Althouse: "The storms — dark and immense funnel clouds that roared across the nighttime landscape — obliterated homes, churches and businesses, leaving unearthly scenes of devastation."

December 11, 2021

"The storms — dark and immense funnel clouds that roared across the nighttime landscape — obliterated homes, churches and businesses, leaving unearthly scenes of devastation."

"In Mayfield, Ky., among the hardest-hit communities, the center of town had been become a perilous maze of downed utility lines, dangling tree limbs and scattered debris. Officials said that around 110 people had ben huddled inside a local candle-making factory when a tornado ripped through."

From "Live Updates: Tornadoes Hit Several States, With at Least 50 Dead in Kentucky" (NYT).

19 comments:

Lyle said...: It was bad for Mayfield, KY. That town is destroyed. OMG.; 12/11/21, 10:37 AM
Richard said...: If it goes through a cornfield, nobody cares but the farmer. Same thing going through a trailer park., tragedy.; 12/11/21, 10:45 AM
Narayanan said...: NYT reports ...
Dozens of people were feared dead...
Officials said that there were “confirmed fatalities” after a roof collapsed at an Amazon warehouse in Illinois, ...
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Educate me >>>> is "were' proper grammar ?; 12/11/21, 11:27 AM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: The damage is ... there are not enough words for devastating. Heart-breaking.

** be grateful ... and consider giving what you can to trust-worthy charities.; 12/11/21, 12:06 PM
Bender said...: There are other, more trustworthy, media outlets than the f***ing NYT.; 12/11/21, 12:36 PM
Temujin said...: There are no words to describe the devastation when a town is wiped out. Literally wiped off the map as in this case. Lives lost. Homes gone. Businesses wiped out. Virtually everything there hours ago now gone. Where do the survivors go? Do they move? Do they even think about rebuilding or just move on?

I remember Joplin, MO. Barneveld, WI. Others. There is nothing like it. And for the media and most of the rest of us around the country...we watch the aftermath, maybe worry a bit about those hurt and lost. Say a prayer, maybe. Then move on with our lives. But they- the survivors- have to figure out the very next minutes and hours. What to do?

It's horrible.; 12/11/21, 1:33 PM
dreams said...: There were 110 employees working the night shift in a candle factory in Mayfield, KY, that was completely demolished by the tornado. They were able to find 40 survivors by 3am this morning, they don't expect to find any more survivors from that factory.

Also, they think the tornado was on the ground for over 220 miles and 200 of those miles were in Ky.; 12/11/21, 5:24 PM
effinayright said...: Don't let anyone bullshit you about "climate change" causing unprecedented "extreme weather" in December:

https://www.ustornadoes.com/2014/12/10/heres-where-tornadoes-typically-form-in-december-across-the-united-states/; 12/11/21, 5:29 PM
stlcdr said...: I have a few work associates who live in the division that got hammered in bowling green. It’s hard to not get emotional when you see someone’s home…gone.; 12/11/21, 5:34 PM
Kai Akker said...: ---There are other, more trustworthy, media outlets than the f***ing NYT. [Bender]

Whaaat? Name one more trustworthy. OK, name 100.

OK. Still, our esteemed hostess may be the last NYT subscriber left. Appreciate her loyalty.; 12/11/21, 6:09 PM
Howard said...: It's the flip side to living in wildfire earthquake country. Except raking the floor doesn't prevent gloworming inducted December megatornadoes 🌪️. It couldn't possibly be the result of a jealous and vengeful God getting payback. Another HARRP experimenting gone wild? So many reasons have occulded the truth.; 12/11/21, 6:40 PM
loudogblog said...: I saw that some people are already trying to politicize this and blame this disaster on "Climate Change," even though tornado activity has been historically low lately. They seriously believe that Climate Change can alter tornado activity in such a way that it specifically steers tornados into populated areas. They use the same false logic about hurricanes. We are not experiencing a period of more severe hurricanes, but Ida and Sandy happened to hit highly populated areas and suddenly that's "proof" of Climate Change causing extreme weather.; 12/11/21, 7:11 PM
Josephbleau said...: “but Ida and Sandy happened to hit highly populated areas and suddenly that's "proof" of Climate Change causing extreme weather.”

So true, when I was in engineering school in the 70s we got a stipend for trudging the countryside mapping structural geology. We would see huge paths where trees were obliterated. Since no one was there at the time, it never made the news.; 12/11/21, 8:29 PM
Josephbleau said...: In the old days in a period of work, I needed to drive from Memphis to Bloomington IN on a regular basis. Mayfield KY was a nice historical place on the path.; 12/11/21, 8:34 PM
Kellerreiss said...: Never buying another candle. The extensive local news-media tornado warnings were sufficient reason for company management to call-off "overnight candle manufacturing" work-shift. Nope, those folks stuck in large warehouse-manufacturing buildings are very vulnerable during a tornado episode with no safe haven.; 12/12/21, 3:56 AM
Ernest said...: Mayfield is about 250 miles SW of us here in the Lexington area. All we had was rain, thunder, and lightning. My closest encounter with a tornado was Palm Sunday 1965 when a twister tilted our garage 45 degrees, jumped over the rest of the town and turned a factory into matchsticks. The power of a tornado is astounding.

Praying for the rescue and recovery workers, survivors, and medical people.; 12/12/21, 6:00 AM
Ernest said...: Mayfield is about 250 miles SW of us here in the Lexington area. All we had was rain, thunder, and lightning. My closest encounter with a tornado was Palm Sunday 1965 when a twister tilted our garage 45 degrees, jumped over the rest of the town and turned a factory into matchsticks. The power of a tornado is astounding.

Praying for the rescue and recovery workers, survivors, and medical people.; 12/12/21, 6:02 AM
jj121957 said...: Torturous.; 12/12/21, 11:08 AM
Narr said...: We had the sound and light show here in Memphis, but not too much wind and rain.; 12/12/21, 1:12 PM