Finally got power after tornado.
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Tomorrow will be my last update. Except for one short trip into Mayfield everything I have been posting is second hand from people involved from the start. Most of those people are close relatives.
Local police, firefighters, and individuals handled the immediate rescue attempts. Now, nearly a week after the tornado relief supplies are pouring in so fast and heavy that they are having a hard time sorting and distributing them. There have been school busses from everywhere loaded with everything imaginable show up. The churches were there first. Along with individuals and local authorities they provided the initial support. Surprisingly the national retail chains have flooded the local stores with supplies, material, and manpower. The Walmart, Lowes, and CVS stores are fully stocked and overmanned. Lowes and Walmart were the only ones with power at first because they either had generators or brought them in ASAP. People are complaining in Paducah, 25 miles away, that shelves are bare but ours have merchandise stacked in the aisle. Both places are giving out meals and have mobile laundry and toilet trailers set up. I have seen no blatant price gouging, Lowes had the yellow contractor discount sticker on nearly all the building supplies and the Murphy (Walmart) gas station had lowered the price from $2.90 to $2.80. The local idea is to give money to survivors and let them purchase what they need. McDonalds also has a mobile trailer set up with generators and are providing free meals to anyone who walks in.
Except for short interviews local politicians have stayed out of the public eye. From what I have heard from my daughter they are simply overwhelmed with trying to make decisions and manage the crisis. National politicians should have flown over and gone home. They totally disrupted everything.
News media have been a total pain in the a$$. Rude, irritating, and totally in the way. Well except for the local NBC affiliate WPSD channel 6. They get a pass on everything. The local weatherman and his team did SAVE LIVES with their broadcast of the storm. We are all used to having tornado watches and warnings and ignoring them because nothing ever happens. Trent Okerson was so terrified as the tornado crossed the river from Missouri into Tennessee that people could not turn the channel. His impassioned pleas for people to take cover and the completely correct predictions he made as to the tornado's path are astounding. He was predicting extreme severe weather three days before it happened. I know he was repeating a lot of NWS information but it was his onscreen terror that prompted people to leave their homes to seek shelter.
The next problem is going to be shelter when the cold weather sets in. Some relatives have an RV and travel trailer rental business and all were immediately rented out. Most of their inventory was destroyed in a building where they were cleaned and repaired after use. Mayfield is kind of an RV center with three large retailers located here. Two were badly hit by the tornado six years ago and one was hit BAD this time. I understand that they will be offering trailers for rent (insurance will pay) instead of purchase.
For a drone's eye look at the destruction go to Youtube and search for NWChasers, Mayfield. The video is 8:41 seconds long. After living here nearly my entire life there are still scenes where I cannot tell the location.
Oh yeah, I have not seen the Red Cross here. They may be and I just haven't seen them. Also a nationally advertised legal firm has a huge motor home set up and is already filing lawsuits.
Life goes on...
Local police, firefighters, and individuals handled the immediate rescue attempts. Now, nearly a week after the tornado relief supplies are pouring in so fast and heavy that they are having a hard time sorting and distributing them. There have been school busses from everywhere loaded with everything imaginable show up. The churches were there first. Along with individuals and local authorities they provided the initial support. Surprisingly the national retail chains have flooded the local stores with supplies, material, and manpower. The Walmart, Lowes, and CVS stores are fully stocked and overmanned. Lowes and Walmart were the only ones with power at first because they either had generators or brought them in ASAP. People are complaining in Paducah, 25 miles away, that shelves are bare but ours have merchandise stacked in the aisle. Both places are giving out meals and have mobile laundry and toilet trailers set up. I have seen no blatant price gouging, Lowes had the yellow contractor discount sticker on nearly all the building supplies and the Murphy (Walmart) gas station had lowered the price from $2.90 to $2.80. The local idea is to give money to survivors and let them purchase what they need. McDonalds also has a mobile trailer set up with generators and are providing free meals to anyone who walks in.
Except for short interviews local politicians have stayed out of the public eye. From what I have heard from my daughter they are simply overwhelmed with trying to make decisions and manage the crisis. National politicians should have flown over and gone home. They totally disrupted everything.
News media have been a total pain in the a$$. Rude, irritating, and totally in the way. Well except for the local NBC affiliate WPSD channel 6. They get a pass on everything. The local weatherman and his team did SAVE LIVES with their broadcast of the storm. We are all used to having tornado watches and warnings and ignoring them because nothing ever happens. Trent Okerson was so terrified as the tornado crossed the river from Missouri into Tennessee that people could not turn the channel. His impassioned pleas for people to take cover and the completely correct predictions he made as to the tornado's path are astounding. He was predicting extreme severe weather three days before it happened. I know he was repeating a lot of NWS information but it was his onscreen terror that prompted people to leave their homes to seek shelter.
The next problem is going to be shelter when the cold weather sets in. Some relatives have an RV and travel trailer rental business and all were immediately rented out. Most of their inventory was destroyed in a building where they were cleaned and repaired after use. Mayfield is kind of an RV center with three large retailers located here. Two were badly hit by the tornado six years ago and one was hit BAD this time. I understand that they will be offering trailers for rent (insurance will pay) instead of purchase.
For a drone's eye look at the destruction go to Youtube and search for NWChasers, Mayfield. The video is 8:41 seconds long. After living here nearly my entire life there are still scenes where I cannot tell the location.
Oh yeah, I have not seen the Red Cross here. They may be and I just haven't seen them. Also a nationally advertised legal firm has a huge motor home set up and is already filing lawsuits.
Life goes on...
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Another excellent update RSKY.
National Politicians and news media are there for exposure and drama. It's very disappointing but an accurate display of our society.....
