Prayers for Kentucky.
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Tornadoes slam through six states, kiling at least 50 people: Live updates
At least 50 people were killed after powerful tornadoes hit six states: Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Kentucky seems to be hit hardest by the latest wave of severe weather that hit the Midwest on Friday. Just would like to say to keep these people in your thoughts, given the time of year.
I am not from Kentucky and have no relatives there, just a devastating event.
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Man this storm is brutal, I’m sure you heard about the Amazon warehouse that collapsed and has trapped at least 100 workers. Living in Tornado alley must be a nightmare, you’re almost guaranteed to deal with a tornado at least once a year. Prayers going out to those affected and definitely to those who lost their lives.
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@12th yeah living in it certainly is not fun. Weather can be pretty unpredictable. Nobody expects tornadoes in the middle of December, but here we are.
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I never experienced a tornado before that shit is crazy
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Seeing a tornado from miles on miles away was terrifying enough for me. The sky turned green & a tree a few doors down snapped in half, power went out. Praying for these people smh can only imagine what they going through
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One time the south side had something like a mini tornado. It was scary and our power went out but it was fine
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@sssnaps Tornadoes in urban areas aren’t as bad as they are in rural areas.
Rural areas are more flat, giving more way for stronger wind gusts and flat land can kind of “enhance” the storm in a way.
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@12th said in Prayers for Kentucky.:
Amazon warehouse that collapsed and has trapped at least 100 workers
Tornados are usually predicable by at least a couple hours. Fuck Amazon for ignoring the serious warnings in a very dangerous tornado zone and continuing the shift
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I live very close to Dayton and we went through a situation similar to this a couple years ago. (Not me personally but the city itself). Very scary to look at the pictures, as it reminds me a lot of what happened here. Prayers to them
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@ogstank_ it was during a shift change, and i don’t think they thought they were apart of its path.
Either way, if a Tornado warning is in effect everyone should stay home. Sadly most jobs still require you to come to work unless it’s detected to hit directly in that area.
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@12th oh damn that sucks.
My buddy worked in Kansas on construction for a couple years and he said the possible tornado warnings were no joke. If there was a possibility, they cut work and told everyone to find shelter for the day(s).
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@ogstank_ yeah that’s the responsible thing to do, especially for construction workers lol….those dudes can’t do shit in those conditions. But first responders and essential workers usually have to go to work.
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I hate tornadoes with a passion and was in a tornado situation which is no fun at all. Last night was a scare and brought back flashbacks from the last tornado I was in. I stay in Memphis and we was blessed it didnt develop more like Kentucky or the other states. It touched down but it vaporized in the air after 5 mins. I dont play about tornado warnings because the weather can get real bad in the next 10 mins which last night it lasted for forever .usually bad storms move thru fast and dont stay but it got to memphis and stayed for hours with a chance to develop rotation and more damage. My prayers go to anyone that was affected or lost someone due to this.the nursing home hit home for me the most because I stay 60 miles from there.
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I live in bowling green, Kentucky. Our town took a direct hit and its bad. Fortunately my house didn't get hit but I have friends who lost homes and pets to this. This was by far the scariest thing I've ever been through, sitting in my bathroom at 2 am praying it doesn't hit us. We didn't get it as bad as some other towns, but like Mayfield but it's surreal. I still don't have internet and a lot of people don't even have power. Crazy.
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@stifletower man I’m glad you’re safe bro!! God is good!
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Yes, being from Oklahoma I have a lot of experience with tornadoes, prayers out to everyone affected.
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@stifletower said in Prayers for Kentucky.:
I live in bowling green, Kentucky. Our town took a direct hit and its bad. Fortunately my house didn't get hit but I have friends who lost homes and pets to this. This was by far the scariest thing I've ever been through, sitting in my bathroom at 2 am praying it doesn't hit us. We didn't get it as bad as some other towns, but like Mayfield but it's surreal. I still don't have internet and a lot of people don't even have power. Crazy.
How quickly did the storm turn from storm to holy shit tornado? One of my friends in BG said it developed so fast that it caught folk off guard.
