At home with his wife in Chicago, Bo Jackson couldn’t take his eyes off the television in front of him as the news showed what was unraveling in the South on April 27, 2011. The former Auburn Tiger once...

Reflecting on a nation's mourning after 9/11, Dr. Karl Paulnack of the Boston Conservatory of music wrote, "Music is a basic need of human survival. Music is one of the ways we make sense of our lives,...

She had called in sick to work. The warnings start. She receives calls from her workers, asking what to do. She tells them to go home and seek shelter.Outside her window, the sky darkens, the wind howls....

Victor Luckerson was editor-in-chief of The Crimson White in 2011. On April 27, he and his staff huddled in the basement in the old, student-media building, once located in front of Bryant-Denny Stadium,...

I remember April 27, 2011 pretty clearly. I am a Tuscaloosa native so the tornado definitely took a toll on me. To see your hometown completely flattened was really heartbreaking, and I still have the...

When the tornado swept through Tuscaloosa in April of 2011, the University and the city each had the same number of public storm shelters for students and residents: zero. “At the time of the tornado,...

Tommy Metrock felt like a monkey in a zoo during the days following the 2011 tornado that came through Tuscaloosa. After walking for several hours from her home to her business, Boulevard Salon, normally...

Alabama pitcher Nathan Kilcrease was playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011 with his roommates when the weather report on the other television got his attention.The weather forecaster told him to take cover...

Everyday, Ashley Mims wakes up in Wetumpka, Alabama. She takes her children to soccer practice and discusses future plans for college. She debates the price of soccer camp in Tuscaloosa with her youngest...