Dr. Doug Phillips offers a very personal look at the aftermath of the tornadoes that ravaged our state on April 27, 2011. As the preeminent documentarian of Alabama’s natural history it occasionally falls to Discovering Alabama to record events all of us would just as soon forget. In the days following the tornadoes, the Discovering Alabama crew traveled the state. Remarkable before and after footage of natural areas laid bare speaks for itself. Dr. Doug speaks for all of us when he says, “The lives rent asunder by this tragedy will never be the same. We would fool ourselves to think otherwise. Yet here, too, with each other’s support, care, with the love we have for one another, we share the pain of remembering and the hope for tomorrow.”