What's going on in Alabama
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A couple of Alabama's Congressional representatives are taking issue with a report you might've read about hundreds of millions of dollars being cut from the FBI Redstone Arsenal project, reports AL.com's Scott Turner. The reports had $622 million in construction funds being cut, with U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, a Texas Republican, saying that former Sen. Richard Shelby was no longer around to defend his pet project. Not so fast, say spokespersons for U.S. Sen. Katie Britt and U.S. Rep. Dale Strong. They contend that the previous money appropriated for the project was a one-time deal and covered the costs it was intented to cover. Strong represents Alabama's Fifth Congressional District, where the arsenal is located. |
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AL.com's Carol Robinson reports that the driver of a U-Haul truck spent a couple of hours Friday afternoon trapped in a Birmingham apartments parking deck after a 40-foot-long, 60,000-pound concrete beam collapsed onto the truck cab. Thankfully, nobody was killed by the beam. Two passengers were able to get out of the truck on their own, and they were taken to the hospital to be treated. The driver was taken to UAB Hospital in stable conditions with leg injuries. What happened, according to Birmingham Fire and Rescue, was that the truck did not have the height clearance to be in the parking deck. The top of the truck hit the beam, and it came down on the truck. Three trucks from a wrecker service came in so their hydraulics could be used to lift the beam a few inches while firefighters cut through the truck to get the driver out. |
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Here's a reminder that we are now entering Alabama's spring severe-weather season. Our two most prolific months for tornadoes, historically, are April and March, in that order. AL.com's Leigh Morgan reports that early Saturday morning -- just after 1:30 a.m. -- tornado warnings popped up in Dale and Henry Counties in Lower Alabama. On Sunday the National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down east of Ozark in Dale County. A storm-damage survey determined that the twister traveled nearly four and at its largest was over a half-mile wide. |
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