UA Civil Engineers Study Damaged Buildings
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – May 18
… University of Alabama researchers are studying the damage to buildings in various areas. The goal is understanding why some structures remain standing, while others crumbled …
UA’s Center for Public Television and Radio Give Firefighters A Chance to Tell Their Stories About the Tornado
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – May 18
… the UNIVERSITY OF Alabama’s Centers for Public Television and Radio are giving firefighters like Riddle a chance to tell their stories …
CNN Student News Transcript: May 19, 2011
CNN.com – May 19
… Tornado Recovery
…The twister ripped it all out of the ground as it barreled through. Tuscaloosa is where the University of Alabama is located. A freshman at that school is using Facebook to organize a relief effort for victims of this storm. Check out his story. JAMES O’DWYER, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STUDENT: My name is James O’Dwyer and I’m a freshman at the University of Alabama. We survived the tornado and we’re trying to do all we can right now organizing a relief effort for those who lost everything they had…I sent out a Facebook message, texted some friends and said, “Hey guys, if you’ve got extra stuff, bring it to my house and we’ll get it to Tuscaloosa.” We filled up a 12- to 15-foot painter’s van full of stuff, and I was like, this could be big. We could keep doing this …
Strauss-Kahn case raises question: How safe are hotel employees?
Christian Science Monitor – May 19
… “Hotel management has an obligation to protect the employees,” says Roy Maize, director of the Restaurant, Hotel and Meetings program at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and a former hotel Human Resources manager. “If there is a criminal offense they would be obligated to take action.”… At the same time, the hotel has to protect the privacy of the guest, says Maize. “Typically, the room is the guest’s property,” he says. A normal protocol is for the housekeeper to knock on the door and announce they are outside. If there is no answer, they are taught to do it again. “It would be very rare for them to enter and not announce who they were,” he says. However, he says if someone were in the shower, it’s possible they did not hear anyone knocking at the door …
UA Law School Student Who Lost Everything in April 27th Tornado Will Have A Happy Wedding
WPTV (West Palm Beach, Fla.) – May 18
… Martha Rogers was studying for her law school finals at the University of Alabama, when the tornadoes hit. Destroying her house, and for this bride-to-be, all the heirloom jewelry, and outfits for her southern-style wedding in Naples. The wedding is still on, thanks to her wedding planner who posted a video, asking those in the wedding industry to donate what they could to save the couple’s July wedding.
Fly-in to help young victims of tornadoes
Mobile Press-Register – May 19
… The pilots will distribute toys through various means, such as churches, fire departments and volunteer groups with the University of Alabama, according to Barnes …