Highest Windspeed On Radar Record For Quad-State Tornado; Dawson Springs, KY Also Largely Erased

[hatrack]

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. Those people who don't believe in science must be asking themselves what they did

wrong to deserve this kind of hit from the heavens above.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. god punishes bad people and has complex plans when good people suffer, which proves they're good

... because god is not punishing them, just working in mysterious ways for their ultimate salvation.

It's always the (evil, nasty, liberal) no good "Other" who is punished. Never the faithful because they are "saved", automatically, no matter what they do or opinions they hold, because they are "saved" by stating they are "born again". They say they are good because they are saved because they say they are good.

[TeamProg]

8. My fav bumper sticker: 'Born Okay The First Time' n/t

[Lonestarblue]

11. Love that!

[calimary]

13. Good one!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Good one. Here's another: "Born again doesn't mean twice the rights." . . . nt

[durablend]

7. It's because "the other" voted for Biden

[ashredux]

3. Sadly, this is just the first one

[maxsolomon]

12. ?

it's the largest event since 1974, possibly the largest recorded, but what do you mean?

There were tornadoes nearly as large in '07 & '11; it says that in the OP.

[certainot]

16. global warming means more concentrated energy, less capacity for natural dissipation

[maxsolomon]

18. i know that, but the poster said "this is just the 1st one".

since there have been 1000s of tornadoes previously, and many very close to this level of destruction, I assume they're predicting there to be more storms like this - this year? next year? in the coming decades?

[certainot]

20. the progression may surprise us while that motherfucker manchin plays his power games

[wnylib]

14. Not the first one.

Devastating large tornado outbreaks have occurred before in tornado regions and wiped out towns over long distances.

They have even occurred outside of usual tornado regions. On May 31, 1985, a super cell storm spawned over 40 devastating tornadoes, starting in eastern Ohio and traveling through PA, NY, and Ontario. Whole towns were destroyed. 89 people died and over 1000 were injured. The main path of the storm went from eastern Ohio tbrough northwestern PA, southwestern NY, and southern Ontario. But in PA and NY, fingers of the storm spread eastward across both states.

The death toll would have bern higher except that it happened in late afternoon when people were awake and alert to warnings. The strength of the tornadoes ranged from at least 2 EF4 twisters to a few EF3 and multiple EF2 and 1 twisters. One witness said that no matter where you looked the sky was filled with funnels.

I live in part of the affected region, but was spared a direct hit, although rural areas around me were not. I remember trying to call my husbsnd's elderly aunt on her farm but phone service was out. We drove out to her home, encountering debris-blocked roads along the way. When we told locals our reason for trying to get through, they cleared a path for us.

We arrived to find her home untouched, although there was tree debris all over her property. With the power out she had not known what was happening. Her son was a security driver for Brinks and out on the road. He connected with truck drivers who relayed messages via CB to let her and his wife know he was safe.

I drove through the devastated areas later and met a small town woman who was a stringer for city newspapers. She took a photo that was picked up by national news services. She told me how she got the photo. She stood on the porch of her family's farmhouse watching a tornado approach and snapping photos, so absorbed in it that she forgot about shelter. Her brother grabbed her and dragged her into their basement.

When they came out, the entire house was gone.

[flying_wahini]

4. I just told my husband to double check our home's insurance plan. These storms are going to

Get a LOT worse.

[KS Toronado]

5. Mother Nature is telling us she's not happy

with man's involvement in Global Warming. All natural disasters are getting worse every year.

[TeamProg]

9. We have been receiving 'eviction notices' from Mother Nature / Earth for a while now.. n/t

[calimary]

15. Yep. That was my first thought.

Mother Nature reasserts herself. Just to remind us mere careless mortals who’s boss.

[bronxiteforever]

6. Kick and recommend for visibility

[Mister Ed]

10. Wow. Those people in Kentucky must have been WAY too kind to gay folks.

(To right-wing nutjobs, that's the go-to explanation for natural disasters. God apparently gets really, really mad at you if you're not mean enough to gay people.)

[Botany]

19. 283 mph @ 5,000 ft

The video of the town is scary