OT - Storms

Ozzie_Isaac

I hope all the Eggers in the central US are ok.  Looks like a terrible night of storms and damage.  Stay safe out there.

hoosier_egger

Us midwesterner’s are no doubt accustomed to a twister. There’s nothing scarier than having tornado sirens go off in the middle of the night and having 15 minutes or less to get to cover. What we aren’t used to is experiencing this in freaking December.  

Indiana escaped for the most part. So sad this happened two weeks from Christmas 

WeberWho

^^^Agree^^^

dstearn

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I hope all the Eggers in the central US are ok.  Looks like a terrible night of storms and damage.  Stay safe out there.

My Wife’s Sister and Brother In Law recently sold their house in Mayfield, KY at Cumberland Shores where the Tornadoes stuck. The subdivision was completely destroyed.

https://www.facebook.com/michael.agee.73/videos/2950189171961621/?

alaskanassasin

ColtsFan said:

Us midwesterner’s are no doubt accustomed to a twister. There’s nothing scarier than having tornado sirens go off in the middle of the night and having 15 minutes or less to get to cover. What we aren’t used to is experiencing this in freaking December.  

Indiana escaped for the most part. So sad this happened two weeks from Christmas 

 How about not having tornado siren?  Typical conversation with inlaws.

 FIL "did you see a tornado touched down just south of your house last night? we were watching it on the news"  Uhh no, thanks for the heads up, if you think about it next time shoot us a call..

Ozzie_Isaac

dstearn said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I hope all the Eggers in the central US are ok.  Looks like a terrible night of storms and damage.  Stay safe out there.

My Wife’s Sister and Brother In Law recently sold their house in Mayfield, KY at Cumberland Shores where the Tornadoes stuck. The subdivision was completely destroyed.

https://www.facebook.com/michael.agee.73/videos/2950189171961621/?

I am glad your family is safe!  That is too close for comfort.

Botch

Watching an extended report on ABC News tonight, of the tornado damage.  Dayam.  And I'm really hoping everyone here is okay.    

YukonRon

Just saw a small part of the devastation in Kentucky with my own eyes.

There are no words to describe it.

No live rescues have occurred since early Saturday. The state parks have been opened up to provide temporary shelter, and many of the schools that are still standing in the areas effected have also been designated as shelters.

Donations of money, and supplies are needed, and thankfully over 2.34 million has come in in the first 24 hours.

Driving back home, yesterday, it was good to see truck loads of equipment (massive generators, water pumps/purification systems, etc.,) rolling in from FEMA. 

Appreciate our Governor and the President taking action immediately to support these people.

Whatever images you see, posted on any media source, it is exponentially worse.

Here is a list of opportunities to donate, if you are able:

https://louisvillepublicmedia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e9871c599e6afe1122a0a60d&id=1f593ccb65&e=77953c0f5d

Anything you feel you are able to do, will help save lives. So many people have been effected from this disaster in many more ways than you can imagine.

Thank you in advance for anything you can do.

RyanStl

Just terrible. My wife told me about this yesterday and showed me pictures from her phone. The pics reminded me of the Joplin devastation.

YukonRon

National guard deployed. This was Benton, Kentucky.

fishlessman

hard to comprehend this, most destruction ive ever seen was a vertical micro-burst that took out a barn in an instance. didnt even see it happened, got to the barn a few minutes later

lousubcap

Operation BBQ Relief has deployed to Mayfield, KY.
Linked here:
https://operationbbqrelief.org/  

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

hard to comprehend this, most destruction ive ever seen was a vertical micro-burst that took out a barn in an instance. didnt even see it happened, got to the barn a few minutes later

Went through this is Nov. 2013 when 1600 homes were destroyed.  The damage is mind boggling.  Homes cleaned down to the foundation, lawns lifted and laid down across the street, plastic drinking straws embedded in trees, mother nature is no joke.

