Western and parts of the central area of the state getting hammered pretty hard with tornado's tonight. Town of Mayfield was hit really hard and I believe maybe Central City also. Not sure where all it hit but there were multiple tornados and some pretty severe damage in some areas. Same storm hit a nursing home in Arkansas pretty hard too.
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We're ok, nobody in my neighborhood died, which is a miracle. Really frightening though as you can't describe what it was like when it hit.
Amazing how anyone survived that level of destruction. Great to hear you and your family is ok.
One tornado took out a store a couple of minutes from my house. Another basically destroyed a small town about 7 minutes from me - 12 dead there so far. I have a bunch of friends in Bowling Green (went to WKU in undergrad) and, fortunately, they're all okay; still, very significant damage there.
Dawson Springs has around 11 or 12 dead last I heard, but hundreds still missing.
What is maybe not being covered as much in the news, however, is seeing all the ways people are coming together and providing whatever they're able. I've seen people offering spare rooms in their homes, roofing businesses offering free tarpings, restaurants free food, therapists and counselors offering their services for free, and even people with fenced fields and available stable stalls offering a place for people to keep any animals in case their property/farms are damaged.
I've seen multiple updates by organizations and volunteer groups to stop sending in donations because they have what they need and it's causing such congestion with the number of vehicles showing up to donate.
The Kentucky Relief Fund has already raised nearly $1,000,000. UK College of Med students started a GoFundMe that's at nearly $100,000. A bar in BG held a 24 streaming event which raised over $12,000. There are so many of these GoFundMe's and different groups raising money that it's honestly kind of difficult to know where to donate. It's a good problem to have.
Dawson Springs has around 11 or 12 dead last I heard, but hundreds still missing.
What is maybe not being covered as much in the news, however, is seeing all the ways people are coming together and providing whatever they're able. I've seen people offering spare rooms in their homes, roofing businesses offering free tarpings, restaurants free food, therapists and counselors offering their services for free, and even people with fenced fields and available stable stalls offering a place for people to keep any animals in case their property/farms are damaged.
I've seen multiple updates by organizations and volunteer groups to stop sending in donations because they have what they need and it's causing such congestion with the number of vehicles showing up to donate.
The Kentucky Relief Fund has already raised nearly $1,000,000. UK College of Med students started a GoFundMe that's at nearly $100,000. A bar in BG held a 24 streaming event which raised over $12,000. There are so many of these GoFundMe's and different groups raising money that it's honestly kind of difficult to know where to donate. It's a good problem to have.
Happy you seem ok. I know it had to affect you. At least you can tell us a little. OFC
It's been amazing the amount of people that have shown up in my neighborhood the last couple of days. The cleanup and help has been incredible.
News I have been watching seems to be doing a decent job portraying the positive community responses. So hard to watch/hear the tragic parts, but encouraging to see the strength displayed by those impacted and the help of others.