We had a tornado a few years back . Skidsteer and a grapple bucket is man's best friend but a large group of people walking the fields gets all the small things . Glad you guys are ok 👍
We had a bad storm like that in armington illinois 20 years ago it took barns 50 feet from my brother in laws house but never touched the house we were so grateful storms are crazy
10:10 I had tears in my eyes when I heard what you said. I haven't heard such honest and warm words in a long time. God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Greetings from Europe
Tornadoes are so terrifying as you just don’t know where they will show up. I said a prayer for all of those affected by this terrible outbreak of storms. Thanks goodness you guys are ok and will be able to help those affected.
Good video I’ve helped clean up a couple of tornadoes and a couple floods it’s not a fun deal but you think what if it happened to me thanks for all your help but I always watch your farm and videos keep up the good work
I was born and raised in Gillespie Illinois. Left to go into the service in 1962 and have not been back permanently since. I know of these places and towns. I remember the good people from MY time with them. Hate to see anything like this happen to any of them. I am glad you went and documented this event as you did. The wasted commercial coverage will never equal your personal look at this. Thank you so much for that. YOUR coverage will keep this fresh for decades to come. Please make and safeguard copies of all of this. And to those who wish to trash you for not personally helping everyone you say, I say "shut up"! I believe your time was better spent doing what you did. This is great coverage you have here. I can tell it is NOT a network, or commercial product. Your views and narrative is too good to be driven by bucks.. Thanks again for sharing this awesome content with us out here. I certainly appreciate it!!
So much devastation all across the Midwest. In my area, Mayfield, KY was the hardest hit. It took a major hammering from a huge tornado. It basically erased a large portion of the city. That tornado was on the ground for about 250 miles. Kentucky had 4 tornadoes that night, I think all 4 of them hit cities. Sending prayers to everyone that suffered damage and loss of family members and friends.
That Mayfield tornado was a real monster. It was on the ground for 250 miles, was an EF4 and at one point threw debris 40,000 feet in the area. The damage... was unimaginable.
Living in central Oklahoma my whole life tornados are almost yearly. This is a very unusual and deadly tornado for you prayers and speedy recovery for all.🙏💖
Thanks for sharing. I’m up in DeWitt County, but often travel to Palestine across the Coles Blacktop to I-57 from 121 to bypass Mattion. I know exactly where this is and am glad for the kind of people who make-up this part of the country! You’re absolutely right: “Salt of the Earth!” Can’t find anyone better anywhere else.
We had a tornado back in 2016 in northeast Indiana. Being a volunteer firefighter and only being able to watch the tornado destroying property and praying nobody gets hurt. Then picking up the pieces afterwards.
I was waiting for one of the farmtubers to do a video... get eyes right on the ground to see what's going on. Thanks for driving around. Prayers out to all, I know the feeling... amazing to see most of the main houses still standing in the midst of it all. One way to clean up that insulation may be to take wheel rakes and bale it up.
Interesting idea. This is a very touchy subject. I know that it can be rude to go around and look at this stuff, but I know many of these families personally. It is tough to see their properties in such bad shape. Thanks for watching!
This is so painful to watch. I just sat here, crying and asking Father God to give these people strength. We're in perilous times. Thank you, God bless you.
Thanks for driving and sharing. I had not heard anything about your area with all of damage in KY and Edwardsville. Never easy to go through a tornado. Always amazing the path it leaves. I live in rural area near Bloomington/ Normal. Be safe.
Feels odd liking your video, but I think you understand. I’m glad you all are safe. It breaks my heart seeing the loss of livelihood for these farmers. Pray you all remain safe and healthy.
December 10th had some nasty nasty tornadoes come through the midwest. Then there was another event Dec 15th. This year we have already had I think 3 tornado outbreaks in the south. Stay safe everyone.
I chased this storm near Mattoon, IL that night, and saw some of the damage showcased here. Including the destroyed warehouse. Good thing this tornado missed the nearby town.
Naturally, like everyone else, it breaks my heart to see all this big damage. The thing that struck me the most was the farmhouses that got wrecked. I think about those families who perhaps for the last three plus generations had years of family birthday parties, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, all in that same house. Yes, they can build a new house, but it cannot really replace the wonderful memories and the soul of the old house. At any rate, they are strong people, they will rebuild and find a new happiness. I wish them well.
We had parts around here that were from the Amazon building by Edwardsville!! That's 60-65 miles away. Thank you for the video from a resident of Montgomery County.
Worked in clean up of Parkersburg IA the destruction was unbelievable. Ended up rebuilding cities dentist office, everyone I talked with survived by getting locked in staircase.
i find it horrific , living in the UK we don't get weather like this , my heart go out to you guy facing devastation like this , so lucky you were not in the path
There is quite a few tornados spread out through the Midwest every year, but most of them are weak and insignificant. Occasionally they are strong and can wreak havoc!
I heard about all the carnage and death in KY but didn't even realize it hit us here in IL. I'm grateful you made this video and glad you guys came through OK.
A few cattle passed at the first farmstead, but nothing other than that. We were so much luckier than the other towns hit with large tornadoes that night.
Several year's ago I was a rural mail carrier out of Le sueur mn we needed to have a good supply of tire repair plugs because of the nails from the buildings that were destroyed by tornado that went through St Peter MN
I'm in Kentucky, just 1 mile from the path of that monster tore through here. Luckily at work I have electricity down in TN. What it looks like is absolute destruction. Brick buildings gone..no sign of it being a building there, houses gone or if several houses the debris is pushed up on top of each other. Around a mile wide twister. Tragically lives were lost, still going through debris looking for people days later.