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

fishlessman said:

hard to comprehend this, most destruction ive ever seen was a vertical micro-burst that took out a barn in an instance. didnt even see it happened, got to the barn a few minutes later

Went through this is Nov. 2013 when 1600 homes were destroyed.  The damage is mind boggling.  Homes cleaned down to the foundation, lawns lifted and laid down across the street, plastic drinking straws embedded in trees, mother nature is no joke.

ill take snow any day. that micro blast looked like the finger of god pressed the huge barn to about 20 inches thick and everything around it flew away from the barn up around 200 yards. no warning or anything. cant image tornados, we see them and snap a pick if lucky, no reason to even turn the boat around

Mattman3969

The small town of Bremen, Ky (about 20mins from where we live)was hit extremely hard. Last I heard there were 12 deaths.  We were extremely lucky to not be in this one’s path. I know many people that their lives were changed drastically because of this storm.  

YukonRon

Mattman3969 said:

The small town of Bremen, Ky (about 20mins from where we live)was hit extremely hard. Last I heard there were 12 deaths.  We were extremely lucky to not be in this one’s path. I know many people that their lives were changed drastically because of this storm.  

Glad you are safe. Thinking about heading down during my vacation to help out the rest of the year.

A friend of ours lost lost the roof to her home, her attached garage with her 86 corvette has disappeared, and the looters hit her home and took her deep freezer, and some personal valuables.

caliking

YukonRon said:

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Here is a list of opportunities to donate, if you are able:

https://louisvillepublicmedia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e9871c599e6afe1122a0a60d&id=1f593ccb65&e=77953c0f5d

Anything you feel you are able to do, will help save lives. So many people have been effected from this disaster in many more ways than you can imagine.

Thank you in advance for anything you can do.

Done. 

A contribution was also made to OBR. Those folks do some stellar work to feed people in need. 

Botch

YukonRon said:
A friend of ours lost lost the roof to her home, her attached garage with her 86 corvette has disappeared, and the looters hit her home and took her deep freezer, and some personal valuables.

Looters that hit after a natural disaster, when caught, need to be cut up into fish bait.  

Gulfcoastguy

I like putting them to work cleaning up the mess.

loco_engr

from a FB post: enlarge to see to BGE at Reelfoot Lake KY 

danhoo

Gulfcoastguy said:

I like putting them to work cleaning up the mess.

Yeah 2 weeks of that, then fish bait. 

YukonRon

caliking said:

YukonRon said:

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Here is a list of opportunities to donate, if you are able:

https://louisvillepublicmedia.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e9871c599e6afe1122a0a60d&id=1f593ccb65&e=77953c0f5d

Anything you feel you are able to do, will help save lives. So many people have been effected from this disaster in many more ways than you can imagine.

Thank you in advance for anything you can do.

Done. 

A contribution was also made to OBR. Those folks do some stellar work to feed people in need. 

Thank you.

saluki2007

Ozzie_Isaac said:

fishlessman said:

hard to comprehend this, most destruction ive ever seen was a vertical micro-burst that took out a barn in an instance. didnt even see it happened, got to the barn a few minutes later

Went through this is Nov. 2013 when 1600 homes were destroyed.  The damage is mind boggling.  Homes cleaned down to the foundation, lawns lifted and laid down across the street, plastic drinking straws embedded in trees, mother nature is no joke.

I remember that as well. We had moved back to Morton a couple months before that storm. I remember driving to peoria right after the storm passed through not knowing the damage it had caused thinking the sky was very eerie. 

There was a tornado that came through our neighborhood in 2003 while I was still in high school.  I was driving home and got into our house as the tornado passed by less than 2 minutes later. The sound those things make is not something you will ever forget. 

kl8ton

Ozzie_Isaac

kl8ton said:

Find the last standing tree and string them up.  In 2013 we had to stand guard and put in a curfew because of looting.  A lot of those caught were out of state.

UncleKeith

Douche bags should be keel hauled.

I went to Mayfield on Monday to drop off some donations from my bass fishing club. The level of devastation is hard to comprehend. Please keeps those folks in your thoughts and prayers.

Gulfcoastguy

Ozzie_Isaac said:

kl8ton said:

Find the last standing tree and string them up.  In 2013 we had to stand guard and put in a curfew because of looting.  A lot of those caught were out of state.

Put them to work in a chain gang cleaning up first. About a year ought to do , then string them up.

BuckeyeFork

Let them have a trial.  It’s very possible they went there to protect private property.

BuckeyeFork

I see one of them is named Brandon.  

Let’s go!!!

kl8ton

BuckeyeFork said:

Let them have a trial.  It’s very possible they went there to protect private property.

The one on the top right certainly was not going to protect....

nolaegghead