Quad State Supercell- Lasting Implications from a Once In A Lifetime Tornado
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00:00- 03:55 Introduction
03:56 - 06:11 Meteorology
06:12 - 15:23 Outbreak Begins
15:24 - 23:12 Second Touchdown
23:13 - 24:13 Total Stats
24:14 - 30:35 Immediate Aftermath and Media
30:36 - 36:50 MCP Lawsuit
36:51 - 44:14 Amazon Lawsuit
44:15 - 46:16 Mental Impacts
46:17 - 55:04 Mental Health Implications and Rebuilding
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It needs to be made clear in law that if a tornado warning is active and an employee wishes to leave but management will not allow them to, then management is FULLY liable for the events that follow.
or at least mandate that if an employee is not allowed to leave that they have a shelter that could withstand the worst of the worst if employees are not allowed to leave basically making it safer to stay and shelter in place.
Although knowing amazon, they would tell people to keep working while the building is collapsing
Just go home and press lawsuits later
@codygrimes6157
It's a shame that not everyone has the resources to file lawsuits, and the people most impacted by these kinds of management decisions are the ones that can least afford to lose their jobs. If the storm misses their place of employment, they're still fired anyway.
I work 38 miles away from my home. If such a weather catastrophe were to occur while I was at work, there would be no way I could make it home in time. I would have to stay and shelter in place, even if we were given permission to leave without consequence. Our workplace does have an underground place to shelter if needed, and we are not even in a state where tornadoes happen very much at all (northern AZ). We were allowed to leave work early for snow though several times over the years, and advised not to come in if it was snowing. (Jan Griffiths).
you don’t have to make it home, you have get get out of its way, how many 20 mile wide tornadoes have you heard of?
My 20 year old daughter was in the Amazon facility when the tornado hit. The disaster/tornado plan at the facility was haphazard at best. The facility has since been repaired and during the rebuild process it was assumed they were going to do a better job at making dedicated shelter areas within the facility. Before the tornado there were bathrooms that were to be used as shelters, but they were in no way safe, and not easy to access depending on where you worked within the building. After the rebuild, they in fact DIDN'T plan for better shelters. My daughter decided to take a pay cut and leave her relatively well paying job due to a complete disregard for worker safety. She felt safer working at Jimmy John's than that huge glorified shed.
I'd feel safer in a restaurant too, the walk in cooler is usually a safe place to take shelter.
Jeff has more important things to buy like huge yatchs that are great for the environment.
@@davidpawson7393Jeff Bezos may very well be one of those two whom the Lord says: "My son, in your life you had your good things, and Lazarus (the beggar) had bad things..."
Its not like that freak Bezos couldnt afford to build better shelters in facilities and into existing ones for ttb ne hat matter. He is a greedy little troll who will pay when he meets his maker. Sorry for the miserablness here but that dude deserves nothing but the worst life has to offer
Bezos is such an evil man, and there are so many who aspire to be just like him.
The natural disasters of our time will be highlighted by the heartless reaction of monsters who sell their humanity for a green piece of paper.
I survived that tornado working at the MCP candle factory ,i was working at line 2 making boxes when the second shift warning was issued ! We all went to the bathrooms until the building collapsed ! I got stuck under 5 feet of rubble and it was imposible for me to move because of all the heavy stuff that i had over me ! a lady from Guatemala was over my right leg making it even more difficult to move, after 3 hours i was finally found !
Omg, I'm so sorry you had to go thru that. I can only imagine what you went thru. I'm thankful you're ok and hope they will put storm shelters in these places where tornadoes are a normal where they are located.
That would be horrific and a fear I've have. The thoughts of being trapped under something or even a tight space freaks me out. My chest is getting tight now just reading what you went thru and thinking about it. Claustrophobia is a witch and in my case it isn't getting better.
I am grateful that you were able to make it out alive!
Barely made it out from delivering there right before it hit
Still bullshit they wouldn't let yall or the people over in Edwardsville leave
The law ought to mandate tornado shelters be built for any large workplace in tornado country.
I went to Mayfield to help with disaster relief from Dec 17-22. The first time being there was a punch to the gut and I've never looked at tornadoes in the same way. One of my biggest memories is that you could smell the Christmas scented candles in the air near the factory. I still can't smell Christmas scents without thinking about Mayfield.
Scents can imprint themselves deeply whether associated with good or bad memories and will stick with us forever. I doubt you'll ever smell Christmas scents and not immediately think of Mayfield. That's tragic.
@@SentientDMTthis just made me so sad for the people who were trapped in the factory. As horrible as I'm sure it was to see it, imagine having a near death experience followed by hours of terror, all while smelling Christmas smells... :/ I think that would ruin Christmas for me forever.
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@@poonlenghenryyap2923 You're a false prophet. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved
I live in Bowling Green, but was in Martha's Vineyard for Christmas/work. So much devastation across Kentucky. I went to bed Friday night knowing that it was going to storm; but I never expected the extent of the damage and loss of life. I'm so sorry for those who lost family, property, and the security they had in their community. Words can not express how thankful we are for everyone that helped. Our family was spared any devastation, but many weren't. Just know that we will never forget you.
No one else does the human interest side of tornado recaps as well as you do. You've made this format your own. Super work. You bring intelligence, beauty, genuine respect and empathy to your presentation. Wishing you continued success with your channel, and your public awareness work via the Y'all Squad.
Agreed!! I love her videos
agree! She is underrated and the best in this genre
I was astonished that employees at some of the warehouses were not allowed their phones and had to continue to work through the storm despite saftey concerns... Terrible
I remember crying and praying in the bathtub not knowing the tornado had passed only a few miles from my town. Most terrified I've ever been. It took me a very long time to sleep well, and to this day I cannot stomach any storm. After that I don't play games with them. If we're under a threat, I keep track, as we all should. Thanks for your respectful coverage, keep up the good work !!
Never dig a tornado shelter! Just cry and bathtub hug.
