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Bayard

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48. Too close for comfort for us

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 11:56 AM

Dec 2021

We got some serious thunderstorms, but Bowling Green is 45 minutes south of us. Casualties and tons of damage:

"tornado damage in Bowling Green was categorized as EF-3, with estimated wind speeds of 150 miles per hour."

Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article256511671.html#storylink=cpy

We dodged a bullet.

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UPDATE: At least 50 people are likely dead following a tornado in Kentucky, governor says [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 OP

Terrible storm! SheltieLover Dec 2021 #1

Oh no! BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #2

Thx! SheltieLover Dec 2021 #7

Glad you are ok! bronxiteforever Dec 2021 #3

Ty! SheltieLover Dec 2021 #8

Yikes! Hang in there! Glad to hear that you're okay! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #4

Thx! SheltieLover Dec 2021 #9

Terrible! LoisB Dec 2021 #5

... Skittles Dec 2021 #6

Where were the tornado sirens? Botany Dec 2021 #10

We (in Indiana) were told that these storms were moving so fast.... AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #12

How did the storm track? SW to NE? Or was it all along the 250 mile band all at once? Botany Dec 2021 #15

Southwest to northeast. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #16

If it started in Arkansas and moved up to KY they should have had more than enough time ... Botany Dec 2021 #19

Bill Karins on MSNBC AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #22

When the local NWS or NWS's SPC issues a TOR or TORE BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #26

I would imagine it goes out to the same network as... 2naSalit Dec 2021 #27

Yes - they all use the same standard alert system BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #29

Out here in... 2naSalit Dec 2021 #32

Well the EBS is deprecated and replaced with the EAS BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #35

I don't catch the details when they identify so I could have 2naSalit Dec 2021 #39

I hear you! BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #42

Yes it has been perfected pretty well mvd Dec 2021 #69

I'm literally a couple blocks from the Montco line BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #71

I'm in the Upper Providence/Limerick/Royersford area mvd Dec 2021 #72

I know on my weather forum BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #73

Cool, thanks for the footage mvd Dec 2021 #74

Here is a link to the old and new scales for classifications BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #75

Yeah the best I found though a search was.. mvd Dec 2021 #76

Just after I typed that, a severe thunderstorm warning was issued mvd Dec 2021 #77

You are welcome BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #78

Did Bryn Athen get nailed? BigmanPigman Dec 2021 #79

Since there was a tornado that eventually formed near the Burlington-Bristol Bridge BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #80

a 15 minute warning is not a very long time and it was night yellowdogintexas Dec 2021 #49

"they should have had more than enough time ... ....set off the sirens" BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #33

thank you! Botany Dec 2021 #34

You are welcome! BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #37

I'm sure the alerts prevented many deaths LeftInTX Dec 2021 #55

I get all kinds BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #58

In this case BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #13

Flat-roof warehouses are deathtraps in storms like these. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #17

Exactly BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #24

Peel 'em like a tin can n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #52

When you have something like this happen BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #53

Oh yeah. I've been through 2 TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #56

Luckily this one was headed to the NE BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #59

So glad it missed you uppityperson Dec 2021 #60

Tell me about it BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #61

That's bad. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #30

I found a later video that makes me wonder if this was an EF5 that hit Mayfield BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #51

I agree. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #62

I just heard on the radio ago that Pres. Biden is supposed to have an address about this catastrophe BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #63

Thanks! 2naSalit Dec 2021 #65

He's speaking/answering questions right now - about done BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #66

Wow. Stunning pictures. nt SunSeeker Dec 2021 #64

Gonna create some supply chain issues bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #11

Not to make light, ... do Kentuckians believe the weather is energized by climate warming? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #14

I hope this makes people stop and think. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #20

Check out the videos in Post #13. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #31

Kentuckians elected Bashear. onenote Dec 2021 #41

Good point. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #45

Republicans are working hard to blame tornados on Antifa and 'libtards'. johnthewoodworker Dec 2021 #18

Heartbreaking Traildogbob Dec 2021 #21

What a terrible situation. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2021 #23

my heart... myohmy2 Dec 2021 #25

Really, you don't want to help the people in Kentucky? marie999 Dec 2021 #67

Ya know, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #81

there... myohmy2 Dec 2021 #82

I stand by my post. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #83

sorry... myohmy2 Dec 2021 #84

So, basically, you would tell the citizens of KY to fuck off? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #85

let's be friends... myohmy2 Dec 2021 #86

That's fair. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #87

I was watching Ryan Hall (Y'all) on his YouTube channel last night and it was horrifying catbyte Dec 2021 #28

I was watching him too. LeftInTX Dec 2021 #54

Wow, if I were still in Kentucky, I'd have been right on the edge of that tornado. malthaussen Dec 2021 #36

There were a bunch of tornadoes overnight BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #38

the 200 mile tornado is the one which destroyed Mayfield yellowdogintexas Dec 2021 #47

Yeah that is what i have gathered... BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #50

at least dozens? llashram Dec 2021 #40

They were in a factory and the building was destroyed BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #43

I think we llashram Dec 2021 #44

This was the type of extreme events that were foretold when people warned about climate change BumRushDaShow Dec 2021 #46

Too close for comfort for us Bayard Dec 2021 #48

WaPo reporting over 70 dead now, could be up to 100 IronLionZion Dec 2021 #57

In December! ananda Dec 2021 #68

wishing the best for the people of Kentucky Skittles Dec 2021 #70