Glad you’re safe
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Man looking at all the drone footage is depressing, I’ve never seen this kind of widespread destruction from tornados. It really gives you a newfound respect for the amount of power they can have. How do these communities rebuild? Entire towns are completely wiped out, it’s unreal.
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@12th said in Prayers for Kentucky.:
Man looking at all the drone footage is depressing, I’ve never seen this kind of widespread destruction from tornados. It really gives you a newfound respect for the amount of power they can have. How do these communities rebuild? Entire towns are completely wiped out, it’s unreal.
Depending on damage, some never recover. There’s a few towns through the tornado belt that are basically abandoned because no one rebuilt
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@petravork yeah some of these places i can’t see being rebuilt…the damage is just too widespread. That’s sad af, the only thing you’ve known your entire life wiped out in a night…crazy.
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@stifletower glad ur safe and thanks for sharing with us.
keep us updated whenever you get a chance
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@stifletower glad you are alright. Stay safe man .
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for anyone impacted -
Prayers up for Everyone and for their Families
Stay Strong for the Lord will always be there for you.
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@petravork This is totally false. They started watching the tornado that hit us while it was still moving in Tennessee. The severe weather team here locally and on a national level did an amazing job of letting everyone know in advance what was going on.
What probably led to the surprise was that it hit in at about 2 am. This was after the even more devastating tornado missed us to the north and destroyed towns like Mayfield. That tornado missed us around 1230 am. Thus, if people thought they were safe because the tornado missed us and went to bed, they were probably caught unaware by the one that actually hit us. It's tough when you can't physically see the tornado since it was at night and it was rain wrapped, thus all the meteorologists had to go off of was radar rotation and debris balls on the radar. No storm chaser could track it. Thus, we all knew that it was going to hit Bowling Green, but they couldn't tell us where because no one could physically see it.
Leaving work on Friday at 3 pm, everyone knew that we had an incredible storm threat with high potential for dangerous tornadoes until around 4 am on Saturday. The news and local/national weather did a great job of getting us all prepared for this. Plus these tornadoes were some of the longest tracked tornadoes in history, so surprise wasn't a factor. It only was if you fell asleep.
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I thought I would post this so you could get a glimpse into the experience I had on a local level. It's the local broadcast right as we got it:
Sorry, Facebook was the only place I found this. I've never had such a feeling of impending doom. That was the live local broadcast I was watching at the time. You can hear the storm buffeting their building as it goes by. When they went to the live feed of the town, that was chilling. We didn't know we were looking at a tornado, not even the weathermen, because we were all looking for a funnel or something, not a large tornado. The moment the lights in town go down on the stream, and then you hear their studio start slamming around, and then it cut out and on our end it just said "Technical Difficulties", that made my hair stand on end.
One of the creepier things was I had my large cat in a pet carrier to keep him near me, but once that storm got real close, he was shoving his head as hard as possible into the metal grate, howling and growling. He knew something was wrong. Then, once the storm hit in and we lost power, the silence was creepy. We couldn't hear the wind or rain, nothing was on due to no power and our animals were dead silent. It's an experience I don't want to have again, but what I experienced is nothing compared to what others went through. I got off lucky.
Also, I feel rather guilty today at work. From my house to my work, nothing was effected. I'm going about my day as normal, yet a mile down the road on the other side of town, businesses and houses are gone. When news stations show damage footage, I forget it's our town, because when I look outside, everything looks fine. It's absolutely crazy.
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Also, thank you all so much for your well wishes. I appreciate you all looking out.
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I thought I already commented on this but it appears I haven’t, I’m so sorry for not posting earlier.
I’m so sorry for those living in these respective states and areas affected from these tornadoes. I’m praying for @StifleTower and others affected to be safe and wishing the community a safe recovery.
Tornadoes are no joke and it’s days like these that makes me sad these things of Mother Nature exist. Especially in Tornado Alley.
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@stifletower Glad to hear you made it through the tornado relatively unscathed. When this news broke, another forum I'm on had people more worried about damage/delays to their newly built cars (take a guess which one) instead of considering the impact on the locals.
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@nba2kpdx Yikes. That's the real tragedy, people more worried about delays on their Corvettes.
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Hope everyone here is safe.