@@JohnnyDanger36963 yeah sure give me the money and I'll get right to it
Thank you for your in-depth look at this.
I lost my niece in Mayfield across the street from the candle factory.
Her husband and 5 children survived this tragedy. So much loss and recovery even 2 years on. God bless all that were effected.
May her memory be a blessing.
i was in nebraska working at a daycare on this day. we shut down and called families to immediately have them retrieve their children by 2pm. it’s insane to me, we weren’t even in the path. those businesses that have lawsuits should have, and did know the circumstances. thankful to have worked at a place that placed our safety higher than income.
This was an absolutely insane storm. the tornado in Northwest Indiana threw my grill about 300 yards into this field behind my house. A December tornado this far north was certainly a surprise. This was the storm system that really started me really trying to learn about tornado's as they are absolutely horrifying.
Wow maybe you can get some of the relief funding for your grill
Me too. Before this, I laughed off every time a family member would contact me and warn me of a storm. But this was the one... even during the tornadoes (around 2am for me), I didn't pay them much mind and didn't even bother sheltering at first at work. But after driving home that morning (Bowling Green ky) and having to drive past wrecked houses and and around and even under countless downed power lines... it changed my mind lol
I was thoroughly weirded out by the heightened tornado risk that day, and I was amazed to see the news of the tornado in Northwest Indiana touch down. So close to me! (I am about an hour west of you in Illinois)
@@stephencampbell2735 really sobering
@@pauldee1577 it was so sudden too
Thank you for your respectful reporting. You are an amazing historian, speaker, weather person, etc. You have so many talents. I look forward to seeing more of your videos, and your work with the Y'All Squad. (Congrats to that!)
Thank you so much Jackie, that is so kind and generous of you! I am looking forward to being active more on here again and providing you guys with more content ❤❤❤
I concur 🩷👍
Houses in Mayfield were often rickety old dwellings, but the ones out on the lake were brand new, well-built custom homes. Yet both were equally devastated. STRONG storm.
Building codes mean very little when you're framing everything with young growth soft wood. Well built older homes are always stronger than new construction. Codes are catered to the guys building spec homes, and they are not interested in building houses to last a century.
Watched this event on Ryan Hall’s channel the hook on that storm was insane. Regardless EF4/ EF5 debate, I firmly believe Ryan and his stream saved lives that night. He’ll tell you that’s the purpose of the stream. Heartbreaking for those affected, I hope they find peace, in dealing with this catastrophe.
Same here I was watching him and N8 Snyder’s stream. Thing had a radar velocity of 307 mph as it was approaching Breman. Just an absolute Monster
Diddo
@@luv2luv720 diddy doo
Imagine leaving your loved one in a shelter home.
That's the saddest part of this tragedy
Ditto. This was, BTW, the night I first discovered Ryan Hall.
Kentuckian here, I travel for work and happened to be home when this storm came through. I feel our governor did a fantastic job responding to this disaster. I also remember feeling a weird change in the air around 8pm. Yes I was in Louisville, but something felt off and “not right”. I knew this was coming but I couldn’t have prepared for how devastating this would be. This was a hard to watch, but thank you for covering this.
The government is good in providing relief in natural disasters
Also that’s kinda scary with you being able to predict something as bad as that
@@Joshua429Not when you're really effected by energy changes and the likes and understand them. Especially the ones that it has been occurring all or most of their lives and they pay attention, plus learn what it means.
I live in Bowling Green, and I agree with you wholeheartedly. I am a Republican on paper, but Andy Beshear earned my respect with how he handled this and the deadly floods in Eastern Kentucky. That man was on the ground immediately and made sure that the people were taken care of. As long as he wants to remain governor, he has my vote. I'm not trying to make this political, but it's rare that any politican, of any party, goes to the extent that Beshear did.
@@ApostateApostrophe42276
I also believe that it was personal for Gov. Beshear because I believe that he had relatives that were affected by this tornado. You can correct me if I’m wrong.
You mentioned PTSD toward the end of your video. A relative and Vietnam veteran, after talking in depth to him told me that I had been suffering from PTSD and that it was unfortunate that I had not seemed help. There is no need to get into details. We had spoke for two days about one year after I witnessed the tornado that had caused much destruction and death in my hometown.
I told him I thought that only happened to combat veterans. The personal results to me was the loss of a good job, a years long marriage and the loss of inspiration and motivation. I don't know, maybe it was my own fault. I wrote a short poem about that day months later. For anyone who cares this is that poem, if it doesn't get ghosted by TH-cam.
Oh sweet Spring with your dark ,
with unholy hands to tear a hole in my soul.
All I've been taught and preached you show to be a lie,
and give me emptiness to hold.
A dying child to look upon you teach me,
beauty is an illusion and truth is cold.
Oh sweet Spring with your dark gift,
to teach me lessons of old.
Gary L. Lawson
Thank you for sharing your poem
Thank you Joshua. I reposted the poem a couple minutes after this because I didn't write all the words in it correctly. In case you want to look at it.@@joshuaboulee8190
thank you for sharing Gary. I hope things are going better for you.
That poem is full of sad beauty, and along with the rest of your post it describes the depression that is part of PTSD perfectly.
If you have access to any kind of mental health treatment where you live, I highly recommend looking into Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; it's what's used by many countries' armed forces to treat veterans with PTSD. I may be biased since I'm a therapist, but I've also lived through it myself, and I know that it's hell. Please take good care of yourself, and know that life does get better again. As an old favourite song says, "It can't rain all the time."
@@thing_under_the_stairs Thank you for your kind words. That means a lot to me.
I tracked the storm from the beginning to nearly its end, I will never forget this supercell. This thing was freaking insane for december
One of the ugliest and nastiest Tornado families ever recorded
Google maps went over this area with their satellites shortly after the storm and it's absolutely haunting to see the destruction from above, then zoom down to street view and see what was there before. Especially in Mayfield, there are wide areas where you can just see that nothing is left.
Excellent coverage of this horrible storm, keep up the good work.
