![]() ![]() U safe?”Ĭross braids the book’s three parts - the Storm, the Aftermath and the Recovery. ![]() “Yeah, we’re under a warning too :-/ very lame. ![]() “Once again the sirens are going off … have I mentioned that I’m so tired of these storms? But I hope everyone stays safe,” 24-year-old Danielle Downs chats with her sister on Facebook. Writing with a taut, real-time intensity, Cross stitches together haunting details, including text and Facebook messages from college-age victims huddling together in a hallway in Tuscaloosa, where the worst of the twisters killed more than 50 people. The strength of Kim Cross’ new book - “What Stands in a Storm” - is how she pushes aside those grim statistics and paints an intimate mural of those who survived and others who didn’t. Four struck on April 27, 2011, killing 324 people, including 247 in Alabama alone. In a typical year, meteorologists confirm only one monster EF5 tornado nationwide. That’s the day a deadly rash of 62 tornadoes tore through the Dixie Alley and zeroed in on Alabama.Īt one moment, at 4:38 p.m., there were seven long-track tornadoes on the ground at once. Amid all the tsunamis, earthquakes and grave natural disasters, it’s easy forget April 27, 2011, in the drumbeat of destruction. ![]()
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