The Anniston Star from Anniston, Alabama • Page 6

I 1 1 't vf BOO, Joppa resident Janet Ballard and relatives look in wonderment at a tree that once stood in Mrs. Ballard's front yard. It was plucked by the tornado and dropped on her house, destroying two bedrooms. Photos by Ken Elkins 'Thursday's tornadoes ripped open mobile homes, turned houses to splinters and snatched trees from their leaving a trail of ruin in their wake. Tornado From Page 1 -1 Hi1 1 I SMS) waBuEa- ing," he said, "but at least nobody was killed (in the trailer park)." There was a brief scare, however, when a couple who lives in Carr's neighborhood couldn't find their 1-year-old son.

He was later found unharmed under the debris pf two shattered trailers. "He was just sitting there, not making a sound," said fire CaptJ Robert Reynolds. Just down the road, Janet Bull-ard, 58, had spent Wednesday night with her son, the first night away from home since her husband died almost a month ago. She returned Thursday to find that a huge tree in her front yard had been snapped at the trunk, lifted and dropped onto the bedroom where she usually sleeps. "I'm just thankful I wasn't here," she said.

"This is devastating-" The Associated Press contributed to this report. Elementary School around 5 a.m., three hours before classes were scheduled to begin. "It could have been awful if it was just a few hours later," Harris said. The 130 students who attend the school are expected to resume classes Monday at another school in the area. SEVERAL EMERGENCY shelters were set up for tornado survivors Thursday, but most appeared to be staying with friends and relatives.

Carr, 41, related his story at the Red Cross Shelter at the Arab Community Center. He had been buried for a time under the debris of a house and two other trailers in Berry's Trailer Park in Arab, but was relieved that his wife had left for work shortly before the storm hit. "There wasn't a trailer left stand was a tornado headed this way," said Cullman County merchant Frankie Harris, who was seated with friends in his damaged store in Joppa. "We didn't have any warning at all. Nothing," Mrs.

Fortenberry said as she stood atop the rubble of her home.r In Washington, Sen. Howell Heflin, asked for a full explanation from the weather service. National Weather Service officials said their tornado warning was delayed slightly because the Huntsville station was knocked out by lightning and the Birmingham office was handling a heavier-than-normal monitoring load. Despite the lack of warning, officials said the death toll could have been worse. Most people were asleep when the killer storm roared through.

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