Juliett Bravo Kilo
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I remember when damage aerials of Hackleburg used to be available on YouTube and they produced a similar feeling, nothing but miles upon miles of high-end devastation. Of course, the Tri-State is more impressive as it was likely at F5 intensity for 150+ miles, even Hackleburg can't compare to that.There's a (relatively) high-quality version of the aerial video that's been image-stabilized that really brings out a lot more detail. Unfortunately, the website that had it disappeared years ago and I haven't been able to find it anywhere else since. Wish I'd had a way to download it back then.
It does reinforce the scale of the disaster, though. We're sort of accustomed to seeing a few miles' worth of total destruction, but not mile after mile after mile. And then you realize even the aerial footage only covers a small portion of the total path, and the intensity of the damage was seemingly almost constant from start to finish. It's hard to wrap your head around.