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I hope all made it thru the storms
Ditch-Runner
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sounds like more than a few have not fared so well in several states death and injury count still being accounted for last I saw a amazon warehouse collapsed Est 50 to 100 people inside
one of dogs is scared of storms the one that sleeps with me of course 😐️, so I have been up a few hours with her . storms have passed over for now so we had to make a potty run .. while calm out side
lot of rain and wind but nothing bad (so far )
stay safe and I hope all are well
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We had rain and high speed straight line winds. No tornadoes in my county.
We had high winds for a brief period of time here in East Texas, but no severe weather! I measured .65 inches of rain before midnight. Prayers said for all that were impacted by this storm system!
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
Here is drone footage of fantastic damage in Mayfield Ky.
WOW!!!
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Look at all the fire trucks, track hoes and other rescue vehicles at the destroyed building at 2:20.
That is a candle factory. Real busy this time of year and running around the clock. There were 110 people working in that building when the storm hit last night at 9:30
Debris tracked 35000 feet high last night. It's hard to imagine swirling debris over 6 miles high.
Worst I have ever witnessed. When 4 yrs old I recall the roof being removed from a tornado.Witnessed one going over my parents home . we stood on the porch as it went over without damaging the house. No where to go. I will not buy or build another home without a basement. Been in 3 of their paths. I was 10 when this one hit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Palm_Sunday_tornado_outbreak
Warnings going off all around us. We hid out in the basement with the neighbors, Local Tv station in Bowling Green ky went off the air, then our power for 5 hours . Have a battery backup to run some lights. Internet and Phone back up by 9 am
Damage in some places in Ky is incredible.
Locally Bowing Green (Corvette Museum and Plant got damage) and Cave City. Will need to go out to Cave City and help BIL with some limbs on his house. (minor damage).
My Lions Club is taking hot food to the Senior Center where family are gathered that need help.
It looks like Mayfield has ceased to exist.
By the way Oakie, Oklahoma has more tornados than anywhere else on earth. Texas is way bigger, but Oklahoma gets more tornados.
Watching that again I see that the candle factory is also the first minute of the video. It is possible that 60 people died in that building.
I just watched the NBC Nightly News. It was brought to us not from New York, but from Mayfield Kentucky. The mayor said "My town does not exist." She asked for prayers.
The NBC correspondent was standing in front of the candle factory. Rescue operations are in full force, at least 4 track hoes there, a dozen fire trucks, rescue dogs. Scores of rescuers have been working here for 20 hours. 110 people working there making candles for Christmas when the storm hit, 40 have been rescued. This candle factory will go down in history, as many as 70 killed in one building in a tornado.
...I was maybe 5 years old when Dallas got hit really bad, still remember that though...family moved out of town after that..
...I was coming out of a Home Depot several years ago when it began to storm, wind blew really hard, I saw one moving south, it later touched down in the southern part of my town, wiping out everything in its path, awesome power.
...As an insurance Adjuster, I saw a lot of the aftermath of tornados, houses wiped COMPLETELY off foundations, nothing but a few pipes sticking up from the foundation, clear cut paths thru forests, just some splintered, bare stumps left, eerie...if you are unlucky enough to be in a house that takes a direct hit, hope youre right with the Lord... Prayers for all the people effected ...
it hit the north edge of the small town where my office is. Restaurant, dollar store and large cotton gin destroyed along with numerous houses and a few businesses. My office was hit very hard and may be a total. Will know in couple of days. We were fortunate with all the damage there was only one fatality. Been a long 42 hours.
Lost 12 feet of fence but many fared off much worse.