Special Report | Kentucky Tornadoes: One Year Later
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- čas přidán 7. 12. 2022
- On Dec. 10, 2021, tornadoes ripped through western Kentucky.
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I’m from Wisconsin and it hit home when seeing the little baby girl Oaklynn who died because of this storm. I donated to the family but nothing can replace what was lost ! My heart still goes out !!! I remember and still pray for you and those affected!!! 😞❤️🙏
I felt the same way when the two twins babies lost their lives in the Tennessee flood. It’s like a 🔪 in the ❤️ to lose someone you love.
My aunt, who currently lives in L’Ville, was a Mayfield native. During the outbreak of ‘74, her dress was blown away along with most of her home and she never saw it again. Fast forward to ‘21, the church she wore that dress in was destroyed the same way.
Damn
I can tell you about a group of senior citizens that has been forgotten, as we scattered to at least three states after The Storm. Our management company did what they could to help us find alternative living sites. But we were in subsidized housing, and there is no Section 8 housing left in Mayfield to handles those of us who ALL lost our homes when our building was destroyed. There was an entire complex in Mayfield that was also flattened. It was bigger. We have heard NOTHING about those folks finding new homes. There is little subsidized housing in Mayfield anymore. And our building, which had 61 apartments is being replaced by, we are told, a building with just 15. I moved to Paducah, and that was the closest I could get to Mayfield---25 miles. I have no car, and depend on a pretty good bus system to get around. Grocery shopping is an interesting proposition . We will need support for years to come. None of us who lived in the area before the storm asked for this. We need to be considered in planning for the future. We deserve it.
If you have a Walmart in town they now do grocery delivery :)
I know which you’re talking about and y’all were done dirty! Awful. Many from there and other places are still doing without while they all pocket the donation money. It’s sickening
See my above post. Taxpayers are going first! They put the cash in the cities coffers. Not fair, but true!
Thanks for including Dawson Springs, Hopkins, Bremen Ky. also... You should have put everyone in the update !! Hopkins Co. Resident
God bless you all I hope and pray for everyone in Kentucky.
Instead of sending money to other countries first , we need to take care of our own people.
I think we are, Kentuckians take care of each other
@@angieowen1165 okay Daniel Boone
Absolutely ♥
THIS x1000
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When I saw where inmates who could've ran went to work and rescued people and then went back to the jail I thought of one word. Redemption.
We had the same some years ago when a fire ripped through next to our property and burned down 2 neighbors and one abandoned home (where it began), fueled by 25mph winds which definitely was enough to make it rush up our hill. A fire crew from a prison camp came and helped ensure our home was safe and even slept in our yard overnight to keep watch of flare ups (thankfully they stopped the fire before it wiped out our entire small town).
My wife thanked them and offered them food and water but they declined. We live in a rural forested area and they easily could have run but they didn’t. I myself was doing two years in prison at this time for a drug crime and I can say this much- guys on crews like these are usually non violent offenders and are housed in lower security prison yards or fire camps. They know they are going home within x amount of years (usually 5 or less) and so running would be a huge mistake because at least in my state it will add 1-2 years onto your sentence AND they will place you onto a secure perimeter prison yard. You lose the trust, and you lose the privilege of working off of prison grounds. I was able to do community service picking up trash on hwys and trimming trees + weed wacking them as well during my sentence so I can understand just how much of a privilege it truly is to be afforded the opportunity to leave prison perimeter even for a handful of hours.
Will also add that I met SO many honest, hardworking, and respectful/kind people in prison and I absolutely did not expect that. A lot of inmates know they messed up and all they want is a second (or third) chance. I pray in time more will learn that they are still human beings that have value in society just the same as anyone else. Not all inmates take rehabilitation seriously but so many do. They are the ones who don’t go back… it was easy to spot the ones who would be back while inside, which is sad but reality. Sorry for the book but I appreciate seeing a comment like yours. We are still people and we love helping others, not because we feel a need to but because we LOVE to
I survived that tornado ,i was working at the candle factory ,i was under the rubble for almost 3 hours, i wanna ask if somebody knows if it is any shelter here in Mayfield in case another storm is announced ?somewhere you can go like a stadium or a school ?