Agreed that they were very quick on updating the overhead imagery, but as a minor point most of their North American imagery is from survey airplanes. It’s cheaper and much more flexible than trying to use actual satellites.
@@bryonmorgan5208 oooh i didn't know that, thanks! That's neat (and makes a lot of sense).
@@bryonmorgan5208 especially dince satalites are blimps very hard to kerp position and must be refueled. Nasa is #1in helium purchases.
I was shocked when I heard this was rated EF4. There were numerous pictures where I couldn't, and still can't, fathom how ANYONE walked away alive if they weren't underground.
I also hope a study is done to find out why this storm was so fatal. In my opinion, I think the "these awful things happen to others and not me" idea is getting out of hand. Which I think might have been the cause of the managers at the candle factory having the attitude they did. If the alleged comment about "welcome to Kentucky" is true, I think it shows that people just don't get the fact that we're all at the mercy of these storms if we're in their path. We see them all the time and we see the destruction, but people don't understand until they *_SEE_* it with their own eyes. I hope that the tragedies there caused the improvements in the training and severe weather response in many other workplaces, as well as changed the way other local communities view and prepare for storms.
Great video as always. The amount of compassion and grace you have is unmatched. Missed your videos, especially the retrospect ones. Congratulations on rejoining the Y'all squad team!
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EF3's and 4's have probably killed a much larger percentage of people compared to significantly rarer EF5's...
The high-end EF4 rating for the Western Kentucky tornado was mainly due to poor construction of buildings and a lack of strict EF5 DIs for vegetation and lack of any DIs for vehicles. I think the next EF update will allegedly address the lack of vehicle DIs, but more vegetation DIs are needed in the future too.
Contextual vegetation damage and unsurveyed vegetation damage does strongly suggest the Western Kentucky tornado was of at least 205mph EF5 strength; and it was likely 210mph EF5 strength or stronger. Some of the vegetation damage I've seen from Western Kentucky strongly reminded me of the Philadelphia, MS EF5 from the Super Outbreak, only somehow worse in a few cases.
It had verified gate to gate sheer of over 300mph. It just didn’t have any verified ef5 damage. Iow as far as intensity it was an ef5.
@@Thicc_Cheese_Dipou’re absolutely right. Multiple times it had radar measurements over 250 mph including one of 307 mph. This was an F5 Tornado no doubt about it. Right up there with Phil Campbell/Philadelphia/Smithville 2011. Deep ground scouring too ?
@@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356the poor construction of buildings led to that rating. It was an F5 no doubt.
For Kentucky I myself can say no one thought a December storm was unheard of. Not only that a tornado hitting Mayfield was even more so unheard of. It was just crippling an with it being so late at night no one really paid attention to the warnings. I was within 10 miles of it (near Benton) and when it passed even that far away it just got so so quiet the rain stopped everything just stopped.
You can't say that no one paid attention to the warnings. They absolutely did.
I was there. People were paying attention.
Thank you so much for showing some representation for Dawson Springs, so much of the media is focused on the tragic events in Mayfield that they miss Dawson Springs entirely. After living through this and being one of the few "lucky" ones, my heart goes out to everyone that was involved in this horrific storm.
I appreciate that you talk about those that were injured. Like you said, we're not talking cuts and bruises.
I miss old Mayfield very much. I can't believe how much it has been damaged. You cannot bring back the old things. When they are gone they are gone.
I wish you would have spoken more about the devastation in my hometown of Dawson Springs, there wasn’t as much total damage as mayfield because the town is very very small but percentage wise it was probably 50% of the town impacted and it may never be able to recover due to losing so many of its affordable housing options and apartments
I live right outside of Dawson Springs KY which was utterly decimated. People only mention and GAF about Mayfield, though Dawson and Bremen got the hardest hit, at its max intensity. Even in this video, it's the "mayfield" tornado apparently. I'm glad Mayfield got a tremendous amount of help, but due to the intense coverage and main focus on mayfield, Dawson and other towns that got hit even harder did not recieve as much help. Thanks to things like this. It missed my double wide by 3/4ths of a mile and my grandmothers double wide by even less than that. The areas around here that got hit, you still can *distinctively* see the scars in the Earth of that dreadful night. Ill never forget that super eerie, surreal, calm even, right before it passed by. The smell, the feel, the atmosphere, the sirens going off on repeat, the low grumbling roar that got louder and louder. Knowing that people are currently losing their livelihood and lives just a mile in front of me. Impossible to put the feeling into accurate words.
I lost my dad that night. He lived in Dawson Springs, KY. It still is unbelievable to me. My heart will never be not broken.
I had moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in November of 2019. While I live in the central part of the state, I recall this event vividly, as my home was struck by strong winds and throughout the night that physically shook the house. I was terrified throughout the night.
Welcome back Carly! Missed your videos! This was one of the rare tornado events that got documented on British TV, it was heart wrenching to hear how many families were effected right before Christmas
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Didn't know that's a thing over there
Anomalous.
Thank you for the content. A close friend worked in the Amazon warehouse and happened to not be present on the day of the of the event. I was living outside of Edwardsville and attending the college at the time.
What’s insane to me is that some people in the area still believed in 1970s myths that tornadoes wouldn’t hit E-ville because of elevation differences with the surrounding areas.
