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2A TUESDAY APRIL 30 2002 STORMS BLAMED FOR 6 DEATHS ROBERTO BOREA ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS III walks away from the destroyed home of his friend Ron Johnson in downtown La Plata Md on Monday A tornado ripped southern Maryland on Sunday killing thiee people and injuring nearly 100 Two died in La Plata NATIONWORLD ye on (um flews Enhancement for cell phones added to help 911 dispatchers WASIMIGTON Federal telecommunications regulators hope new requirements announced Monday will help emergency personnel better respond to call5 horn 911-only cell phones or mobile phones without service Several private pmgrams allow cell phones to be donated to needy users Those phones typically do not have service but federal rules require wireless carriers to pass On 911 calls to dispatchers Carriers also make and sell phones that can only dial 91 Both types of phones cannot receive calls which can pose a problem if the caller gets cut off from the emergency dispatcher At the request of public safety groups the Federal Communications Commicsion studied the issue and determined it is not yet technically possible to require carriers and phone manufacturers to pm-vide callback numbers On the so-called noninitialized phones The FCC voted to require such phones to be programmed so that 123-456-7890 would show on dispatchers' screens as the telephone number That would alert the dispatcher to quickly get information knowing a call cannot be returned ASSOCIATED PRESS THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER I wwwcharlotk ym 1 1 1 1 24 TUESDAY APRIL 30 2002 NATIONWORLD THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER I wwwcharlottL ym STORMS BLAMED FOR 6 DEATHS d4--t zJr ye Oil (011S11ffieffieWS zAA 7'! -4-: -1atA: A 1' 004-1 it-iv '7: Nqb i--- iv- 1 )-x 7 i Enhancement for cell phones ---04 L-I t-'------------------ -4: -7- -4 -f 1 r' i 1---- "4 p---- it iv 1 I 7 9 -4- 11-4 c-t1141-' -'1wIR 111 I 4 I 7 1 1-- p---" II' i- i fo- 1 2- It Iwo -i 1 fLt :42 --1 i' added to help 911 dispatchers --4-i-- 41tifir -----7--i'-1--- 4 iA 4'''' z't Al 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elVfacs are expected to be available starting in May Although shaped like the first iMacs unveiled in 1998 the eMacs are about a third of an inch shorter They include 16-watt stereo speakers and a CD-recordable drive A DVD drive is available on more expensive ones ASSOCIATED PRESS Kmart hires Hollywood agency to spice up ads Winds reached at least 260 mph in twister that racked Maryland Winds in Avis ''i 1( -tP'A-111'5' -'1' '3 4 4 Ilt'reS 4 t4 -istik041- 011t i 1 at-fiViT-i! 44V 0-I 'A i Nx 3' 4 -4 1- 4ri 441 1 1 1 16 lf-4w: 1I F4 A iio i1 A t- 1 xc 0 Ortt -'1e'( or 49 11014 4 IttS'311'illi 1 4 4 A 9: fgt '041 A ''Y''' 4 --1'--1- -mi re 4 iVi--4' I''' ill 0 'P--)--- 411t-t-'1-- ''-i i 4 gtet ZP-4- N- i -101! -)'-z--'2 I i 7 illf: 44" 'x-! il 4: -i eee44: L'' 4 1 4 i 'S---i' )d1Z'' f' tilk: zik r''' L3 04- -c4s pc- 4 1 IIT'' --404 W) 'tf --) K---1 4- 7" i 17 44n 0 45 14-t? 01 i' 4'- A vv- 10-3- r- ti- ff i 04 ilt sc: 141 1 '4" 4- tc' TkibowP Pt -71 0 ek 1-i t'tgAte440- 11 10 1 :1" "-I 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a destroyed home in downtown La Plata Md on Monday CORRECTION An article about population growth in Monday's Observer misidentified the county seat for York County SC It's the city of York We want to know if you find an error in The Observer Cali us at (704) 358-5040 BY DAVID PACE Associated Press LA PLATA Md Deborah McClain was hiding in her basement with her husband ard six children Sunday when La Plata was ripped by a deadly tornado one of the most powerful in Maryland history "When it was over I went upstairs and all you could see was the sky" said McClain 41 "The roof was gone The wall was gone The beds had gone out the window" Tornado-ravaged cities from Missouri to Maryland picked up the pieces Monday a day after an unusually potent batch of storms plowed across the eastern half of the nation At least six people were killed including three in a pair of hard-hit Maryland counties south of the nation's capital More than 100 people were injured across the couaty and thousands lost power The tornado that hit La Plata was an FS the most powerful according to a preliminary determination by the National Weather Service In Charles County the twister destroyed six houses and left a track of damage 24 miles long and 400 yards wide Damage still needed to be evaluated in Calvert County Under the Fujita scale a twister with an FS rating has winds from 261 mph to 318 mph Maryland has never had an PS and only two F4s are on record including one in 1926 that killed 14 schoolchildren in La Plata Gov Parris Glendening declared a state of emergency for Charles Calvert and Dorchester counties freeing the National Guard to help Lt Gov Kathleen Kennedy Townsend who surveyed the damage from the air said the tornado appeared to have touched down like a bouncing ball Among the dead was Margaret Albey 74 whose small wood-frame home lay in the storm's path Her body was found under a couch alongside her 77-year-old husband LA PLA ing in he children a deadly Marylam "Who you coul "The mc beds had 'roma Marylan after an plowed At lea three in south of people thous The tc most pc determil vice In six hous long and Dania vert Uncle mting Marylar Ms are killed 14 Gov emerger ter corn help Lt who sur the tom like a bo Amor whose storm's couch SUBSCRIPTION RATES Zhe Charlotte Observer LIE 1 month 3 months Daily S834 $2652 SatSun 1867 $2600 (including Thanksgiving Day) DailySunday $136 $3978 Mail Delivery Zones 12 34 (includes North and South Carolina) New York destroying a two-story home garage and barn 60 miles south of Rochester Tears welled up in Frank Calcagno's eyes as he looked at what was left of the home where he grew up "I'm still in a state of shock" he said A 50-foot evergreen was uprooted in front of the home and scattered bales of hay marked the spot where the barn had stood Calcagno's eight head of cattle survived as did a dog tied to a tree outside even though the tree was sheared off by the wind At least 72 homes and an apartment complex were damaged or 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For more than a decade the new film "Spider-Man" was mired in bankruptcies lawsuits and director changes On Friday the movie will make its debut The cast of the Columbia Pictures action adventure includes Tobey Maguire (left) and Kirstin Dimst (right) ASSOCIATED PRESS 3E I Entertainment news.