We're still good here at ZVTS HQ here in northern Kentucky, but a bit south of me, several homes were destroyed and 3 people were killed in neighboring Kenton County. The devastation is pretty awful, not like Joplin last year or Tuscaloosa, but still the footage coming in is just heartbreaking. One of my co-workers' homes was damaged but she and her family are otherwise unharmed.
Maybe 15,000 people are without power at this point. It's pretty bad. One woman was impaled in the storm. You forget that you live in tornado alley, Ohio and Kentucky aren't really considered "tornado country" the way Oklahoma or Nebraska or Missouri is. We got an ugly reminder today.
Wasn't just here, either. Southern Indiana was hit pretty hard, as was northern Alabama. Something like one of the top 5 worst days for tornadoes in US history. It was just frightening driving home today, the sky was black and it was pouring, and then it cleared up and it was brightly sunny by the time I got home. I knew any storm where the clouds that had been there all day were pushed out that quickly had to have been a freight train rolling, and sure enough at least 3 tornadoes touched down.
Needless to say, the Cincinnati Tri-State Red Cross definitely could use your help. Thanks.
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