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East Oregonian
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Southern plagues: Drought, fl ood, fi re and now killer storms
BIRMINGHAM,
Ala.
(AP) — Tornadoes that
dropped out of the night
sky killed fi ve people in
two states and injured at
least a dozen more early
Wednesday, adding to a
seemingly biblical onslaught
of drought, fl ood and fi re
plaguing the South.
The storms tore through
just as fi refi ghters began
to get control of wildfi res
that killed seven and wiped
out more than 150 homes
and businesses around the
resort town of Gatlinburg,
Tennessee. In Alabama, the
weather system dumped
more than 2 inches of rain in
areas that had been parched
by months of choking
drought.
At least 10 confi rmed
twisters damaged homes,
splintered barns and toppled
trees in parts of Alabama,
Louisiana, Mississippi and
Tennessee, the National
Weather Service said. Tomb-
stones were even knocked
over in the cemetery behind
the badly damaged Rosalie
Baptist Church, near where
three people died in north-
eastern Alabama.
“It looks like the rapture
happened up there,” said
church member Steve Hall,
referring to the end-times
belief of many Christians.
“Are we thinking the Lord
is trying to get our attention?”
said the pastor, Roger Little.
The National Weather
Service
was
assessing
damage
from
multiple
possible tornadoes across
the region. At least fi ve hit
Alabama, and three more
struck southern Tennessee,
and one each was confi rmed
in Louisiana and Mississippi,
forecasters said.
A
possible
tornado
was spotted on the ground
Wednesday a few miles from
Atlanta, and fl ights were
briefl y delayed at the city’s
main airport, but no major
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THURSDAY, DEC. 1
OPEN SUPPORT GROUP, 10
a.m.-12 p.m., Bowman Building,
17 S.W. Frazer Ave., Pendleton.
(541-276-6671 or 541-379-1589)
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
10:30 a.m., Episcopal Church of
the Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second
St., Pendleton.
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m.,
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Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
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er, 241 S.E. Second St., Pendle-
ton. Coffee is provided. (Ed 541-
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STROKE
SUPPORT GROUP, 1:30 p.m.,
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room 3 or 4, 2801 St. Anthony
Way, Pendleton. (Shawna 541-
969-1865)
LOST AND FOUND YOUTH
OUTREACH, 3 p.m., Pendle-
ton Recreation Center, 510 S.W.
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(Danny or Leslie 541-379-4250 or
541-276-3987)
WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
4 p.m., Eastern Oregon Center
for Independent Living, 322 S.W.
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cure environment to learn skills
and develop tools to move forward
after abuse and violence. (Linda
Valentine 541-276-1037)
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thony Hospital conference room 1,
2801 St. Anthony Way, Pendleton.
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Main St., Milton-Freewater. New
members welcome. (Kimberlie
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p.m. meeting. (Heather Endersby
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Church, 1911 S.E. Court Ave.,
Pendleton. 6-7 p.m. large group,
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social time (all ages). Christ-cen-
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Free, but donations accepted.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
6:30 p.m., Helping Hand, 346 S.E.
Second St., Pendleton.
ADDICTION
RECOVERY
PROGRAM, 7 p.m., Seventh-day
Adventist Church seminary build-
ing, 800 S. First St., Hermiston.
Everyone is welcome. (Kim Puzey
541-567-3622)
WALK AND ROLL SUPPORT
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Apartments No. 33, 405 S.W. 11th
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is disabled or in a wheelchair and
has issues with access or rights, or
caregivers of handicapped people.
(Nana Carpenter 541-303-3359)
OPEN AA MEETING, 7:30
p.m., First United Methodist
Church, 191 E. Gladys Ave.,
Hermiston.
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Saints Episcopal Church parish
hall, 140 W. Church St., Heppner.
(800-410-5953)
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7:30-9 p.m., First United Method-
ist Church, 191 E. Gladys Ave.,
Hermiston.
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7:30 p.m., Wesley United Meth-
odist Church, 816 S. Main St., Mil-
ton-Freewater.
OPEN AA MEETING, 8 p.m.,
complex, 680 W. Harper Road,
Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
OPEN AA MEETING, 8 p.m.,
United Church of Christ, 114 S.
East St., Condon. (800-410-5953)
FRIDAY, DEC. 2
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
10:30 a.m., Episcopal Church of
the Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second
St., Pendleton.
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m.,
complex, 680 W. Harper Road,
Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m.,
Episcopal Church of the Redeem-
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ton. Coffee is provided. (Ed 541-
207-2548)
CELEBRATE
RECOVERY
GROUP, 6 p.m., Salvation Army,
150 S.E. Emigrant Ave., Pendle-
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OPEN AA MEETING, 7 p.m.,
Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center,
73265 Confederated Way, Mis-
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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second St.,
Pendleton.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
7:30-9 p.m., First United Method-
ist Church, 191 E. Gladys Ave.,
Hermiston.