Thank you for keeping the history alive for all of these important events Carly!
holy cow Josh THANK YOU, you did not need to be so generous!! I am so thankful for anyone who just takes time out of their day to watch the videos. I will do my absolute best to keep working hard on documenting! ❣❣
@@carlyannawxI love your videos
This is one that I will personally never forget. I had only been a Mod on Ryan's channel a short time before Dec.10 and this was the first time I modded during such an Historic event. I remember watching this tornado form in Arkansas on the radar, and trying so hard to keep everyone in chat as informed as we could - and calm. As pictures started coming in (before it even hit Mayfield) we already knew this was a significantly dangerous tornado. I remember watching it wrap up on radar, seeing the debris signature, and just knowing there were going to be lives lost. After it hit Mayfield we started seeing pictures of the candle factory and my heart just sank. We've had a lot of tornado events since Mayfield, and I don't want to take away from their significance to the people they affected, but Mayfield was the most intensely stressful I've ever felt during one of Ryan's streams. EF4 or EF5 doesn't really matter much to the people that lost loved ones, and/or lost everything they owned.... it was a killer tornado either way. Thank you for everything you do Carly, you know I love and respect you so much - and it's great to have you back on Ryan's team! I hope you will keep doing these videos because these events are important for us to know, learn from, and remember. ❤
Martin, TN resident. Two tornadoes missed us, one to the north (mayfield) one to the south (Dresden) it could have very well been us! My barber lives in mayfield he said it will take about 10 years for mayfield to fully rebuild and that candle factory was already mismanaged. I know people personally that worked there and oh my goodness I could write a book! Glad to still be here it was a unpleasant night!
YES! This is exactly what I needed today. My car is messed up and I'm sick af and things just aren't going good, but a new Carly video always helps me feel better. When I go to my infusion appointments I've got a whole playlist of your videos and I watch them with the nurses. 🙂
I have been binge watching Pecos Hank`s videos and I was wondering about you the past couple of days and lo and behold you posted a video today. Thank you for all your extremely well thought out and professional videos. I honestly believe if you think about someone enough they will show up in one way shape or form. God bless you.
This cell passed over my house here in N. KY, after the tornado lifted. That night was terrifying seeing the storm just keep going and knowing that there were no storms infront to stop it.
People here were even planning to evacuate a full hour infront of this thing before it dissipated. No joke. EVERYONE out here was watching this thing get closer. Everyone.
There were people in CINCINNATI watching this storm and making plans.
Thanks for sharing this! Really need to improve workplace and home safety against adverse weather. In the 2020s - no one should be injured or killed due to extreme weather! Thank you for what you do with the Ya'll Squad and Ryan's Team!
Carly this is one incredible documentary, thank you for covering this tragic event in such detail. As a survivor of the Mayfield tornado this video hits home with me in a special place
The Western KY Tornado was easily an F5 Storm in my opinion. I’ve been waiting for an in depth documentary on this outbreak and as usual, Carly knocked it out of the Park. Worst part was I woke up that morning seeing the SPC upgrade to the moderate risk and I just knew for some reason an F4/F5 was gonna happen just had that sinking feeling in my stomach. And sadly it happened and people were killed. Also can’t forget about the F3’s one that hit Defiance, MO, Edwardsville, IL that hit the Amazon warehouse and the Bowling Green tornado. Absolutely a crazy and devastating outbreak. Prayers to the family’s effected. You killed it Carly keep the great content coming.
We live in Hopkinsville and was watching this live in Ryan's stream when it happened, we ended up having to shelter when the F3 that hit Bowling Green came through just south of here. It was a truly terrifying night. My sons are in the high school archery team here and we had a tournament in Mayfield last year, which would be the first time I've seen EF4 damage in person. Even a year later it was still shocking seeing the slabs where houses were, the trees that were left in half and de-barked. The last time I saw damage from a violent tornado was when I was 16 and the EF5 hit Lawrence County in Tennessee. Watched it pass about 5 miles away, but the damage was all rural and wasn't as impactful at this one, even if it ultimately wasn't EF5. I think another point that was argued was the radar indicated wind speeds were within EF5 range, but as we know that isn't accounted for in ratings, BUT while I was at the storm chaser convention in Indiana last year the head of the NWS office in Louisville actually went over this storm and told us that with the advancements in radar tech that is rolling out that radar indicated wind speeds will be accurate enough to start factoring into ratings and that a new EF-based rating system was being trialed.
Thank you for bringing this topic back to the forefront. We can never forget the people of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, and of course W Ky.
Congratulations and best wishes on your venture with Ryan Hall and his team! Thank you for another excellent video, I hope in regard to the lawsuits the victims and/or their families sue the d@#%&*@t out of these corporations! There is no excuse other than corporate greed to not have sent people home with as much notice there was in regard to a severe event taking place this happens way too often. Thank you once again for a stellar presentation.
Corporate greed at its finest!😢
It's especially disgusting that these business owners don't have storm shelters in their flimsy, cheap, sheet-metal buildings loaded with cheap employees. They simply value dollars more than human lives. The fact that Dollar General builds a bazillion of these crappy buildings out in rural towns of tornado alley with no storm shelter installed is bat-shit crazy. They can afford it with ease, especially since they keep their stores so understaffed that a pretty small shelter would do!
My mom lives just south of Mayfield in Paris, Tennessee, and in order to visit her from where I live in Chicago I have to drive right through Mayfield. A couple weeks after the tornado I drove down to visit her for Christmas. It was nighttime when we came in, and Mayfield was still closed off, but we could see all the tree damage on the outskirts of town. I'll never forget seeing one tree that had been completely uprooted and tossed completely intact into the top of another tree.
When we returned home, Mayfield had reopened and I was in complete shock at the damage. I knew EF4 damage was bad, but I wasn't expecting to see anything like that. Bare slabs right on the main road. Trees that were shredded down to a stump. Chunks of brick torn out of the city hall. I remember there was one building that had only a tiny little interior room left on a bare foundation. People often say that "it looks like a bomb went off" after a tornado, and I realized that was actually quite close to the truth. Some of what I saw, especially the damage to the downtown area, reminded me of pictures of Stalingrad.
The first tornado was also very surreal, as although I did not witness the damage there, I had just been in Tiptonville on a guided fishing trip 9 months earlier. The little cabin I had stayed in that March weekend ceased to exist after December 10th, tossed into the lake by the tornado. I even ate at that restaurant one night. I'm so glad that the nice old lady who runs the place that I stayed at survived the tornado, although sadly not everyone in the town was so lucky.
The mayfield twister was an ef5. The NOAA and NWS rated this tornado poorly.
