Mississippi : Tornado Strikes With Deadly Force

Yazoo City, Mississippi : (April 24) A tornado touched down Saturday in rural Mississippi, killing two (2) people , injuring several others and ripping the tops off buildings, the mayor of Yazoo City said.

The 3/4-mile wide tornado roared across at least three(3) counties in west-central Mississippi. Mayor McArthur Straughter said the county coroner confrimed the deaths. A tornado ripped through Mississippi on Saturday, damsging several building in it's path. The walls of the Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church in the Meehan area of Lauderdale County, Miss. were blown out as the twister ripped through the state. Poaew lines and trees was blown down, blocking roads, Straughter said by telephone as sirens whined in the background. At least foue (4) people had been brought by four-wheeler to a triage center at an old discount store in the town about 40 miles north of Jackson, Miss.

Willie M. Horton, 78, said he hunkered down in the hallway of his house in rural Holmes County. "Everything is down. A lot of trees. Big trees," Horton said. He said his sister-in-law's house nearby was damaged, and a nephew's mobile home was carried away by the storm. My cousin - half his barn is gone, Horton said.

The severe storms swept across the Southeast, darkening skies and dumping rain on the region. Many areas was under tornado watches or warning at some point during the day.

The weather hampered crews trying to clean up an oil spill after an offshore rig exploded earlier this week off the coast of Louisiana.

In Mississippi, the tornado struck Valley Park, Yazoo City and Durant, said Mark McAllister, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Jackson, Miss. Everything is closed off, it's hard to get emergency service in there, he said. A possible tornado was reported in Alabama, damaging homes and downing trees but causing no injuries.

In Louisiana, storms damaged a tank at a chemical plant near Tallulah, Louisiana State Police Sgt. James Martin says plant officials don't know of any chemicals leaking from the plant itself.
My spin : This is tornado season , it seems like Mother Nature have cranked it up a bit, tornadoes are getting more severe and hurricanes are getting more powerful....the earthquakes are waking up and they want to be heard. ..now I asked you....do you think Global Warming has anything to do with it ? I do! But hey, that's just me.

Kicking back and keeping it real.