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Old 04-28-2011, 02:13 PM
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Update on MBUSI Plant?

Does anyone have any info on whether or not the Tuscaloosa plant was affected by the tornadoes? Hopefully everyone is ok! Velociraptor??

http://abcnews.go.com/US/tornadoes-k...ry?id=13474955
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hope tornados does not made bad jokes to the tuscaloosa plant...


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Plant is closed today and tomorrow according to Automotive News.

It's all JIT (just in time) and supplies can't arrive.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/articl...36&tc=ix?tc=ar

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tragedies happening in Japan and now in the States...it certainly does underscore how fragile our world really is, especially dealing with natural disasters..."Our prayers are with you "...as well as "V" and his family...
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Officially, the plant received minor damage with no impact on production capacity. The factory has however suspended production so that employees can assist/be asissted along in/along with the surrounding community.
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Thanks for the concern for the plant(and for me as well). The plants property suffered small damage(as well as myself). The assembly line was shut down for the rest of the week after the storms came through. It is back up and running as of yesterday. I am not an official spokes person for MBUSI, this is just my own observation and report.
This is the tornado that did the most damage in Tuscaloosa county:
Man talking on the radio at fisrt is James Span, local weather man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohIVzIZLuQ

Man on the TV is Mark Prater, local weather man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR5LtyQ_5IM

This will put the damage in perspective:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhuN9dbHhuE

As you can see, it went straight through the main part of the city.

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Mercedes, Daimler donate $1M to storm efforts

Birmingham Business Journal - by Lauren B. Cooper, Staff

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International and its parent company Daimler AG will donate $1 million in cash for disaster relief efforts in the wake of last week’s storms.

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingha...-to-storm.html

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