Comments on: Chalkville Tornado Damage

By: Skyball out and back epic « Cycling Adventures with Brian Toone

Skyball out and back epic « Cycling Adventures with Brian Toone — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:28:27 +0000

[...] did get a couple more videos below that are somewhat interesting (tornado damage from a tornado on January 23rd, 2012. And also a video starting the climb back up red mountain (including near miss with car towards the [...]

By: kartoone

kartoone — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:36:58 +0000

Thanks for the update – it’s just really sad how sudden and devastating a tornado can be. Especially when one house is completely destroyed and the house next to it only has minor damage.

By: Evie

Evie — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:55:39 +0000

If you’d continued up Old Springville until you reached Deerfoot Parkway and then headed back towards Trussville, you’d have seen more tomado damage down in that direction. I think Deerfoot Parkway is open to through traffic now, although some of the affected neighborhoods off the Parkway were still closed to non-residents, at least as of last night.

By: kartoone

kartoone — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:04:55 +0000

yeah, i was surprised, too – i’m thinking that it may be because all the emergency rescue work was done with all people accounted for

By: Billy

Billy — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:15:12 +0000

massive destruction….I am surprised law enforcement actually allowed you to ride through…..thanks for posting pics!