Covering Huntsville, Madison, Jones Valley & All of Madison County

The last couple of weeks

has brought record heat in

the Tennessee valley. And,

meteorologists seem to

agree that this is going to

continue for awhile.

Kelsey, Kirby, and

Hayley, from Manchester,

Tennessee decided to cool

off while playing in the

water at Bridgestreet

Plaza.

This dangerous heat wave

is affecting millions. One

hundred plus temperatures

are shattering records all

over the south.

Thousands of people die

from heat stroke or heat

related illnesses every

year.

It is important to take pre-

cautions to avoid the heat

stroke

July 19, 2012 COMPLIMENTARY COPYCOMPLIMENTARY COPYCOMPLIMENTARY COPYCOMPLIMENTARY COPY————FREEFREEFREEFREE Volume 1, No. 2

Beating the record-breaking summer heat

Most people know that

extreme heat can make us

sick. But we may think of

Continued on page 13

Athens, AL (WAAY) -

Powerful storms ripped

across North Alabama

Wednesday causing sig-

nificant damage in Lime-

stone County. Athens Bi-

ble School on Hoffman

Road suffered major dam-

age when a microburst

ripped the roof from the

annex building and top-

pled several trees.

Principal Randall Adams

says several school admin-

istrators were inside the

building when the storm

h i t .

“It was raining really hard.

We were appreciating the

rain standing out in the

front, we heard a loud,

what sounded like thun-

der, but it actually was the

roof of the annex coming

across the main building

into the front parking lot,”

s a i d A d a m s .

The entire metal roof

lifted and sailed across the

main building. Much of

the debris remains on top

of the main building’s

roof, but several pieces of

twisted metal landed on

the front lawn. The roof

wasn’t the only thing that

fell victim to the winds.

“It broke some Bradford

Pear trees and also

knocked down one of the

older trees on the cam-

pus,” Randall said.

Wednesday’s storms

knocked out power to

more than three thousand

homes and businesses in

Athens. Mayor Ronnie

Marks says 2 sub stations

were down, but crews are

working around the clock

t o r e s t o r e powe r .

“We have an army of par-

ents and supporters that

come and cleanup the

campus every year, so we

will have a little extra

work for them this year.”

There is little to no dam-

age to the interior of the

building and Adams has

no doubt that school will

begin as scheduled.

Microburst rips roof off Athens School