re: Bama fans...was in Tuscaloosa today

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Is that flagpole out off of 69 headed toward Moundville that was bent by the tornado several years back still standing?

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That was another infamous tornado but for difference reasons. It was one of the strongest (F4) and deadliest (11 fatalities) December tornadoes in U.S. history. I remember that tornado well as it preceded a very strong cold front that dropped the temperature from the low 70s the afternoon of the tornado to the mid 20s the following morning. I remember waking up to a dusting of snow with the wind howling out of the north. I remember the temp never getting out of the 20s the following day. That was December 16, 2000.

P.S. I remember seeing the HillCrest/Shelton State area just a couple of days after that tornado and remember seeing a bicycle wrapped around the flagpole in question.