Up to 100 dead after nighttime tornadoes hit Kentucky

[vaxick]

Looks straight out of a Hollywood movie.  I cannot imagine living in an area of the county where a tornado warning can end up with this level of destruction.  

[Ricofoley]

 

 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

I saw last night where 2 were dead at a destroyed nursing home near my hometown. Waking up to this news earlier today was awful. 

[Ricofoley]

 

[Fizzzzle]

To anyone who might be saying "why didn't they have basements" - tornados are not really a common catastrophe in Kentucky. Kentucky is not flat. Usually tornadoes require a vast flat plain to form. That's why America and Australia are the only places in the planet where tornadoes regularly occur.

 

We've actually had "tornadoes" in Portland over the last decade. Not like serious shit, but they've happened.

 

Climate change.

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Six confirmed fatalities at the Amazon warehouse; however, as authorities have deemed that there is "no hope" of locating any more survivors, it's now a recovery operation.

[Air_Delivery]

28 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Six confirmed fatalities at the Amazon warehouse; however, as authorities have deemed that there is "no hope" of locating any more survivors, it's now a recovery operation.

I'm just happy Bezos had a sucessful space jerk off session. 

[Joe]

My man

 

 

[Jason]

 

[GeneticBlueprint]

7 hours ago, Fizzzzle said:

To anyone who might be saying "why didn't they have basements" - tornados are not really a common catastrophe in Kentucky. Kentucky is not flat. Usually tornadoes require a vast flat plain to form. That's why America and Australia are the only places in the planet where tornadoes regularly occur.

 

We've actually had "tornadoes" in Portland over the last decade. Not like serious shit, but they've happened.

 

Climate change.

 

Yup. There was one in SLC, a city surrounded by mountains, about 20 years ago.

[Air_Delivery]

3 hours ago, Jason said:

 

Does Rand Paul even try to explain his hypocrisy? 

[SuperSpreader]

I mean it sounds terrible but tie disaster relief to paid family leave and force McConnell and Paul. This is the only leverage you'll ever get. 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

15 hours ago, Fizzzzle said:

To anyone who might be saying "why didn't they have basements" - tornados are not really a common catastrophe in Kentucky. Kentucky is not flat. Usually tornadoes require a vast flat plain to form. That's why America and Australia are the only places in the planet where tornadoes regularly occur.

 

We've actually had "tornadoes" in Portland over the last decade. Not like serious shit, but they've happened.

 

Climate change.

 

Tornado activity can't really be linked to climate change at this point.

 

Also Western KY does have tornadoes commonly

Tornado Alley is an outdated concept, research shows - The Washington Post

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Twisters in the South and Southeast are just as common as in the Plains, and often more deadly.

 

From the article:

 

 

 

[Brian]

What garbage people run this country 

[CayceG]

This thing just straight up carved a path visible from space. 

 

 

[Mercury33]

Tornados can happen in hilly areas. They happen in the northeast more frequently than you’d think. They just typically can’t escalate to massively destructive levels without wide open spaces. The ones in the northeast can knock over trees and maybe rip a roof off but they can’t level buildings. 

[CayceG]

@SaysWho? can confirm, but yeah, the landscape doesn't mean shit for tornado prevention. 

 

It's all about warm air, instability in the atmosphere, and atmospheric shear. All of that can happen in a lot of places--most notably from the Great Plains all the way to the Appalachian Mountains. 

[Chris-]

10 hours ago, Mercury33 said:

Tornados can happen in hilly areas. They happen in the northeast more frequently than you’d think. They just typically can’t escalate to massively destructive levels without wide open spaces. The ones in the northeast can knock over trees and maybe rip a roof off but they can’t level buildings. 

 

The Mt Washington area of Pittsburgh had a really bad tornado about 20 years ago.

[Jason]

 

[brucoe]

On 12/11/2021 at 8:55 AM, Jason said:

Fake news. This is just a big gubbmint conspiracy to steal our freedumbs. Why should I have a tornado shelter when I've never died from a tornado before? Stay home if you're so scared! 

At least you have a gun to defend against any future tornadoes that occur.

[CitizenVectron]

1 hour ago, brucoe said:

At least you have a gun to defend against any future tornadoes that occur.

 

Don't give red states any ideas. They'll hire Elon Musk to build giant air cannons that will shoot a billion cubic meters of air towards tornados to divert them from towns. In the process they'll create even larger plow winds that will devastate other towns, but those other towns could have created their own anti-wind wind cannons to defend themselves. That's the free market.

[Firewithin]

4 hours ago, brucoe said:

At least you have a gun to defend against any future tornadoes that occur.

you will be glad you did when sharknados become real

[CitizenVectron]

 

 

 

[Keyser_Soze]

 

[Ricofoley]

Incredible picture

[Jason]

An Amazon driver was told she would be fired if she stopped delivering packages during tornado warnings: report

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The driver's supervisor said in a text that returning to the factory would "end with you not having a job come tomorrow morning," per Bloomberg.