I remember when this happened. I had JUST bought and moved in to my house in the Cincinnati area maybe a month prior and that coupled with my fear of nocturnal tornadoes, I didn't sleep at ALL while this was going on. The morning after when reports started coming in were surreal to say the least.
I’m so glad you covered this one!! This storm was insane and the coverage was excellent. The head meteorologist in your open coverage clips was running a fever while he was on air from what I understand. That’s James Spann level dedication
Max Olson's footage of the Mayfield, KY tornado is the most eerie I've ever seen. You can just see the very large tornado heading straight for the community in the middle of the night and many of them had no clue at all. Makes you feel helpless and even though people are fascinated by weather, there is a very dark side to it and Mayfield was the darkest it's ever been that morning
Thank you, Carly. This was very well done. You are a class act.
i’m from the mayfield area (grew up in graves county) and it still feels like this happened like yesterday. we were lucky with where we live now was missed by them, and I am very lucky that my family were safe and unharmed by this tornado. sadly, though, i did know someone who passed in the candle factory. i went to high school with him
How did he die?
You do such a wonderful job with these. Loved seeing back on Ryan's team. Hope he gives your channel a full plug soon you deserve it.
Your videos have gotten better & better. Hopefully people in your position can make a career out of this. Your content is excellent and I really enjoy it! Thx
I have insane amout of respect for your work. Here in Poland we don't see nados very often, or burritos like yt is transctipting the voice of Pecos Hank ;)
Your material on European tornadoes and when you mentioned Polish places with very good pronunciation was so heartwarming for me!
I'm always waiting for your videos, like i'm waiting for Jordan Hall forecasts, so seeing you cooperate with the squad is amazing!
I love your reliability and solid preparations.
Hi from Virginia. Like you, I am a devotee of Carly Anna's documentaries. You may have meant Ryan Hall, who has the Ryan Hall Y'All TH-cam channel and co-founder of the Y'All Squad. Jordan Hall, Zack Hall, and Chris Hall are Storm Chasers. Carly used Jordan Hall's drone footage in this video. To my surprise, Jordan, Zack, and Chris are not relatives of Ryan. I may have missed other Hall Chasers. 😄
@@H.O.P.E.1122 i'm sorry you are right I meant Ryan
@@H.O.P.E.1122 thank you, greetings from Poland ! 🤝
Pecos Hank should start a Tex-Mex place with all those burritos.
Carly I love your videos and you truly are the best at what you do. I have always hoped someone would document the Texas tornado outbreak of 05-08-1995. Pampa, Allison, and Kellerville. These tornadoes are not well known to many people unfortunately, probably because they didn't cause many fatalities, but each one is truly awe in inspiring in the amount of power it has. Each storm ended up being F4, but this rating is extremely controversial and many like myself believe they were worthy of a 5. Anyway if you could ever do these forgotten tornadoes they would finally get the attention they deserve.
Amazing video! Definitely a study in weather behavior, as well as human behavior. The are so many talking points and perspectives with a tragedy like this, that it brings to light just how much we still have to learn.
It's good that you allow time before talking about these storms, I think it's respectful to allow time to pass, many people directly involved have to deal with trauma and the emotions they go through. Love your channel, very intelligent and excellent commentary.
It’s so heart wrenching to read those texts about the storm.
I worked at a factory ran by some greedy folks. I only recall one tornado warning, and there was confusion. It was fortunate there was never a tornado with this storm. The plant never replaced our safety guy after he left; I had talked to him previously about tornado plans and he had gotten us weather radios, and that was about it. Not a plan, but a precaution. That radio was helpful, though; it was the only reason I even knew about the storm (I’m not a phone person).
Everyone kept working after I told them what was up, maybe not realizing the danger since our area doesn’t get many twisters, so I went to the supervisor and told him what was going on, and was largely ignored. I went out to the shipping dock and watched the clouds pulling in two directions (not safe, I know, but I was trying to get at least one department to take it seriously). Finally we were called to the designated shelter, but the word was passed on by word of mouth, even though the plant had a designated alarm to seek shelter.
Well, we got to the shelter about ten minutes after the storm passed, and also consider the warning was issued several minutes in advance. To finish this lengthy story, they posted the tornado plan on the bulletin boards two days later, and in typical corporate fashion, backdated it three days.
Thank you for covering the mental trauma caused by surviving these devastating storms. 4 generations of my family live in Marshal Co. Kentucky. A cousin's in-laws home took a direct hit. The adults all piled their bodies on top of their ten year old son/grandson to protect him from debris. They all suffer from long lasting emotional trauma.
I live in extreme southern Illinois about 50 miles north of Mayfield as the crow flies and about 90 miles south of Edwardsville and even if you hadn't heard a thing concerning the weather, which of course everyone had heard for at least three days before hand from NWS and local meteorologists giving the alert that severe weather was going to happen in this area, you could just feel it in the air that December day. I'm raised in this area and it is not so uncommon to have bad weather occasionally during the winter season but that day was definitely different! It absolutely felt like a day in mid May! My daughter and her family live in Murray, KY. and i also have kin in Calvert City and i had talked to them all that day about having their plan for tornado safety ready to go for that night. Thankfully everyone in my friends and family were not directly affected by that monster tornado. Here in my immediate area we have dodged some major severe weather events over the last few years and i just wonder when the odds will no longer be in our favor, after all this is the area the infamous Tri-State tornado occurred. I suppose all you can do is be prepared and ready to implement your tornado safety plan and always pay attention to the weather forecasts and ALWAYS respect mother nature!
My sister, brother and in laws live in Edwardsville. I visit often, so I had weather alerts on for them. While I was enjoying dinner in SWMO post-finals, I got a tornado warning for Edwardsville. I called my brother, and he had no idea. When he called my sister (who was in Pennsylvania at the time), the power had gone out, and shortly after, cell service went out for him. He went down into the basement after securing the animals in their safe space, and waited. Their house was only a mile away from the Amazon Dist. Center; but they weren’t hit. A few days later I was out in Edwardsville for Christmas break, and I drove past the Amazon center… utterly horrific.