They so need to build more storm shelters for the public. There aren't many places you can go, in small towns like that.
On the Paducah side of Mayfield there is a 5star that has been built with it's restrooms a tornado shelter.
@@InjuredAngelHeero Oh yeah, where do i have to call to get more information ?
I don’t know if you were threatened with firing. But if you were, the next time you’re in that situation, LEAVE!! Your employer can go suck it. You can get a new job but not a new life! I’m glad you survived.
@@TrentEngineFan You are right ! Definetily i'll do it ,my life more important than my job ,i've been thinking about it and it's true, you are right !
How about Princeton? Or Cacye? Or some of the other areas hit? I'm not trying to diminish what happened with the towns mentioned but all should have been included.
None of them had as many fatalities nor as much damage as Mayfield, thats why Mayfield is getting so much more attention
A great documentary...
Why did they have to make this documentary political with the commentator taking jabs at a Republican? That was in very poor taste when talking about such a tragic and traumatizing event.
Much agreed. They could have left the politics out of this and actually talked about all areas affected. They left several out.
Because it is Republicans who consistently need the most help and have the poorest residence, and refused to prioritize help for people, unless they are rich
God this was terrible. I was in Maine when this hit and my family was in Ohio, but a few years ago we lived in Kentucky and had numerous friends there. We had followed the coverage since Arkansas and it really scared us.
I have not forgotten Mayfield, Dawson Springs, Hopkins, Bremen Ky, All those affected, I have tried to help and hope that those that can will continue and local and government steps up and do what needs to be done to recover all.
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I hope this state keeps Andy Beshear as our governor. I know he's getting my vote. He's done an amazing job and his hometown even got hit by that tornado. He did a great job during Covid. It would be a shame if this state votes him out. We'd be working against our own best interests.
Amen. As a Republican, he’s a Democrat I can get behind. He’s walked a fine line to satisfy both parties and he genuinely cares for Kentucky.
@@Cactus270 He did more in six months than Corona Joe has done in six DECADES.
Andy Beshear sucks. Ruined many lives with his lockdown bullshit.
Doesn’t seem like he did a great job with cov. Not initially. Thank goodness the republican majority vetoed a bunch of the stuff he tried to pull. Aside from that he does seem decent though (and maybe he learned in time with cov, considering we were all confused and overreacting at first). I would probably vote for a man like him depending on who else is running and I am pretty solidly conservative (though I used to be liberal and still hold a few ideals from that side of things too). Neither side is all good or all bad that’s for sure.
@@Weather_Nerd you obviously weren't paying attention and you've bought into suntanned Matt Bevin Junior. Go ahead. Be ignorant.
I cannot imagine what the many, many people have been through. A Extremely Scary, Scary Experience that I hope and pray does not happen again. Thank You For Sharing, Chris
My cousin in Bremen lost their home and everything to this storm, including their two dogs. Still gives me chills to this day seeing this footage.
It’s so sad to see I live really really close to Bremen and I felt so bad
Yep a few days after the tornado my wife and I hauled about 1000 lbs of food down there for these families that lost everything
This was so scary to watch. So many lives changed.
yea its hard to not just cry from this video i also live in kentucky and im from the garrade county and even though it was way over in like bolling green you can still feel the power of the winds like our roof was kind of lifting it was a scary night
And ofc there's severe weather coming in this week. Hopefully, there won't be tornadoes this time.
oh I loved that Courthouse I lived in Mayfield from 2012 to January 2021 and I actually went to Mayfield a few weeks after to tornado hit due to my Grandmother's funeral who has lived in mayfield since '91 I 'll tell you what it broke my heart seeing a happy little town devastated like this and now its absolutely heartbreaking to see the once proud little courthouse gone! now that I see the Drone footage I can Hardly recognize anyplace I once Remembered its agonizing to see this!
Glad I donated little more what I can for those tornado victims because it was sad and devastating seeing all that damage in Kentucky and other regions.. hopefully they're recovering from this
I live in Bowling Green. 17 peoples died and multiple tornadoes F2, F3 all over town.
