Tornadoes were the worst Kentucky has ever had. Lasted four hours and covered a couple hundred miles, on and off. Much worse in western KY where my wife’s family lives. Most of the footage I’ve seen is from a town called Mayfield (not to be confused with Maysville, which is where I live, and well over 300 miles away), which is maybe a half hour from them. By design or chance, they were in Memphis, so they missed it. All we got here was torrential rain and maybe 40 mph winds for most of the night.
One county (Warren) had 500 homes and 100 businesses destroyed. It’s one of the larger counties out there, home of Western Kentucky University and the Corvette Museum. Here’s a factoid. Several of the cars at the museum fell into a sinkhole a few years back, but were recovered. That region is “karstic” with lots of porous limestone, and close to Mammoth Cave.
At last count, over 70 lives lost in total (as of yesterday evening, I haven’t checked today. A very rough night, but I don’t personally know anyone who was affected.
