The Nashville, Tennessee flood that occurred from May 1st through the 3rd was devastating for thousands of people in the state. I feel that Tennessee lived up to their motto of ‘Volunteer State’ during this disaster.

This video contains ‘must see photos’ of the damage and rescue efforts.
There were no major Looting, no riots and only a few minutes of national coverage…and WHY IS THAT?

What will happen to Nashville? The people of Nashville will pick up the pieces and go on…nothing like New Orleans.

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This photo was just sent in of an hail stone that measured 4 inches in diameter from Oklahoma City this evening.

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One week ago tonight, major damage occurred when a tornado moved through Albertville, Alabama. The tornado was on the ground for 18 miles.

Ironically, it was on the centennial-second anniversary of a 1908 tornado that devastated the town, nearly wiping it from the map.

Fortunately, though no lives were lost last week, there were about three dozen injuries reported, some severe, with one transported to another larger hospital facility out of the area.

Damage was severe, wreaking havoc and destruction in Albertville and the smaller, nearby community of Geraldine. Damage was so severe, that Albertville schools will be closed for this week, to allow cleanup of the town. Electricity service to much of the city is now non-existent.

National Weather Service officials at the NOAA station on the UAH campus indicated that a EF-3 tornado with winds up to 140 mph, mangled and uprooted trees, destroyed homes and wreaked havoc for 18 miles across Sand Mountain late Saturday night. Brian Carcione, a NWS meterologist said there were two confirmed tornadoes that struck DeKalb, the neighboring county east and north of Marshall County.

The tornado struck Albertville at 10:24 p.m., at the end of a tense Saturday of weather watching, on the 102nd anniversary of a killer storm that wiped out much of Albertville on April 24, 1908. When the storm struck, many had expected the worst to already be over.

Albertville Mayor Lindsey Lyons described his city on Sunday, saying there was, “Extreme devastation – it’s just miraculous there were no deaths.” Mr. Lyons, aerially surveyed the scene Sunday morning, and estimated at least 200 homes and businesses were heavily damaged or destroyed.

Full report and photos

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This is an amazing photo of the flooding along Interstate 24 in Nashville.
This flooding weather event will be in the history books!

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This photo was taken around 10:30 am this morning just north of Rainsville, Alabama.
Hail up to golf ball size fell for almost 10 minutes.

Alabama Highway 35 is located in the background of this photo.
Traffic was down to one lane for around 30 minutes.

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