Without power in Hamilton, the local paper hasn't updated and there was damage in Hamilton as well as the town of Hackleburg being demolished. I wish someone would cover the story there too. We haven't even been able to get obits from that area.
Replies sorted oldest to newest
Here is a video--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...zM&feature=share
And here is a list of victims--there is only one from Hackleburg listed right now.
My sister is in nurse in the jail system, she told me that 90 people were killed in the hackleburg jail (inmates and guards), they had one guard with a broken back. Why have we not heard anything about this in the news?
greenhill mom Hall of FamerToday at 6:07 AM Here is a video--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...zM&feature=share
And here is a list of victims--there is only one from Hackleburg listed right now.
http://www.whnt.com/weather/st...0429,0,7433713.story
Thanks for the info g mom. (I don't think I copied that right, haven't had enough practice yet.)
ms. wonka, I didn't know Hackleburg had a jail, especially not big enough for 90?
Hackleburg is just a small place, the last time I was through there I think they had a Gas Station and one Store, but the Community is all rural, but it has been 7 or 8 years since I went through there, they may have a big Place now. Wikipedia says that in the 2000 Census the Population was 1,527 but with all the Mexicans it may be a lot bigger.
90% of Hackleburg is gone. It was a good size town & the Wrangler plant & the school is destroyed.
There's not much left of Hackleburg except rubble and debris. They are now saying it was an EF5 that hit there. When you see it it isn't that hard to believe. So many good people lost there lives in these storms, it is heartbreaking.
There has been much more coverage of Hackleburg and Phil Campbell in the last day or so. I was beginning to wonder if anyone was gonna cover it as well. I imagine more will come out in the next few days as there is still close to 100 people missing.
My sister is in nurse in the jail system, she told me that 90 people were killed in the hackleburg jail (inmates and guards), they had one guard with a broken back. Why have we not heard anything about this in the news?
Hackleburg couldn't possibly support a jail the size of the one mentioned. However, the Marion County jail is located in Hamilton, and there was significant damage done to that town.
i was there. The entire area surrounding the downtown area and especially the school is utterly destroyed. there was a neighborhood that backed up to the school that is COMPLETELY gone. not s single house standing.
I don't know where "ms. wonda" got her information from but she is wrong.
I have been working this weekend in the clean up effort.
Yesterday we were in the Phil Campbell area and this afternoon we went to Hackleburg.
The police station is destroyed but I don't even think they had a jail.
There wasn't any bars I saw anyway and me and other students from UNA were shoveling up debris from the street onto dump trucks.
There are still search and recovery efforts going on in some parts of the area that we didn't go into but I think if something like this would have happened somebody would have mentioned it and they would still be searching for survivors in the downtown area.
Well let me be "one of" if not "the first" to lay political differences aside with you Rocky and say thank you for your support in the clean up efforts. Both Hackleburg and Phil Campbell are truely heartbreaking and mostly under reported stories that need local support. I have an Aunt and Grandfather who dodged the EF5 thru Hackleburg by about 2 miles, so I am truely thankful and grateful to still have them around. My family dodged an EF3 ourselves by about 3/4 mile. I too went to Phil Campbell the morning after, came home and cooked food all day for the rescue squads after being turned away. There are many still missing and probably some will never be found. My kids have helped supply food and water to Phil Campbell. This is truly sad. Thank you for your help.
LE89
I don't know where "ms. wonda" got her information from but she is wrong.
I have been working this weekend in the clean up effort.
Yesterday we were in the Phil Campbell area and this afternoon we went to Hackleburg.
The police station is destroyed but I don't even think they had a jail.
There wasn't any bars I saw anyway and me and other students from UNA were shoveling up debris from the street onto dump trucks.
There are still search and recovery efforts going on in some parts of the area that we didn't go into but I think if something like this would have happened somebody would have mentioned it and they would still be searching for survivors in the downtown area.
Ditto to what LE89 said, Rocky.
I agree, thank you Rocky. I am not physically able to move things but i have donated to the Governor's Relief Fund.
Do we see a new and improved Rocky? Nah..he was there all along and I guess we just didn't see it. Rocky kudos brotha.
A group of us are going back down near Phil Campbell Thursday. I went to Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Phil Campbell and Hackleburg to day. It is hard to say where the most help is needed. We worked a rural area Sunday. It takes 50-60 able bodies to work a single house retrieving personal items and piling debris on the road edge. The houses are smeared at least a half mile or more. It is terrible.
Ok, I got this cleared up about the jail I thought was in Hackleburg. I talked to my sister yesterday to clear up a few points...she said Hackleburg had been hit and the jail had been hit killing 90 people. She forgot I know nothing about those areas and assumed I knew she meant the jail was near Hackleburg. She cleared it up for me...Hackleburg took a direct hit, the jail nearby was damaged and 90 people in the vicinity of Hackleburg were killed. The guard who had a broke back works at the Morgan County jail where she is a nurse, a tree fell on his car while driving to work.
Sorry for the misprint, after seeing everyone else's posts I was confused myself as to what she told me.