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Old 12-11-2021, 09:00 PM
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Best wishes to Kentucky. A great state. As a trucker I drove through Kentucky more timesthan I can count and was always impressed with the quality of the place. Good people, beautiful scenery, excellent highways. Y'all will recover from this. Keep on trucking!
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Old 12-11-2021, 11:18 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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Prayers to all the victims and their families.
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Old 12-12-2021, 06:05 AM
 
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Prayers for your region. I lived near Nashville 17 years. Your great state will recover, but it will take a lot of time.

This was a once in a lifetime event in terms of power-F5, obviously.
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Old 12-12-2021, 07:55 AM
 
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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This is one event I don't ever want to live through again! We are in Mayfield and live in a 110 yr old double brick house and we felt it shake!! We knew it hit downtown but thought the closest it got to us was about 6 blocks north. We drove to Paducah to get some things today and saw huge trees uprooted 2 blocks from our house! The four churches in the downtown area were all demolished. Every time I see pictures or video of the First Presbyterian, where we went, I cry. My parents were married in that church in 1946. Now it's nothing but a pile of rubble. Post Office destroyed as was most of downtown. One of two water towers is down. We have no water and no electricity. Looking at at least a couple weeks to get things online again.
I saw a video of a live feed on Facebook of some women at work at the candle factory here (if you've ever used a Glade scented candle, it may have come from Mayfield), trapped in the collapsed building, begging for help.
Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers. Not only the citizens but the families of those who died and also for the linemen, EMTs, Police, Fire Department, state, county and city road departments and all others involved in the rescue and recovery going on.
I am so glad to hear that you and your wife are okay, as soon as I heard Mayfield and saw the pictures on the TV I thought of you both. You were in my prayers. So glad you are both okay.
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Old 12-12-2021, 08:25 AM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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Official statewide death toll now up to 80, surpassing statewide death toll of 77 during 1974 Super Outbreak. Still expected to rise more. Only March 27, 1890 tornado outbreak death toll still higher in state history.
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Old 12-12-2021, 09:03 AM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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Have you seen the factory? It was leveled to the ground, no part of the structure was left standing, heavy vehicles and equipment were thrown around like they were toys in the hands of an angry toddler. There was no place to shelter from this.
It's very possible they did shelter but it was insufficient. Media needs to dig and find those answers. IMO all site managers of buildings like warehouses and such should know the structural rating of their building and know if sheltering or evacuating is a better option. A similar disaster was averted on April 27, 2011 in Hackleburg AL when a Wranger jeans factory closed in advance. It was later hit by an EF5 and leveled to the ground. Only 1 manager on site died, they were only person there.
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Old 12-12-2021, 09:59 AM
 
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This Twitter thread has been making the rounds (re: mandatory overtime at the candle factory): https://twitter.com/iusedtobepoor/st...75774781558784

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Old 12-12-2021, 12:15 PM
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Have you seen the factory? It was leveled to the ground, no part of the structure was left standing, heavy vehicles and equipment were thrown around like they were toys in the hands of an angry toddler. There was no place to shelter from this.
I wondered about that. Like why wasn't there a concrete walled structure somewhere in the floor plan? Seems obvious in hindsight. Maybe that will change now and such places will be built that way or retro-fitted.
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Old 12-12-2021, 01:18 PM
 
Location: In the Pearl of the Purchase, Ky
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This Twitter thread has been making the rounds (re: mandatory overtime at the candle factory): https://twitter.com/iusedtobepoor/st...75774781558784

Right now I could care less about their overtime policy or anything else with the company. Let's just pray they find more people alive in there. One was found alive there today
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Old 12-12-2021, 03:32 PM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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WDRB Louisville reported one of the workers who died was texting family in Louisville saying they were sheltering in the bathroom... so at least some people were aware of situation and sheltering. Gov Beshear says 110 people were at factory when tornado hit and only 40 have been accounted for alive. That would mean as many as 70 are dead just at the factory. I hope that number is off or that there is a pocket of the building where survivors are waiting for rescue.
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