Alabama man who saved father from tornado out of hospital but still needs help
Updated 7:35 PM;
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By Ben Nunnally The Anniston Star, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Philip Haynes held onto his elderly father even as a tornado tore through their trailer and carried them both into a field about 40 feet away.
Haynes, 50, and his father Mac, 78, lived in an Ohatchee mobile home that was destroyed during the tornado that took the lives of five Calhoun County residents on March 25. According to his sister, Rachel Hunter, Haynes got their father into a bear hug and protected him from the storm. Haynes sustained injuries including broken ribs, a broken clavicle and a punctured lung. He also developed pneumonia, probably due to his lung injury, Hunter said.
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Alabama severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday 2021: Here’s what’s included
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
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By Ben Nunnally The Anniston Star, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
The first step in managing a severe storm is making sure that one’s home is safe, said Myles Chamblee, acting director at the Calhoun County Emergency Management Agency.
Each time the forecast shows a bleak outlook tornadoes, high winds, softball-sized hail staff at the EMA get ready to go to work at the agency’s operations center in Jacksonville. Before they leave home, they make sure their families are equipped with everything they’ll need if the situation goes sideways: charged smartphones, flashlight batteries, weather radios and basics like water and helmets in case of debris and damage to their homes.
Alabama man dies of COVID after refusing to leave sick wife
Updated Feb 20, 2021;
By Ben Nunnally The Anniston Star, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
When Mary Smallwood was diagnosed with COVID-19, her husband, Jimmy, decided he wouldn’t leave her side. That choice cost him his life, his family said, but he wouldn’t have done anything differently.
The Smallwoods both 77, were Alexandria High School sweethearts who had married when they were 17. They both caught the virus after a family get-together at Christmas that left at least 16 members of the family infected. Mary was diagnosed first, said her daughter, LaDonna Smallwood, who tested negative.