You do a very good job with these tornado documentaries. I've learned a lot about tornadoes growing up, but I've never seen documentaries like the ones you've published.
Most homes in the southern midwest and deep south do not have full basements due to lack of freezing and deep frost lines. Without a basement, if the tornado is powerful enough to sweep the from the foundation there isn't much you can do...unless you have an in-ground storm shelter. That being said, we know a couple that moved near Joplin from up north many years ago, they built a new home with a foundation. They took a direct hit from the Joplin F5...it wiped the home from the foundation and sucked them both from the basement and they perished. Not much can save from an F5 except a small in-ground storm shelter with a reinforced door.
In regards to the Amazon situation, I remember clearly from the 20 Minutes in May video how much the emergency manager for Joplin said he hated tilt-up construction. While I don't think there's another easy replacement to that construction method, I think better storm shelters in these build-types should be _mandatory._ I'm also not surprised many of these warehouse/manufacturing jobs had an atmosphere of glibness with the severity of the event. The "Welcome to Kentucky" was _very_ but not all that surprising. I know that I don't mind waiting an extra day for an Amazon delivery if it means the employees can take a safe day or afternoon. I ALSO am under _no_ delusion that I could very well be the exception to the rule. People nowadays have _no_ patience and you just _know_ they'd get wrecked on social media if they closed and then nothing happened. It's gross. I hate it. As always, this was a lovely video and congratulations on your new work!
i love your compassionate and empathetic storytelling. i remember this tornado because i was up feeling crappy after a vaccination, and i was riveted by what happened. i couldn't believe that the candle factory situation had happened. what the actual fuxk. anyways thanks for great content every video Carly, you're the coolest.
December 10th is my birthday, I had no idea this ever happened. Hope everyone who survived is alive and well, and helping each other through the inevitable lasting trauma
I was in the Bowling Green tornado. Not directly hit my home but it still hit my city. While I’ve been in tornado warnings, I’ve never been in one where a tornado had hit my city directly. I’ll never forget the damage I saw. I cant even imagine what Mayfield had to go through.
Was just coming to say this, I remember the phone alert hitting right as my mother woke us all up at 1:30. I had just graduated from the community college literally 12 hours before and was able to see the part of the GM plant on fire from my house. Going to work right by Magnolia and that whole area the next day was absolutely insane because I had only known about Mayfield as it happened.
Less than a week after the Mayfield tornado, my family and I road-tripped through Kentucky along our normal route to Colorado because we were moving. We ended up driving through one of the lakeside/riverside areas hit, and the damage was absolutely amazing in the most horrific way. I’d never seen damage that bad, and I grew up with tornadoes.
You and your team make a huge difference with the work you do, whether that's raising money for victims of disaster or simply by broadening public awareness of these events and the meteorology behind them. Thank you so much!
Your coverage of this event really helped me to understand the nature of the storm. We live in Mississippi, and are not surprised by fall or late fall tornadoes. So we were quite aware of this storm while it was happening. We went through an outbreak in Mississippi in November, 1992, and the damage was astounding - although not nearly as severe as Mayfield. Again, I do appreciate your knowledgable and systematic presentations about these storms.
Well not just Mississippi Texas too in November of 1992 a f4 struck the Houston area aka channelview and was the only f4 we ever had
And recently we had a ef3 in Pasadena
I also grew up in Mississippi, and late night long track tornadoes in winter are not unusual there. I remember 1992, and how a tornado went over my neighborhood.
The aftermath of natural disasters, especially the physical & mental side, is not discussed enough. Thank you for your dedication to the humanity of it all.
Great video.
From what I understand (and maybe I'm wrong), the candle factory supplied most of its products to WalMart. And the reason why the employees couldn't go home was because it was the Christmas season and they had to work those hours to keep up demand. If this was true, it's still not an excuse to force the workers to stay, especially when they knew it was a potentially dangerous weather day.
On the subject of the Amazon warehouse collapse, it was built using something called Tilt-up construction. Those thick concrete walls are not anchored to the foundation at all, they just rest on it with their own weight. The only thing keeping them upright is the structural integrity of the roof. Most building codes only require the roof to withstand 100-ish mile per hour winds, which means even a relatively weak tornado can peel the roof off, which leaves no support for the walls. This is not unique to Amazon, almost every large industrial building is built this way these days.
There are going to be a lot more tragedies like this in the future.
Thank you for another high quality video!
Absolutely AMAZING video Carly! Thank you so much for the respectful and complete telling of this event. You did so well !
I've been a Kentuckian damn near my whole life, lived here since I was in kindergarten.
And that "welcome to Kentucky" comment is the most real-sounding shit I've seen. The sheer lack of care for the safety of employees at so many workplaces in small town Kentucky is one of the hallmark traits of this place.
Right up there with Bourbon, Horses, and Heroin.
Edit: Context, I'm about 30 now and have worked in contracting of various kinds all over the state - private and state projects.
I'm finally gathering the courage to watch this. I live in Paducah KY about 15-20 minutes from Mayfield. This was night I'll never forget.
I remember this storm system so well. I live on the western side of central Indiana right on the Illinois/Indiana border. I was covering a management shift at my work that night at Kroger. And I can remember keeping an eye on the storms coming across Illinois, including the one that hit Edwardsville. I told the morning manager she needed to let me know where the emergency book was in case I needed it and what the steps were for storms/tornados. So for companies like the candle one not taking any preventative steps is wild because I was preparing for the just in case.
I lost my aunt in Mayfield and her body was never found. I was chasing the tornado into Mayfield when my Truck was pushed into a ditch by the grace of God. Fortunately I was able to drive out of the ditch (was right by the candle factory) my aunts house was a single story house and was slabbed. I blame myself because I could’ve done something. I remember sitting in my mud covered truck listening to the EAS statement’s crying and praying that my aunt would be in a better place.
Geez that’s heartbreaking. Just make sure you always tell everyone of your loved ones you love them and pay attention if the nws gives pds warnings. 9/10 times you’ll be ok but that 10th your life is in the balance.