Thank you for doing this documentary. I'm just now getting to where I can watch these from this particular storm. I'm a Moderator on a very popular weather channel on CZcams and we were Live Streaming during this event as we do during most severe weather events - to help warn people and hopefully keep them informed and safe. It was so hard to watch the radars and hear from our Chasers, knowing the utter devastation this was bringing to the people on the ground. We followed this storm system all the way from Arkansas and the chaos it caused along it's path. Then we saw that rotation signature on the radar and my heart just dropped. So late, on a friday night... in December... in Kentucky! It was 3 days after this event before I could sleep again... and I wasn't even directly affected by it! Since then, it's helped me knowing that we helped save lives that night - many have told us publically and privately that they were watching our stream and were able to either save themselves, or family/friends.
I don't know about Western KY or where Mayfield is in particular, but a quick Google search said that a lot of KY has a lot of clay in its soil - and that makes for both a high water table liable to flood basements as well as making it very expensive to excavate. So that could be a reason for not putting basements in.
Still not what anyone really wants to hear when homes are being rebuilt after a major tornado. Given how poor the soils in the South are for basements, I think there should be a lot of investments in the safe rooms that OK has found so incredibly useful - their soil is unsuited for basements as well. But ofc that requires money and there's a lot of poor ppl that need those safe rooms the most that have no prayer of ever being able to afford them.
Interesting
Is that the same candle factory that wouldn't let their employees go home? The owners can burn in hell.
yeah thats the same one, Karma will get them in the end.
Sad truefull is no jobs no$$ no homes no help left to do for self cuz was at candle factory she has no job no home no $$$ no help
10:08 SRT Hellcat sitting in someones former living room is tough to look at. Maybe rebuildable???
How odd, middle of December.
this is hard watch god crazy strom especially to see it first hand
This is horribly done. It jumps all over the place and is essentially a campaign ad for Beshear.
Can someone please help me out and tell me how does a tornado suck you out the basement. I thought being on the ground you were safe.
GOD BLESS
Only time people buy storm shelters is after a storm hits.
Wait... He expects that family to take cover from future tornados in that tiny crawl- space? That looks like much too small an area! They need to have an actual basement that's completely underground to be 100% safe from tornadic winds. I would think that they'd make a point of providing an actual underground shelter for folks who already were victims of a nasty tornado, and likely have PTSD from the experience!
It's just not reasonable to expect them to be okay with that.
Mayfield will just modernize and move on.. The people of KY bounce well and they will bounce back..
You would think the funeral homes would offer services for free or at a minimum at cost.
Our great Governor did that for Kentucky
This isn't damage, it is utter and total destruction! Hope that Mayfield is getting back on their feet, tornadoes scare me, we get them now in new york state, but nothing compares to the utter and total destruction, there in Mayfield!
I was in Vernon Parrish jail in 2019 when an EF 4 hit the town and surrounded area they had all us trusties out there saving people so many people say f**k people in prison until they need us 😅those inmates are hero’s no matter what they had done up until that point
My God in heaven. A compassionate GOP Governor in Kentucky! I need go lay down, I feel faint!
this governor seems like a stand up guy
Thanking a god for sparing you and your family is like sending a thank you note to the serial killer who murdered the familys next door and down the street. Life or death was just a matter of dumb luck. Where you were or what you were in made all the difference. A hundred people lost their lives. Friends, mother's, daughters, father's and sons , old and young alike. The mistakes made were learned from. Hard lessons for the unfortunate ones. May they heal and rebuild but not forget.
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Give you a dine to a dollar, that the actual people WHO PAY school and property tax go first. Got to get the tax pool back up and going. If you are a renter, never paid a dime in your life in schools or property taxes, and never will, back of the line….please!
And as far as Habitat for Humanity, awesome organization if you are responsible enough to pay a mortgage AND taxes.
Mayor needs hair job
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Get stuffed, Admiral Akbar.
So what
I pray you never have to go through something like this.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 so
Kathy hasn't missed a meal in the year since.