Very grateful to all of you for your concern. I live in Huntsville Alabama and my city is literally surrounded 360 degrees by devastation. Somehow we got through that 10 hour ordeal relatively unscathed. Death toll in the northern half of our state is over 200 and many still missing. My entire county (370,000 people) and surrounding area still without power because the main lines coming from Browns Ferry nuclear plant are down. TVA cannot give an accurate estimate but will be days if not a week or more before power is restored. I am checking email and internet for the first time since it hit on Wednesday, from a coffee shop in Fayetteville, Tennessee about 40 miles north of Huntsville AL
Since we've had no power hence no TV or internet, I have not seen any of the footage that most of you have probably seen over and over already, so you guys may be better informed than I. All I know is what I experienced myself. People dead and missing for miles in every direction around us. Entire towns simply gone. (Google town of Phil Campbell, AL; I heard on local radio the entire town is gone.) It's a struggle to find gas, food, water, charcoal, lamps, flashlights, batteries, etc, and we have to drive at least 40 miles out to find a gas station open, then wait in line there for hours and hope they don't run out before you get some. It's a gamble and if you loose you've wasted more gas which you're already low on and you're even worse off than if you'd stayed home.
But I'm not complaining, just trying to paint a picture for you. I'm very thankful I still have my car, my home, and my life, as well as my kids and loved ones. We were surrounded by carnage but it didn't affect us other than no power or fuel--minor and temporary inconveniences, and nothing compared to the losses of my fellow Alabamians.
Just keep praying for us; we'll take all of those you can send, and thanks again for remembering us.
Chris Cleve
Huntsville, Alabama
...Don't forget to snap a few & post pix of those Busse's in action when you can. 
