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It's the 21st anniversary of a rather significant tornado outbreak; twelve deaths across Alabama and the last F3+ tornadoes on the old Fujita Scale in the state. A deadly and significant event even region-wide with killer tornadoes from Ohio to Tennessee and Alabama, and one that had quite an effect on me; helping neighbors and friends try to salvage surviving possessions out of a pond next to their completely leveled homes leaves a strong impression on an eleven year old, as did hiding in the basement from not one but two of the closest calls with significant and killer tornadoes in my entire life, back to back. I didn't have Internet or a camera back then of course and documentation is sparse. Intended on doing an interview project with those in Walker County that remember the night but COVID and life kind of got in the way. Looking for any stories and memories of that frightening and historic night as we remember the lives lost on this anniversary of the outbreak
