Tornado Tears Through Alabama Family

On Monday, January 24th, a tornado went through Alabama, leaving behind death and destruction. Five schools in Jefferson County remained closed on Tuesday and one of them may even have to be torn down. The tornado had 150 mile-per-hour winds and affected at least 429 homes, with 211 destroyed and 218 damaged. Two people were killed in the storm, one was 16-year-old Christina Heichelbech and the other was 83-year-old Bobby Sims. Heichelbech's family found her after the storm, on her mattress, about 40 feet from the house. Her father said, "She looked like she was sleeping like a baby. But she wasn't sleeping, she was gone." The Heichelbech family's house was destroyed as well. "I know we have to go on," said Mr. Heichelbech, "but I don't know what we're going to do."

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/01/clay_father_recounts_nightmare.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/24/us/alabama-storms/index.html?hpt=us_c2
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2012/01/alabama_storm_damage_1.html