Tuscaloosa Tornado Damage Aerials Part 2

Tuscaloosa tornado damage, shot by Bill Castle of ABC 33/40 in Birmingham.

[@patrickr2601]

Just realized being in a forest while a tornado comes through would be the worst

[@cstalley]

The number of trees down is just mind blowing.

[@tongatiger]

This proves how truly small we are.

[@wadewilson8011]

You're actually smaller than that! The Universe!

[@CabooseKid]

@dryan22 most of those roads are people's driveways... this is actually a fairly densely populated part of the state

[@cwalker2734]

I was thinking the same thing.. I am from Vancouver, Washington and was 5 when mt. st helens blew

[@GHHMASA]

Absolute Disaster...my goodness my heart cries for these people

[@wh4tukn0w]

@seadannie tornadoes are rotating columns of air, the rotation of the tornado causes the trees and destruction to look random

[@tornadolover920]

subvortices drive the wind in all sorts of crazy directions

[@bdodgey]

I didn't think it was going to end...

[@kade_ydstie6617]

This video shows the true power of tornadoes. Why again do people disregard tornado warnings, because they don't want to get off the couch or finish watching their fav tv series?

[@chesk13]

I noticed a bunch of mysterious roads leading to empty cul-de-sacs...are these hydraulic fracking sites?

[@Lessinath]

Or lightly constructed buildings were there and were completely swept away. But it's possible, that, or oil exploration sites that didn't have rigs over them at the time of this.

[@tongatiger]

@stlouismom There won't be a shortage of firewood for the next several winters, that's certain.

[@etyer]

@drevenkaine Not really. There will not be enough time/manpower to collect all of those downed trees before they begin to rot.

[@TntEffectTnt]

why does it look like the trees are blown down in all different patterns and directions in stead of in one main direction as the tornado path goes on ......just trying to understand tornadoes

[@nadokid1]

Dannie Sea it may look that way up close but generally it’s in a inward/convergent area.

[@IGOTNEXT1982]

GOD BLESS TUSCALOOSA

[@macinfloydvolk]

@stlouismom I live in Tuscaloosa, was very scary ... worst one to ever hit us by far.

[@CabooseKid]

@lovethatcat2 they are so broken up when you see them on the ground that it is not worth the effort...

[@holtville05]

since part one and two how far miles it been through from begin to end ?

[@abbiesapp2922]

I'm pretty sure it was bout 80 miles total

[@joadhill]

Behold the power of mother nature.

[@joadhill]

Behold the power of mother nature

[@richeyrich]

All this timber laying around will eventually be a fire hazard. A big "blow down" in Minnesota's BWCA on the Canadian border blew down millions of trees. There were a lot of forest fires several years thereafter from all of the downed timber. Probably the same risk here in Alabama.

[@kenperk9854]

80 miles of devastation and tim marshall didn't rate it an EF5. What a putz.

[@garrettkessler1895]

Ken Perk it's clearly an F-5! No doubt about it.

[@nadokid1]

May have been but you can’t rate it based on path length. If the structures aren’t well built it gets a lower rating

[@Maneru2011]

How long did this tornado last?

[@thestormchasingconservativ6999]

It had a path of almost 80 miles

[@alross18058]

@drevenkaine all building trades will boom...lets see the insurance company's try to weasel out of paying

[@AlfoTheOne]

God Of Air