it. Six more lives were claimed later when the storm headed for Newton, Georgia.
The main hospital recieved some storm damage and officials aren't sure whether the injured and the dead were inside the hospital when it was struck or not. So in other words, Mrs. Blank saw the tornado (who might have looked like the Grim Reeper) coming and said "Screw this, I'll take my life before I let a storm sweep me off my feet."
">Link http://http://www.weather.com/newscenter/topstories/030207_tornadoes.html?from=wxcenter_news

1 comment:

carolina magic said...

So many people killed or hurt by that tornado...

I usually skim over glaze over stories about weather disasters, but this one really gripped me.

Reminded me of when Hurricane Hugo hit Rock Hill in late 1985.

But that's another story...

Thanks for this entry about the damage (to property and life) at that school.

Fergalicious