Tuscaloosa Tornado April 27th, 2011

Spotted 30 miles before it hit Tuscaloosa

This was our community’s greatest tragedy.

City infrastructure, private property and commercial business damage totaled $250 million.

Homes Affected – 5,3622,493 damaged1,612 severely damaged1,257 destroyed

Residential

Local Businesses

Over 242 Businesses Damaged

114 Destroyed

356 Total

12% of our City was destroyed and 7,000 people became unemployed in less than six minutes.

Churches

Holy Cross Lutheran Church Central Church of Christ

Churches

Covenant Presbyterian Church Alberta Baptist Church

Tuscaloosa Area Volunteer Reception Center

- Over 26,874 Volunteers- Over 2,178,201 Volunteer Hours - Enough Debris removed to fill Bryant Denny Stadium 5 times- Put 40 addresses back to their natural state

2512 University Blvd. E

(205)248-5045

www.ttownvolunteer.com

Fifth largest stadium in US

Host: Skyland Blvd. Baptist Church

Monday @ TAVRC

Monday @ Ms. Dixon’s House (project #1)

Thursday @ Ms. Dixon’s House

Wings of Grace (Forest Lake Baptist Church; project #2)

Wings of Grace (Clothing, Supplies)

Wings of Grace (Food Preparation)

Monday-WednesdayDistribution Preparation

Thursday-Friday10AM-5PM Distribution

Habitat Houses (Alberta area; project #3)

Habitat Houses (Alberta area)

Habitat Houses (Alberta area)

Habitat Houses (Joe, Stephen)

McCarlie Thomas’s Family (project #4)

(BTW, we did some eatin’)

We’re done, but we’ll be back!