Excited to see what you'll be able to do with the Y'all Squad! Your passion for the long term health of communities with open a lot of doors.
We spent most of our time in Benton, KY and Dresden, TN in response to this outbreak. Definitely a memorable deployment for us. Wonderful communities.
It’s crazy. I’m not from mayfield. I’m more north, but I’ve been noticing how much it’s impacted things even up here. My father in-laws farm was one that had photos from lord knows how far. Even my deep interest for these things has changed, but it’s even more personal now. Hearing people who know some who passed or who were in the candle factory. I’ve seen funnels form and been caught in a dicey situation on the interstate since it all happened. Every time I thought back to that night. I try to educate how to prepare whenever, wherever. The paralyzing fear is almost scarier than the twisters themselves. Stay safe out there, y’all.
I went to Dawson Springs last year to help with relief efforts and rebuilding. Hearing the first hand accounts of the residents was harrowing to say the least.
There was a video of a family from Bremen, trying to outrun the tornado in their car. It was one of the most disturbing tornado videos I've ever seen and has to do with the sounds since its pretty dark in the video. Its on par with the Joplin gas station tornado. I can't imagine what it would've been like in that type of situation.
I live in Owensboro, KY and grew up just to the south in McLean County.
That night, I was glued to our local weather coverage(out of Evansville) and to wxtwitter. The local TV stations here started to pick up on that storm as it was crossing the Mississippi River, given the trajectory that the storm was on. A few tornadic storms had moved through Hopkins and Muhlenberg Counties in Kentucky earlier that night and produced mild to moderate damage. The initial hope was that those storms would help stabilize the atmosphere in that region and weaken this supercell. The atmosphere was so supercharged that the storm maintained its strength and may have strengthened, especially in Muhlenberg County.
The Evansville Tri-State area's southwest corner is Dawson Springs. When the tornado emergency was issued for that area, I knew how catastrophic the tornado would be.
I grew up 15 miles north of Bremen, where the borderline EF5 damage occurred. To see that destruction in an area you've known your whole life is heartbreaking.
The scars are still visible. In Bremen, where there were big trees and houses, there is now a wasteland with a few trees left, foundations of destroyed houses, and yards strewn with debris.
Thank you for all of your videos, especially this one! You bring the human side of these disasters into the light. Keep up the good work!
the mention of all the looting in the aftermath of the tornado makes me wonder how much of it was done out of necessity. so many people left devastated by the storm…there’s only so much relief organizations can provide. definitely heartbreaking
I was going to say this because looting after the tornado to me meant they did it for the stuff they needed since they were most likely homeless due to the tornado destroying their home.
Great video. This storm had a lot of coverage in Australia and caught me by surprise that it can happen in December.
So happy to see you back on the yall squad!!!! Also, I used to work at an Amazon sortation center and I remember shortly after this event, Amazon managers had to go around and talk to every employee to explain severe weather procedures. That was the first time they had ever done that in the 2 years I was there, so I knew it was because of the quad state tornado. I even remember asking a manager If that’s why they had to do this and they said “it’s just a precaution”
This outbreak was the first time I listened to live coverage through Ryan Hall y'all online. I was amazed at the cohesiveness of the team.
Also, your choice of musical accompanymemt is spot on!!!
Cactus Drilling, years ago, began installing well-engineered storm shelters at their rigs for their crews. It paid off, Rig 117 was destroyed by an EF-5, May 24, 2011, and all the employees survived.
I’m speechless. I’m a huge weather geek and follow Ryan Hall and have heard him mention you and I love what you’re doing and I think you are a great weather story teller and I’m so looking forward to seeing more. I’m really glad I found you!!
I live very close to the Cayce community and went to school there. I had family get hit by the tornado while I was spared by approximately 3/4 mile. Also the guy who died in Cayce was a coworker and friend of mine.
The national weather service should of had an escort going through the rubble of Cayce. My granddads old service station was wiped clean. Nothing left..... at all. The concrete block building across the road was also in the same manner disappeared from existence as absolutely nothing was left. There was houses that was blown away. They took pics of buildings damaged that wasn't the extreme of it.
I dont mind them not rating this an F5 but they need to derate other tornadoes because this one had as much severe damage in spots as other F5s. And there is a big difference in F5 intensity. This storm lofted debris to 30,000 feet and the lightning was so intense you could read a book from it.
I'm actually a weather spotter and have seen several tornado swaths and the damage they can terrorize the community with.
If this tornado was going only say 20 mph instead of 60 the loss of life and damage would of been much greater.
The difference in death toll is hardly anyone here has storm shelters like they do in Oklahoma. If they did the loss of life would of been much less. And this is a poor area compared to a lot of other areas so not many can afford them.
Another thing is how close the mayfield and Dresden tornado was to each other and both long track. I got caught up in the one in Dresden. It was also a destructive tornado in its own right but no where near the strength of the mayfield tornado. The damage in Cayce, mayfield, Bremen etc will change your perspective on how you view them.
I live directly south of Cayce on the northern edge of Union City. The absolute disappearance of that town is very scary.... then a little farther on the south the other tornado hit Kenton and Dresden. A friend in Kenton lost their house and Dresden was horrifying.
These kinds of videos are very important. The spectacle of violent storms grabs a lot of attention, while the impact can go unnoticed. Keep up the great work both on this channel and with the Y'all squad.
I still have video of the cell going over my house in Fayetteville. Probably the most intense storm I’ve experienced here in 45 years of living. The amount of lightning and force of the rain coming down was wild. I stayed up the entire night watching on my laptop and just couldn’t believe what was happening.
The WPSD local 6 weather team did a great job covering this event.
Every workplace I've ever had (and I live in Tornado Alley), their "training" on proper responses during emergency situations is basically "there's a poster in the breakroom."
