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Weather Update
Feb. 25th, 2011 10:09 amRemember I mentioned Jim Cantore was in Memphis? He’s here in Kentucky now. Things are bad if we’ve made national news--they were discussing the storms on The Today Show. Including an Amish family in Graves County that had their buggy and four children wash away. People keep getting the numbers wrong. Three bodies were found, one hasn’t been, and the other three kids and their mother were safe. The Sherriff is being used as a go-between to ask the family questions, and let the reporters know how the search goes. He refuses to go home until the last child is found. The horse also died.
ETA: As of the noon news, the fourth body was found.
Local news is now trying to figure out a way to get bad weather reports to the Amish, since they obviously couldn’t have an emergency phone or weather radio. If they went door to door, by the time they reached one house things would either be over or horrible.
There was a place selling sheds. Well, they’re not selling them anymore, because those sheds are sprinkled in various places all over Paducah now, thanks to the wind. It was probably 80 mph, maybe more. One shed slammed down at the intersection in Lone Oak, which we have to use. They’re going to be cleaning it up soon. Last I heard, the stop lights were still out in that area. Some people lost power, but we just had the power dimming ten times like it was going to go out, but didn’t.
Jackson Street had water deep enough to float cars away last evening, but the water has gone down a bit now. O’Reilly’s (a car parts store around Lone Oak Road, near us) lost part of their roof. Someone’s car port blew away--someone on Facebook reported to the local news that they saw it fly by their window around 7 PM.
We didn't get the tornadoes, despite things changing every minute, and Jennifer Rukavina being run ragged trying to keep things updated. Murray got the tornadoes, I think I heard. I know students were sent to a kitchen for shelter.
On a lighter note, a rabbit wanted shelter from the storm. It's the same one that's been hanging around (he's smart, since Toby hasn't managed to eat him, and he hasn't been run over--he's the same one that ate Mom's vegetable garden when she tried to grow things) since around 2006, and lived through the ice storm. He's not afraid of people, but won't let anyone actually touch him. Dad stood at the door and watched him when it wasn't as windy. It glared at him, after moving from the porch to a position under a rose bush that didn't provide shelter. Dad shrugged, because he can't bring it in. It hopped away in obvious disgust.
ETA: As of the noon news, the fourth body was found.
Local news is now trying to figure out a way to get bad weather reports to the Amish, since they obviously couldn’t have an emergency phone or weather radio. If they went door to door, by the time they reached one house things would either be over or horrible.
There was a place selling sheds. Well, they’re not selling them anymore, because those sheds are sprinkled in various places all over Paducah now, thanks to the wind. It was probably 80 mph, maybe more. One shed slammed down at the intersection in Lone Oak, which we have to use. They’re going to be cleaning it up soon. Last I heard, the stop lights were still out in that area. Some people lost power, but we just had the power dimming ten times like it was going to go out, but didn’t.
Jackson Street had water deep enough to float cars away last evening, but the water has gone down a bit now. O’Reilly’s (a car parts store around Lone Oak Road, near us) lost part of their roof. Someone’s car port blew away--someone on Facebook reported to the local news that they saw it fly by their window around 7 PM.
We didn't get the tornadoes, despite things changing every minute, and Jennifer Rukavina being run ragged trying to keep things updated. Murray got the tornadoes, I think I heard. I know students were sent to a kitchen for shelter.
On a lighter note, a rabbit wanted shelter from the storm. It's the same one that's been hanging around (he's smart, since Toby hasn't managed to eat him, and he hasn't been run over--he's the same one that ate Mom's vegetable garden when she tried to grow things) since around 2006, and lived through the ice storm. He's not afraid of people, but won't let anyone actually touch him. Dad stood at the door and watched him when it wasn't as windy. It glared at him, after moving from the porch to a position under a rose bush that didn't provide shelter. Dad shrugged, because he can't bring it in. It hopped away in obvious disgust.