FULTONDALE, Ala. – James Scott has never lived anywhere other than a two-story house on hilly Darlene Drive north of Birmingham.
Home will never be the same after a tornado smashed the structure into pieces, killed another teen and left the community devastated in the middle of the night.
Standing in the middle of the destruction Tuesday, the 19-year-old stared blankly at the rubble for a few moments, seemingly unsure what to do next. “It's time to regroup and start clean,” he said. “It's the best I can hope for.” The terrifying nighttime tornado that blasted through suburban Birmingham late Monday, trapping entire families in the remnants of shattered homes and injuring 30, left a trail of destruction that stunned even longtime residents