Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 290

Prophecy Sign:  Roaring and tossing of the Seas, (anomalous and dangerous weather patterns?)

Our family is fortunate to live in an area of North America that has very benign weather, (Central British Columbia).  We never ever see tornadoes, hurricanes, vicious winter or summer storms, or prolonged droughts.  In fact, one could say our weather is pretty boring.  However, sometimes we are very thankful to God for that very boring weather when we read of such devastating storms like those that have swept through the Southern U.S.

While many parts of North America are prone to tornadic activity, (even parts of Canada), the storms that have hit this week in the U.S. are being called the largest and most powerful ever to have occurred.  We are praying for all the communities and people thereof, that have been devastated by these tornadoes.  You have our heartfelt prayers.

From the article:

Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 290 people were killed across six states — more than two-thirds of them in Alabama, where large cities bore the half-mile-wide scars the twisters left behind. The death toll from Wednesday's storms seems out of a bygone era, before Doppler radar and pinpoint satellite forecasts were around to warn communities of severe weather. Residents were told the tornadoes were coming up to 24 minutes ahead of time, but they were just too wide, too powerful and too locked onto populated areas to avoid a horrifying body count.
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Some of the killer tornadoes that ripped across the South may have been among the largest and most powerful ever recorded, experts suggested, leaving a death toll that is approaching that of a tragic "super outbreak" of storms almost 40 years ago. "There's a pretty good chance some of these were a mile wide, on the ground for tens of miles and had wind speeds over 200 mph," said Harold Brooks of the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma.

Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 290

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_severe_weather

Killer twisters likely among largest, strongest

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdUvk1FbiOGc5iUKrL_gZQwuKloQ?docId=44056928e9f14e219529c41eec31db61

Dozens of Twisters Cut Deadly Path across South

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/April/Storm-Death-Toll-Rising-in-the-South/