Emergency workers search for survivors at a gas station in Ringgold, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area.
Cars sit outside a damaged motel in Ringgold, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area
Damaged homes are seen in Trenton, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area. Massive tornadoes tore a town-flattening streak across the South, killing at least 269 people in six states and forcing rescuers to carry some survivors out on makeshift stretchers of splintered debris
The contents of a demolished storage unit are scattered about in Trenton, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area. Massive tornadoes tore a town-flattening streak across the South, killing at least 269 people in six states and forcing rescuers to carry some survivors out on makeshift stretchers of splintered debris
Uprooted trees lie behind a damaged home in Catoosa County, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area
Rooms are visible in a damaged Baymont Inn in Ringgold, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area
The path taken by a tornado can be seen by the direction of fallen trees in Catoosa County, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area.
Uprooted trees lie behind a damaged home in Catoosa County, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area.
The baseball field at Ringgold High School in Ringgold, Ga., is covered with debris on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area
A house sits off of its foundation in Ringgold, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area.
Emergency workers search through a destroyed gas station in Ringgold, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area.
A demolished home is seen in Trenton, Ga., on Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area
Andy Page cries as he sits with his cat, Ellie, placed in a pet carrier, in his demolished apartment in Trenton, Ga. Thursday, April 28, 2011, after overnight storms hit the North Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn. area. Page has several cats and Ellie was the last one he was looking for
Glenda Henagar, left, hugs her mother, Norma Carpenter, Thursday, April 28, 2011. Carpenter and her husband received minor injuries after a tornado struck their home in Catoosa County
Workers use heavy machinery to clear power lines in Ringgold, Ga. Thursday, April 28, 2011, after a tornado hit the area Wednesday night. Seven people were killed in Georgia's Catoosa County, including Ringgold, where a suspected tornado flattened about a dozen buildings and trapped an unknown number of people
Jessie Thornton carries chairs out of the Mt. Peria Baptist Church in Ringgold Ga. on Sunday, May 1, 2011 as the church held service outside on the parking lot after being damaged by a tornado on Wednesday night.
With destroyed homes in the background, Mt. Peria Baptist Church in Ringgold Ga. holds worship service Sunday, May 1 2011 in the parking lot of the church, after it was damaged by a tornado on Wednesday night.
Lightning streaks across the sky while Athens-Clarke Firefighters work to extinguish a hay fire that was caused by a lightning strike, Thursday, May 26, 2011, in Athens, Ga. Firefighters responded to many small fires caused by downed powerlines from a severe thunderstorm
