OMG - Mayfield KY

[kpete]

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[Itchinjim]

1. Holy shit.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Possible F5

Rumors the NWS saw indications of wind speeds in excess of 300 mph.

[2naSalit]

9. That part looks...

Like Greensburg, KS did after their F5 years ago. The video I saw elsewhere on DU was of the Amazon facility and that was far worse than downtown. I saw Greensburg three days after the fact and there was nothing like the Amazon place, that is phenomenally devastating just to look at in spot lights. The daylight images are going to be awful.

[MuseRider]

18. I was there just a month before that tornado

and was astonished by those pictures.

We had an F5, now called because it was before the Fujita scale, when I was 12 in Topeka. It looked just like this and it took years to make it all better. I started college when there were still classes in trailers since it went through the campus from one end to the other.

I feel for these people. What a mess. So much loss. I fear the death count.

[Blue_playwright]

26. That what I thought.

It reminded me of Greensburg. That was so devastating for the town and SC Kansas.

[2naSalit]

39. I went down there for a week...

As part of a relief crew. It was a really creepy vibe and nasty thunderstorms kept passing through at night. I was sleeping in a trailer and it did a lot of wiggling in the wind while I tried to sleep.

We were stationed at a park where they were also holding memorial services and the Humane Society animal emergency shelter was right there too. I would go talk to the animals after my shift. The workers were too busy to give them attention while the animals were in shock.

It was a sad scene all around.

[Lovie777]

3. OMG . .. .

Prayers

[underpants]

4. Native of Xenia Ohio

Everyone who was there still remembers it vividly.

[bullwinkle428]

5. When I woke this morning to the news, and just got hints as to the level

of devastation this community has experienced, my mind went back to the Xenia, OH tornado. Was only 10 at the time, but it was clearly incredible in its scope of destruction.

[underpants]

15. Xenia was 3 tornadoes.

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This destruction is one from what I’m reading.

[CrackityJones75]

20. Distraction?

[underpants]

21. Sorry. Destruction. I changed it.

Autocorrect.

Thanks for pointing this out.

[CrackityJones75]

22. I thought that may be it.

Me and autocorrect have a bad relationship

[CatWoman]

23. a friend told me autocorrect will have you speaking in tongues

[True Blue American]

35. I can assure you it will.

You should see some of the words, along with my own.

[True Blue American]

33. I live north but remember it clearly

I also remember the one that hit Wheelersburg where I grew up. My Dad lived there. Lost. Several friends in that one.

We had one 2 years ago that took a 20 mile path. Half a mile from me.

[LiberatedUSA]

6. Just total devastation. N/t

[question everything]

7. We see the physical damage. I hope that no people nor animals were hurt

[2naSalit]

12. Sadly...

Probably many were hurt and killed. I was watching one of the weather channels while the tornado hit, I heard about the Amazon facility and I had to turn it off, better not to see the damage before trying to sleep. I house/dog sitting and I have a teevee to watch so I decided to keep an eye on the situation. Both TWC and Accuweather had specials on covering the events and issuing warnings.

[samplegirl]

8. They are saying it may be

the deadliest and historic.

[Haggard Celine]

10. I watched the cars slowly passing down the street and I thought,

"I know how that feels." It's got to be the same as we felt around here when we rode around checking things out after Katrina. It's such a punch in the gut. I hope people are generous to the town of Mayfield. I'm sure they will be; America is a generous country, for the most part.

[malaise]

11. We hurricane folks understand

but we sure have way more time to get out of the way

[Haggard Celine]

14. Yeah, it's better for us in that sense.

It's no wonder there were so many deaths. What a horrible way to wake up!

[malaise]

17. Imagine the reality of losing your entire home in a few minutes

I couldn't cope at my age.

[Wingus Dingus]

13. Watched a weather guy last night basically begging these

people to get into shelter right before it hit. That's some real devastation. Yikes.

[Picaro]

16. Reminds me of Joplin

This must have been an F4 or F5.

The destruction is absolute.

KY governor was quoted as saying as many as 50 died.

Very sad.

[True Blue American]

36. Up to 70 now. Sad!

[JonAndKatePlusABird]

19. Complete annihilation

Like a nuke went off

[Corgigal]

34. When I saw that photo,

of the court house, with the top roof ripped off. I knew those poor people didn’t have a chance. The candle factory, just regular people trying to make extra money for the holidays. Heartbreaking, by the grace of God, go I. My son in law works the night shift at a factory,

[bahboo]

37. oh my god....total devastation....

just awful. And hit at night, right?

[dalton99a]

24. .

[peggysue2]

25. Devastating!

Last I read the death toll in KY was 70 with the number surely rising as crews survey the widespread damage. I checked the tornadoes' path in TN where we formerly lived. Looks as if the area west & south of Knoxville was hit (in the Cookeville & Chattanooga areas. I've been getting severe storm warnings in Knoxville (still have my weather alerts on for the region).

Nasty and deadly!

[tblue37]

27. Heartbreaking. Where could they even take shelter when most buildings were turned into

toothpicks? If they had a basement, there would be a chance; otherwise. . . .

[Siwsan]

28. Looks like the morning I was born

Right after an F-5 tornado flattened a section of Flint, MI.

Horrific destruction.

[TygrBright]

29. But there's no such thing as anthropogenic climate change, so stop saying that. :sigh: n/t

[Duppers]

40. Once had...

A DUer tell me that.

[SheltieLover]

30. ...

[monkeyman1]

31. look's like Nagasaki, Japan at the end of WW11 !!

[Rebl2]

32. Reminds me of Joplin

[FelineOverlord]

38. 😭

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[Demovictory9]

41. OMG

[Scrivener7]

42. Mother nature is PISSED. Those poor people.