3 died just minutes ago in Ala.tornadoes.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Northern part of state.
F-4 to F-5 category.
The storms come in at right angles to state, so hit a lot of territory.

WHNT is reporting three simultaneous tornadoes currently traveling the same path.

More here:http://blog.al.com/breaking/2014/04/live_weather_updates_as_storms.html#incart_graystrip

My area is forecast to get some of those storms later tonight.
the wind chimes are going off pretty strongly outside.......

[Kelvin Mace]

1. You have a safe spot in your house I hope

Please be careful

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. plus one

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. We have a safe spot next door, actually.

And if needed, I will beat the dog to that door.
More importantly, I tend to stay up and watch the radar warnings at night..safety being worth lost sleep, I figure.

[AverageJoe90]

2. Oh no. Crap.

That's not a good sign when you have confirmed deaths that soon after a tornado.....at all.

[Jefferson23]

3. Horrible...stay safe, dixiegirl. n/t

[SummerSnow]

4. dixiegrrrrl, go to a safe spot. be careful.

[Mira]

5. Sending calm white light to you

and so glad in the knowledge that you have made preparations and know how to dodge trouble like this.
I'm so sorry for Alabama and the destruction and suffering.
Stay calm, my friend.

[Siwsan]

6. Hunker down and know we're thinking of you

When the storms pass, be sure to let us know you are OK.

[Warpy]

7. I read earlier that they're multi vortex storms

which is about the worst you can have. It's what devastated the area around Oklahoma City (Moore, specifically) last spring. Please hunker down and stay as safe as possible.

It's still blowing in NM and has been since Thursday. This is the strongest storm system I've seen in a very long time.

[RobertEarl]

16. Those winds are a good thing for the US

That nuke waste plant in New Mexico which has been smoking nuke waste for two months now, needs airing out. Here's a DU link to some of the story:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4858449

My prayers are with those affected in both cases. It is sad to read the news of people's deaths and all the lives so awfully altered.

[Warpy]

20. It's not a nuke plant, we don't have enough water to support that

it's a storage facility in a defunct salt mine. The ceilings were supposed to fall in on the waste and keep it safely stored for a few thousand years.

They also sold it by telling us it would be for low level waste, contaminated clothing and the like. They lied, of course. We knew they were lying.

[RobertEarl]

26. Yep. They lied. The DoE lied about nukes+. !?!?!?

If i could control the winds, i'd make sure the winds blew from Banff to Brownsville, for a few weeks at least.

The east has been suffering from high particulate matter for a while now. We haven't had a good blow for weeks and most of our air has been recirculating in the midwest. This system is the first hard blow of spring. Until yesterday there very few storm related deaths from these type weather systems.

Link to air pollution site:

http://alg.umbc.edu/usaq/

It is from a university near Baltimore.

[FBaggins]

37. You seriously think...

...that surface winds will help "air out" mines half a mile underground?

[Mnemosyne]

8. Stay safe, dixiegrrrrl! Hate these damn storms.

[pacalo]

9. Dixiegrrrrl...

I hope you're safe. Please continue to check in when you can.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Can't say it will never hit here..

but
our home is in one of the least tornado prone areas of the state.

Still, breaks our hearts when folks elsewhere are being harmed and killed by the storm outbreaks.

[pacalo]

15. That's the way I feel, dixie.

I know what it's like to deal with angry weather. It's horrible watching it happen to others.

Thank goodness you're safe.

[Hoyt]

10. Take care. Saw one level four houses in Hazel Green a few years ago. No one hurt.

[Aerows]

13. I'm in MS, and worried about family members in Brandon

and Jackson.

Please stay safe, my friend. I'm south of you but even the wind here is picking up.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Anything that hits Hattisberg will hit us.

We are due east of there, so it serves as an early warning area.

If memory serves, I think I know where you are. I would be really concerned about family and friends further north, too.
Pearl got hit, I heard.

[Aerows]

21. I can't get any information

It is so frustrating.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Trying to keep up with all of them

here and here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024882929

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4882183

And yes, trying to separate wheat from chaff on Alabama

You stay safe ok

[Rowdyboy]

19. Be safe. We're going through the same thing here in Mississippi but maybe the worst has passed

One passed about 5 miles south of me so I'm a little rattled.

Thinking about you guys....

[Aerows]

23. Hugs for you Rowdyboy

I can't find out what is going on with my family in Brandon :hugs: I'm not too far south of that, but I'm less worried for me and more worried (as heck) for them.

[Rowdyboy]

24. I haven't heard anything specific about Brandon but when I do I'll let you know...

[mountain grammy]

22. Stay safe. Yeah, staying awake is a good idea.

[QC]

25. That's up in my mom and dad's neck of the woods.

So far they are fine but they say things are getting nasty.

[TBF]

27. Is there a safer shelter nearby -

like a designated school or something?

Back in Wisconsin our little grade school actually had a basement - small - but we practiced drills. You don't have much time in a tornado.

Stay safe sister.

[dixiegrrrrl]

32. closest neighbor has a nice storm basement

and I have the house key.
We usually get the noise, and the lightening, and the rain, rarely get dangerous tornadoes in our neck of the woods.

[suffragette]

28. Sending good vibes from Seattle

Stay safe

[malaise]

29. You'd better stay safe

You hear! Sending good vibes!

[Sissyk]

30. Please stay safe, dixiegrrrrl!

MS AL and now TN has been hit hard today, and it keeps on coming. They have now entered TN and confirmed touchdown in Lincoln County (southern TN). Not close to me so I am safe but lots of people in the south are not tonight.

Again, stay safe.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. Stay safe, my friend. And, hug the dog.

[dixiegrrrrl]

33. I can tell how bad the storms are getting by that dog.

When he tries to get his 100 # quivering body in my lap, I know it is getting bad outside.

Murphy cat slithers quickly under the bed around those times.
Right now they are peacefully dozing at my feet..we are the picture of family contentment.

[LynneSin]

34. Be safe and post to us again after those suckers are long gone

let us know you are ok!

[PumpkinAle]

35. Sending hugs

and my thoughts (as many on DU) are thinking of you.

Hope you and your loved ones stay safe.

[dixiegrrrrl]

36. North and central Ala. is getting a lot of damage.

My area is further south, so far so good.
Crossing fingers.