Well, the one exception to that was the only office job I've every had - that was a PDF file that I was supposed to read on my own time. We got more instructions on what to do in case of an active shooter at that last workplace than anything else - although I do remember at least one fire drill. I worked there for almost 3 years. No tornado drills (or active shooter drills for that matter). Only the one fire drill. Wait, there might have been a 2nd fire drill. I'm not sure.
And yes, even when the intranet was down and all of our workstations were completely useless, they still didn't have us do any drills. I also remember at least one power outage where they sent us home early while I worked there.
It really hit a nerve when she talked about the palpable change in the air. Before Katrina hit, the air really changed. The pressure felt really different. And the weirdest thing is that outside it was dead silent. There wasn't a bird tweeting, a bug buzzing by, a frog croaking, a cricket chirping, no animal or insect of any kind in sight. Not even an ant could be seen. I looked! Louisiana is a very noise place with regard to insects and wildlife and that dead silence before the storm was terrifying.
December 2021 was so bizarre. I live in Minnesota, and I remember being under watches for severe weather, and possibly tornadoes. My stomach felt so off, watching the rain and lightning in the sky instead of watching snow fall.
Manufacturing and warehousing codes absolutely need to be improved for tornado-prone areas. It seems like every tornado we get now we hear about a death at a Dollar General or some other big box store. It’s horrific. If a storm hits while people are working they have nowhere to go.
That's billions of dollars of improvements though. "Tornado prone" areas in the US encompass basically the entire midwest and south. The reality is that not even walmart or dollar general could afford to rebuild every store in that region to a better building code. It might be an option for new stores going forward but as someone who has lived in tornado alley all my life I understand where they're coming from. My thought is that if I'm not going to build my own basement or shelter it would be hypocritical to expect my employer to.
I was there working on this one. I was in Craighead County Sheriffs Dept as my brother in law has been a deputy there for 20 years, Monett, Arkansas is where I began when that storm happened and then as a meteorologist as well and former 12 yr law enforcement officer and FEMA Incident Response Director I ended up in Mayfield as well, after being bounced back and forth even though I wanted to help many more. After 27 years of being a chaser, and a 15 year meteorologist folks tend to not realize that tornado alley is moving east. I’ve lived and chased in Arkansas my whole life and storms here and in the general tornado alley has continued to track further east. I’ve been a historical researcher and taught about historical tornadoes from the early days of the NWS beginning to keep records
Thank you for this empathetic, thoughtful video. Something also worth covering (and a wake-up call for me): *the Bowling Green tornado struck a neighborhood of immigrants/refugees,* killing many of an ethnic Bosnian family who likely were refugees (Alisa, Alma, Elma, Samantha, & Selmir Besic), as well as an ethnic Karenni refugee mother who fled Burma's Myanmar dictatorship (Say Meh), and others were seriously injured or left homeless again (imagine how re-traumatizing that would especially be for someone like Congolese refugee Winner Mweneshele). I couldn't help but wonder: *what if English skills played a role in not understanding tornado safety?* I highly recommend y'all read the Washington Post article "A Kentucky neighborhood was a haven for refugees. Then the tornado struck." (Seattle Times lets you read without paywall.)
And THEN on December 15, my region had an unprecedented derecho & tornado outbreak...suddenly I remembered that friends from one of the SAME refugee ethnic diaspora communities affected by the December 10 outbreak were in serious risk of being caught off-guard closer to home in small-town "radar-hole" areas even LESS likely to expect tornadoes. Most in that specific ethnic community struggle with English anywhere they live...so I frantically explained how a Tornado Warning works, safety precautions, etc. to those friends. My friends' communities were luckily spared, but tornadoes occurred all around those towns.
Both December outbreaks forced me to ask other scary questions. *How do economic conditions affect the ability to afford technology to receive alerts for Tornado Warning + affect who moves into poorly constructed homes/apartments?!? How much do language barriers affect the ability to comprehend Tornado Warnings?!?* These days, whenever there's even a small risk of tornadoes, I always remember vulnerable populations, like low-income urban neighborhoods, low-income rural areas, immigrant/refugee ethnic groups, the elderly, etc. etc. etc. and try to warn people I know from such groups.
Sadly it’s true
As so many others have said Carly, your humanitarian approach to the victims of these catastrophic events is what separates you from the typical reporters on TH-cam. Thank you for your detailed documentation of both the meteorological aspects of these storms and the impact on the communities affected by them. Such great work.
Wow! What words I wish I could say as to how awesome this documentary were. I vividly remember the night of the tornado, watching meteorological coverage of it and just feeling devastated myself. You could hear the shock, the horror, just everything through all of the voices of the reporters, weather people, ect. That hits a spot when you hear these guys' tone change. I think by the end of it, I had spent the night watching coverage just sobbing. I didn't know anyone effected, but I felt the impact in my heart. It was truly devastating.
On the topic of the lawsuits, I'd like to chime in on the present-day attitude of work in america. This view that 'If you leave/call out/ are late, sneeze wrong/ect...' view from employers is bad. Its horrible, and I can tell you that outlook is nearly everywhere out there with large employers. Be it snow storm, tornado, family emergencies, ect. the whole workplace environment needs to honestly be reviewed and changed in my opinion. Instead of veiled threats if a situation like this tornado happened, companies need to at least show some basic compassion at employer level. I know not everyone out there is like this, and people do make better choices as bosses, or representatives of companies. But this topic needs more light on it, and people need to know what its really like being employed in modern day america.
Carly, you're one of my favorite weather people ever and this video blew me away, yet again. I love it, and hope to see more like this. Its very thought provoking, emotional, and fact filled and I loved it. Keep up the amazing work!
If this is the tornado that started in jonesboro, it hit my friends house. Her and her family survived and have since welcomed a baby girl to their family.
It was a rough and heartbreaking night that’s for sure. That storm was about 10 minutes away from hitting where I live so I thank God it lifted when it did. If it hadn’t, my poor little town of 22k or so would have been wiped off the map. I wish no one had been impacted by it but I like to think that we Kentuckians are a hearty bunch. We all just help each other and keep on. The dawn rises and there is work to be done so we do it. ❤️