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Severe WX December 10 & 11, 2021 Severe Threat

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).
 
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The building itself is more like two thirds the size and half the height (of the Wrangler factory) looking at Google Earth and street view imagery.
 
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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.
 
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.

 
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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.
 
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.
 
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