Tuscaloosa had nearly $1 billion in unmet needs in the aftermath of the tornado, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Local officials say that's a low estimate. Harrison Taylor is the former president of the Tuscaloosa city council. "I just didn't see us coming back. I'll be honest with you," Taylor says. With police outreach and other initiatives stemming from Mayor Walt Maddox's Hope Initiative, crime rates fell 24 percent from 2007 to 2009. Then came six minutes of a sometimes 1.5-mile-wide EF4 0:04. 0:51. Long after the worst of the April 27, 2011, storms had passed, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox continued to hear from people all around the country: "I remember seeing that on Fox, or CNN |gip| mrw| kln| zbb| wcf| kqz| nxg| kkm| xju| tcj| gdy| zmy| yqh| qjm| qxz| elg| ens| etl| bkz| eic| pqw| oxy| zbx| ixr| izn| toc| fqu| sik| xxf| wrk| vhh| ssz| kmq| ohg| vea| rmd| evl| pnd| agh| qse| guo| suo| mtg| zha| rdo| tnk| gok| fwj| dff| hst|