Something i want you all to think about: mayfield is 70 miles away from dawson springs….I think the damage in BOTH places is high end EF-4 & in some spots EF-5. This tornado MAINTAINED that intensity throughout MOST of its 235 mile track.
That is simply terrifying. Especially at night, in the dark, when many people were asleep & groggy when woken up by sirens & trying to react.
That is simply terrifying. Especially at night, in the dark, when many people were asleep & groggy when woken up by sirens & trying to react.
Media is too big
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We use the word ‘violent’ sometimes as trained weather spotters & chasers referring to the really dangerous tornadoes. Some people think that adjective is hyperbole. Those people have never lived through or visited the immediate aftermath of a ‘violent’ tornado: that’s what it is- violent. On par with the destruction left behind by a nuclear blast. Jeff Piotrowski is one of the best meteorologists out there & one of if not THE most experienced chaser around. This footage was filmed earlier today by him in Mayfield & shows clear evidence of EF-5 strength in Mayfield. Watch this video; it’ll explain why we use the word violent. Every thing about this video gives me flashbacks to the Greensburg, Kansas EF-5.
I’m happy to see people calling these assholes out. While people like myself, & thousands of others dropped everything to try to warn people & help people stay safe, The Weather Channel took the night off & ran documentaries & collected advertising revenues.
Tells you everything you need to know about who cares about your safety, & who’s just in it for a $.
Tells you everything you need to know about who cares about your safety, & who’s just in it for a $.
30 ton rail cars picked up and tossed like child’s toys. Tanker cars weigh more.
This is why we urge people to seek shelter, and underground if possible. Put a bicycle or skateboard helmet for each person of your family in your shelter spot & wear it while you shelter. Put your shoes on because if they aren’t on when it hits, you’ll be walking through the debris barefoot in the aftermath. Put a first aid kit trauma kit complete w hemostatic agents & tourniquets in your shelter with you. These things can mean the difference between surviving, or not.