Your local weatherman deserves dedicated viewing from this point on. Well written RSKY.
I look forward to periodic updates as things progress RSKY. Thank you very much for taking time to keep me informed of the situation there.
National Politicians and news media are there for exposure and drama. It's very disappointing but an accurate display of our society.....
Your local weatherman deserves dedicated viewing from this point on. Well written RSKY.
I look forward to periodic updates as things progress RSKY. Thank you very much for taking time to keep me informed of the situation there.
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A lot of times in a disaster like this the town doesn’t get the stuff they need, they get stuff other people think they need. Sometimes that’s spot on, sometimes not.
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^^ And a lot of times, towns nearby with equal of greater damage aren't getting near enough because they didn't get the press coverage.
I know I said earlier that only one more post but some things have come to my attention.
A local middle of nowhere restaurant in the county called Southern Reds BBQ started cooking and delivering meals almost before the tornado had passed. They have delivered more than 60,000 meals to workers in Mayfield. According to a common friend he has totally worn out his grills. Well, let me see if I can copy and paste her post.
"60,000 meals coming out of Micah Seavers humble facility since the life altering tornado just one week ago tonight. Do the math on that one.
So Micah puts his business on hold and makes use of every donation directed his way.
There are times when CASH is King (just talking material here not biblical!). This might be a great time to consider making cash donations to Micah so he can keep the good work flowing. We all know he’s still got to pay the light bill and all those other fixed expenses.
A very proactive young lady brought this too my attention yesterday and I think she has a great point!"
“Southern Reds BBQ owner Micah Seavers immediately jumped into action when his restaurant was spared in Pilot Oak: just two hours after the storm had passed Seavers said he was cooking up meals for first responders. He says he has already given out over 60,000 meals to residents of affected areas.”
We will probably drop a Ben Franklin on him to help a little. He is also the county skunk catcher. And other nuisance critters. We have used his services for skunks. Since he also ran the eatery I was worried about what would happen to the skunks but he assured me that they would not be BBQed. They are not as countryfied as they act on their Facebook page AND if you want to help out, please consider helping one of the helpers.
Also had some more junior high kids at the oldest daughter's school who had homes totally destroyed that we are supplying part of Christmas. Daughter has put lists on some kind of teacher forum and had everything on the lists disappear in less than thirty minutes. She texted my wife before she posted the last list and still most had disappeared before she could get there. Local food trucks are working nonstop transporting meals. Also trucks from elsewhere in the state have been transporting food.
Scammers have already been in the area posing as FEMA people. Graves and Calloway Sheriffs stopped a six vehicle caravan on a back road and arrested everyone in it. They had brought trailers and loaded up wrecked cars and were hauling them off probably to strip and sell the parts. Also Caldwell County Sheriff Department arrest four from Michigan who travelled to Kentucky to steal what they could.
There is a Facebook page that people are posting things on they have found that the tornado dropped half the state away. Trying to return them to owners. Some people trying to help, some try to steal.
Life goes on....
A local middle of nowhere restaurant in the county called Southern Reds BBQ started cooking and delivering meals almost before the tornado had passed. They have delivered more than 60,000 meals to workers in Mayfield. According to a common friend he has totally worn out his grills. Well, let me see if I can copy and paste her post.
"60,000 meals coming out of Micah Seavers humble facility since the life altering tornado just one week ago tonight. Do the math on that one.
So Micah puts his business on hold and makes use of every donation directed his way.
There are times when CASH is King (just talking material here not biblical!). This might be a great time to consider making cash donations to Micah so he can keep the good work flowing. We all know he’s still got to pay the light bill and all those other fixed expenses.
A very proactive young lady brought this too my attention yesterday and I think she has a great point!"
“Southern Reds BBQ owner Micah Seavers immediately jumped into action when his restaurant was spared in Pilot Oak: just two hours after the storm had passed Seavers said he was cooking up meals for first responders. He says he has already given out over 60,000 meals to residents of affected areas.”
We will probably drop a Ben Franklin on him to help a little. He is also the county skunk catcher. And other nuisance critters. We have used his services for skunks. Since he also ran the eatery I was worried about what would happen to the skunks but he assured me that they would not be BBQed. They are not as countryfied as they act on their Facebook page AND if you want to help out, please consider helping one of the helpers.
Also had some more junior high kids at the oldest daughter's school who had homes totally destroyed that we are supplying part of Christmas. Daughter has put lists on some kind of teacher forum and had everything on the lists disappear in less than thirty minutes. She texted my wife before she posted the last list and still most had disappeared before she could get there. Local food trucks are working nonstop transporting meals. Also trucks from elsewhere in the state have been transporting food.
Scammers have already been in the area posing as FEMA people. Graves and Calloway Sheriffs stopped a six vehicle caravan on a back road and arrested everyone in it. They had brought trailers and loaded up wrecked cars and were hauling them off probably to strip and sell the parts. Also Caldwell County Sheriff Department arrest four from Michigan who travelled to Kentucky to steal what they could.
There is a Facebook page that people are posting things on they have found that the tornado dropped half the state away. Trying to return them to owners. Some people trying to help, some try to steal.
Life goes on....
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You are right. Humans will be human. Some good. Some bad.
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RSKY, thank you for sharing your updates.
Thought y'all might be getting bored with it.
Not for sure but I think they may have the power restored to all but the most heavily devastated areas yesterday afternoon. I think the nephew who is Superintendent of Water and Electric Department may have finally got some rest yesterday. Was told he has been running on nerves, coffee, and adrenalin.
Some power and water workers have received threats. I don't know what about but people have been arrested. All the Guardsmen are armed.
RSKY
