,On this day in 2011 the worst tornado outbreak in memory slammed the Southeast with Alabama taking the brunt of it.
Dozens of tornadoes killed 250 people in this state alone. I spent a year writing about the aftermath with a team of great reporters. We exposed problems that included FEMA evaluations of houses that defied logic. One story I did featured a Joe Songer picture of a family standing in their house with all four walls gone. FEMA in its reports called it insufficient damage to qualify for a FEMA grant. Here’s story and pic.
Another story that I did on an anniversary of the storm I think nicely described how the day unfolded. Must read to the end though it takes a click at the end of the first part.