Gail
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TOG near New Site, MS heading towards Tishomingo. Matt Laubhan (our local met) is live on FB.
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Severe WX December 10 & 11, 2021 Severe Threat
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Jpgood97
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Keldeo
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Live about half an hour ago. That video of the candle factory a few posts back shook me: "mass casualties," indeed.
I have seen some tweets criticizing him for not giving specific emergency instructions, phone numbers, shelters, and the like. The disaster is so widespread, though; it's bigger than a typical weather event. Local emergency managers are doing that. Looks to me like Kentucky is going with the same type of crisis communication that volcanologists recommend for managing their eruption crises, for example, giving an overview of the threat situation, telling people exactly what is being done, and reassuring everybody they will get by it. All this, through a single source, in this case, the governor. It's a real good way to keep the public calm and up to date, and to help them deal with it all.
On La Palma, local government says "Stronger than the volcano." Here, it's good old US common sense, grit, neighborly aid, and "Kentucky Strong" (and Arkansas, and Tennessee, and everywhere else that the tornadoes have touched).
I have seen some tweets criticizing him for not giving specific emergency instructions, phone numbers, shelters, and the like. The disaster is so widespread, though; it's bigger than a typical weather event. Local emergency managers are doing that. Looks to me like Kentucky is going with the same type of crisis communication that volcanologists recommend for managing their eruption crises, for example, giving an overview of the threat situation, telling people exactly what is being done, and reassuring everybody they will get by it. All this, through a single source, in this case, the governor. It's a real good way to keep the public calm and up to date, and to help them deal with it all.
On La Palma, local government says "Stronger than the volcano." Here, it's good old US common sense, grit, neighborly aid, and "Kentucky Strong" (and Arkansas, and Tennessee, and everywhere else that the tornadoes have touched).
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Keldeo
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akt1985
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The squall line is almost to Huntsville. The big Rocket City Marathon has been cancelled but there are hopes the half-marathon can be run later this morning. https://www.waff.com/2021/12/11/rocket-city-marathon-cancelled/
locomusic01
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My goodness. The sun hasn't even come up yet and some of the scenes out of Mayfield are just horrific. Few shots (appeared to be near Mayfield Consumer Products, I think) showed some high-end vehicle damage, shredded low-lying vegetation, etc.
warneagle
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SPC has caught some flak the last couple of years, but they did a good job with this one. Basically all of the significant severe reports were within the ENH area. They probably could have moved the MDT further east, but both of the long-trackers originated within the MDT area.
warneagle
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Obviously we don't know about the construction of these homes yet, but the EF5 drought might be over.
SilentShadow87
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To be fair a lot of us thought that about Chapman as well. Personally I still say Chapman definitely should have been rated EF5 - it was clearly more violent than, say, Greensburg for instance.
Casuarina Head
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Gail
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Casuarina Head
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Massive debarking and possible ground scouring
Gail
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This is so heartbreaking seeing the damage pics this morning. It’s a worst case situation - devastating tornado in the middle of the night.
akt1985
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Fatalities confirmed at the collapsed Amazon Warehouse Collapse east of Saint Louis.
www.stltoday.com
Tornadoes in St. Louis area leave at least 7 people dead
Authorities say there are six confirmed deaths at the Amazon fulfillment center near Edwardsville. A woman also died in St. Charles County.
SilentShadow87
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My god, this is just horrific. My heart goes out to everyone affected.
Honestly I wonder if the lull there's been in deadly outbreaks for the past several years contributed. I mean with the exceptions of 4/12 last year and 3/3/19, there's definitely been a major down trend in tornado-related deaths and injuries, and so outbreaks haven't really made the news as much and haven't been on the forefront of the average person's mind for a while. I wonder if that might have led to a bit of a cry-wolf/false alarm effect.
locomusic01
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Casuarina Head
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Chris Jackson’s live feed is showing some extreme debarking and shredding of both mature trees and low-lying vegetation. Ground scouring is clear, too.
locomusic01
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Trying to get a bit of work done so I haven't had time to look around much, but I'm pretty concerned about the Princeton area, too. Based on the radar last night, at least, it sure looked like the tornado tore directly through a pretty large development on the southern edge of town.
