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name: Tera Tubbs age: 41
“No outlet” because he didn’t feel it was the end when you were dead. She said another caller asked her to move a deer crossing sign because it was not safe for the deer to cross where the sign was presently located. “It just never ceases to amaze me,” she said, laughing. “Just when you think you’ve seen it all.” The job is also not without its challenges and tough situations, some of which have made a lasting impression on both Tubbs and her employees, namely the April 27, 2011, tornado. “I remember watching the news that morning and saying, ‘God love Cullman,’” she said. “They had just got hit, and I remember thinking I wouldn’t know what to do if something like that happened here.” When the warning came, all of the TDOT employees who were at work crammed into the oil pits out in the shop. After it was over and they started dispatching crews, Tubbs said no one was prepared for what they would witness when they opened those doors. “The decisions I had to make that day, the questions I had to answer — it was, by far, the hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through, and I hope and pray we never have to live through something like that again,” she said. But despite the challenges and the sometimes heartbreaking situations, Tubbs said she couldn’t imagine being anywhere else. She said she loves working with her employees and seeing the difference they make in people’s lives. She also loves being able to plan the city’s future and find new ways to make Tuscaloosa great. “It’s looking at people’s quality of life,” Tubbs said. “I’ll never forget the first air show (in Tuscaloosa). I was looking around and thinking, ‘There are going to be kids here with their grandfathers, and they’re going to remember this for the rest of their lives.’ That’s where I get my satisfaction.”
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wHy i do wHat i do: I love to help people and make an influence in people’s lives, and I love to solve problems. I’ve always loved puzzles and logistics; my mind just works that way. It’s great that I can use that to make a difference in people’s lives on a daily basis.
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my proudest acHievement: Getting my professional engineering license in 2001.
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sometHing most people don’t know about me: I taught dance in college, and I love to go duck hunting.
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tHe people wHo Have influenced my life: My grandparents. They really encouraged me and made it possible for me to go to college. My grandfather is also an engineer, so when I had those times when I didn’t understand something or wanted to quit, he’d show up at my doorstep and say, “No, we’re going to figure it out.” I definitely wouldn’t be here without them. Also, Dr. Dan Turner, who was one of my engineering professors.
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Hometown: Madison
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personal: Husband, Mitt; sons, Lawson, 14, and Landon, 10; stepdaughters, Caitlin, 27, and Mary Catherine, 23.
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