OPEN AA MEETING, 7:30
p.m., Ione Community Church,
395 Main St., Ione. (800-410-
5953)
OPEN AA MEETING, 8 p.m.,
complex, 680 W. Harper Road,
Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
SATURDAY, DEC. 3
AA OPEN BOOK STUDY, 10
a.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church,
665 E. Gladys Ave., Hermiston.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
10:30 a.m., Episcopal Church of
the Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second
St., Pendleton.
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m.,
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Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m.,
Episcopal Church of the Redeem-
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ton. Coffee is provided. (Ed 541-
207-2548)
OPEN AA MEETING, 7 p.m.,
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East St., Condon. (800-410-5953)
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second St.,
Pendleton.
OPEN AA MEETING, 7 p.m.,
Pilot Rock City Hall council cham-
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(Edward D. 541-207-2548)
VISION FOR YOU OPEN AA
MEETING, 7 p.m., Good Shep-
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Locust Road, Boardman. (Pat
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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
7:30-9 p.m., First United Method-
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OPEN AA MEETING, 8 p.m.,
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Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
HEPPNER MIRACLES OPEN
AA MEETING, 8 p.m., St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church parish hall, 525
N. Gale St., Heppner. (800-410-
5953)
SUNDAY, DEC. 4
HUNGRY SPIRIT OPEN AA
MEETING, 8:30 a.m., Roosters
Restaurant, 1515 Southgate,
Pendleton. (800-410-5953)
HARPER ROAD AL-ANON,
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Harper Road, Suite 2, Hermiston.
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m.,
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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second St.,
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OPEN AA MEETING, 8 p.m.,
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MONDAY, DEC. 5
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
10:30 a.m., Episcopal Church of
the Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second
St., Pendleton.
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m.,
complex, 680 W. Harper Road,
Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
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Episcopal Church of the Redeem-
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ton. Coffee is provided. (Ed 541-
207-2548)
PARKINSON’S
DISEASE
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First St., Hermiston. People with
Parkinson’s Disease, their care
partners, family, friends and others
affected by the disease are en-
couraged to attend. (Carol Clupny
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John’s Episcopal Church, 665 E.
Gladys Ave., Hermiston. Book
study 5:30-6 p.m., meeting 6-7
p.m.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS,
6:30 p.m., Episcopal Church of he
Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second St.,
Pendleton.
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AP Photo/Erik Schelzig
A scorched vehicle sits next to a burned out building in
Gatlinburg, Tenn., on Tuesday.
damage occurred.
Three people were killed
and one person critically
injured in a mobile home
after an apparent twister hit
tiny Rosalie, about 115 miles
northeast of Birmingham,
said Jackson County Chief
Deputy Rocky Harnen.
A suspected tornado was
responsible for the death of a
husband and wife in southern
Tennessee’s Polk County,
while an unknown number
of others were injured,
said Tennessee Emergency
Management
Agency
spokesman Dean Flener. No
details were immediately
available.
Shirley Knight, whose
family owns a small propane
business in Rosalie, said the
storm crashed in on them
in the middle of the night.
Daybreak revealed mangled
sheets of metal, insulation
and a ladder hanging in trees.
“We had a plaza, a service
station and several buildings
connected together, and it’s
all gone,” said Knight, adding
that the storm also destroyed
a church and damaged build-
ings at a nearby Christmas
tree farm.
The same storm appar-
ently hit a closed day care
center in the community of
Ider, injuring seven people,
including three children who
had left their mobile home
to seek shelter, said Anthony
Clifton, DeKalb County
emergency
management
director.
Alabama Gov. Robert
Bentley issued a state of
emergency because of the
storms.
Meanwhile,
thousands
of people were without
power, including up to
45,000 homes at one point
in Alabama. Many schools
dismissed early in Alabama
and Georgia to avoid having
students on the road in buses
as storms continued to roll
across the region Wednesday.
Teams from the National
Weather Service confi rmed
that at least two weak
tornadoes struck western
Alabama, and meteorologist
Kurt Weber from Huntsville
said they were assessing
damage tracks from at least
four other possible tornadoes.
Tornadoes and hail also
were reported Tuesday in
Louisiana and Mississippi.
The
National
Weather
Service in Jackson, Missis-
sippi, counted six confi rmed
tornadoes in areas of the state
it monitors.
Authorities said no one
was injured in Mississippi,
but six homes were reported
destroyed in one southeastern
county.