Posted on 12/11/2021 8:01:03 AM PST by BenLurkin
Gov. Andy Beshear said dozens, maybe up to 100, were killed in western Kentucky after a long and significant tornado ripped through the area overnight.
"We believe our death toll from this event will exceed 50 Kentuckians and probably end up 70 to 100," said Beshear.
The city of Mayfield, Kentucky was hit particularly hard, including a candle manufacturing factory that was operating at the time the twister hit. There were 110 people in the building at the time that it was nearly collapsed by the tornado. Dozens are expected to be lost from there, Beshear said.
(Excerpt) Read more at wlky.com ...
Terrible, saw a report that they think it was one huge tornado on the ground for 200 miles.
And yes, we are going to hear a lot of climate change screaming now.
I was watching WLKY in the wee hours of the morning and Beshear indicated this was a long track tornado that may have been on the ground for 200 miles.
That is extraordinarily unusual although not unheard of. It will be interesting to see if it breaks the record for the longest which until last night I think was the Tri State tornado of 1925 that emerged on the ground in Missouri, crossed the Mississippi river, went all the way across Illinois, and did not lift until it reached Petersburg, Indiana, 219 miles.
There are two ‘correct’ answers for each question.
One for Whites, and one for Blacks.
CCT
Critical Climate Theory.
12-11-2021 Mayfield, Ky Catastrophic Tornado damage- First light drone (YouTube)
Damn! How did I miss that?
Kneemail sent.
I dislike twisters.
That was 2016...still good?
This hurts my heart. Lived between Mayfield and Fancy Famr a few years back.
Checked in on bro-in-law and neice that live near Lexington this a.m. They said heavy wind and rain is what they got.
Oh F....
I missed that. I’ll call them. I can always pull the donation I sent back.
SORRY... My excuse is that the tornado watches kept me up all night.
OMG. How many are buried there???
Forgive my ignorance... With all that debris, it is hard to tell, but it looks to me as though those homes don’t have basements for the most part. Is that common there?
That is unreal.
I was reading that while spring is considered the main severe season when the jet stream lifts north that there is a secondary season as it heads back south.
It looks like that it what happening.
Just to put things in perspective: this a town where the THE post office and THE middle school were destroyed. Population of about 10k in town and 35k in the county. Been texting some friends and what I have heard is “ our little town is destroyed”
Well, that’s a keeper.
downward/flat trend for strong tornadoes over past 40 years in spite of alleged global warming:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/06/22/the-great-tornado-doldrums/
I wrote Jim Rob to pull that post.
Sad news this morning. God bless them.
Use as needed. Leaves them sputtering in a lot of cases. Butt, butt, butt...............
Re: 2 - Eh, Really? Dozens of people killed. And that sort of “humor”?
Time and place for everything. Well, maybe not, I guess.
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