This same tornado started here in monett ark and stayed on the ground for what the meteorologist said for 240 miles .we had 5 more tornado that night as well this is in arkansas
Thanks. It definitely hit a few families hard, but nothing compared to the damage down in Kentucky. We are so lucky to have been only lightly impacted. Thanks for watching!
Was at the Buffalo Wild Wings in mattoon when it hit. Was out that night and seen that FS depot and my eyes burnt from the smell and overwhelming aroma of raw diesel.
Thanks for reporting on this. Haven't made it this far out west since the storm. Definitely good this didn't come straight for Mattoon and Charleston, it would have done a lot more serious damage here
Milking cows one evening in the 1970’d with my dad and next older brother a tornado went right over our heads. I remember the roar lasting about for about 30 seconds and seeing the swirled flattened alfalfa wsw of the barn the next day. It had lifted over us, the barns and equipment and only damaged some crops.
around herrick IL a tornado destroyed a few homes and a family was living in a real old 200 yr old home being restored it caved in and the man of the family suffered 2 broken legs as the house came down traigc 1999 one was just a mile from tower hill it touched down and went at least 20 miles or more on a straight north east direction it happen right at 8 pm during the week
Man that's absolutely devastating, but no comes back from a devastating loss more powerful an Stronger than Americans do, prayers for the loss of the folks down there an prayers for healing an a fast recovery for everyone, god bless 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I hate to see this damage I haven't been that way to see any of it yet but many of those farms that you showed I know many of them I worked for a large farm just north west of matron close to where the damage went through some of the fields I recognized from working in the
ZK works at Sloan’s in Atwood, which is about 20 miles to the north of us. We actually deal with them some when our local dealership doesn’t want to price competitively. I met him the other day. Very nice guy!
If there’s a place to donate to help out let me know!(also I came here to get actual info about what happened over there bc idk any of the local news and only some places in the mid are getting a lot of press!) ALSO, glad your family is safe.
Thank you. It was mostly cosmetic damage. That first farmer lost some cattle, but that was the only lives lost. There is just a lot of junk to pick up!
@@dsauce8780 I think the principle is great. A combine is only useful for 1/2 the growing season. If it economically makes sense, it will have a lot of potential. Execution is everything, though. You can’t complain about innovation in the industry at the end of the day. Most stuff in the last 10 years has been the same thing rehashed ten times…
@@aTrippyFarmer when it comes down to it I think you can have a great idea but being able to support that system in the field over time and trial is important. How much more specialized would a Nexat engineer need to be than a John deer engineer relative to the size of the field?
@@dsauce8780 I would venture to say that a NEXAT engineer would need to know less than a John Deere engineer. A Deere service tech works on everything they sell-albeit some guys are better with certain equipment. Since NEXAT shares a powertrain across the board, they’d really only need to know a fraction of the competition. Deere has 3 engines for just 1 model in some instances…
Did Donnelly's get hit again? The whole night was total sketch bro I live in Charleston. We got wind damage over here nothing like that best wishes to everybody out there you need help holler.
A little off topic but in the early 1970’s our neighbors to the south had a fire in their dairy barn started by the son playing with fire. We took in dozens of their cows, many with burns on them. Those were a lot of very rattled cattle. So if anyone is taking in neighbors livestock they are probably very rattled and hard to control.
If this is a date I’m thinking. They are referring to that as a quad state tornado. Amazon across the creek from St. Louis in Illinois Had loss of life as well as Missouri! .Kentucky not good.
Yes this was the same storm. Amazon warehouse was hit about 45 minutes before us...it may have been the same tornadic cell that went through here. It was a bad deal for many places.
It's so sad that this has to happen as it takes years to build and in seconds it can all be gone. Back in 1978 we had a storm that blew 5 loaded railcars blow over and our farm was a half mile away and that morning we had moved 500 40# feeder pigs to this farm from the farrowing barn from the other farm and I lived a half mile from the farm and my uncle called me and said I think my barn moved and so I got dressed and went out to the farm and the 50x100 barn went straight down and out of 1500 hogs couple dozen sows we only lost a dozen hogs and 2 sows this farm is where we fed everything out till it was time to go to market. The only reason we lost the sows was cuz they were to big and the floor beams landed on them. We had alot of farmers stopped and asked if we needed help cleaning up as all farmers are very helpful in these situations. But we cleaned it up and pulled alot of nails and reused the lumber and built another steel building and shorter hay mow but on the same foundation.
I am sorry to hear that you had to experience that, but it is always great to hear about the farming community coming together to help their neighbors. It is crazy how fast mother nature can destroy a farm that was built with decades of hard work. Thanks for watching!
No that was about 100 miles to the Southwest of us, although I think it may have been the same tornado or storm cell. The warehouses here suffered major damage, but no one was hurt.
The focus is more on the areas where lives were lost, and I can understand that. The Edwardsville area had major damage, Kentucky had a few tornados demolish sections of towns, and Arkansas also had horrific devastation. We were very lucky here, and I think the news focuses more on the worst outcomes.
It's scary to see what these tornados can do. We had one go through our area in west central Minnesota 2 years ago. It started about 10 miles west of us but luckily it didn't touch down. It touched down for the first time on my sister's property but luckily lifted over their building site before touching down again. It stripped the bean fields bare. Right down to the dirt like there had never been anything there. It threw vehicles & trucks around like they were toys. It destroyed 2 building sites. Unfortunately one man died at one site. That was the worst damage I had ever seen in my 58 years.
Can anyone remember the name of the Christian volunteer group who goes into farms hit by storms like this? The Millennial Farmer raises money for them, they did a lot of clean up in Iowa last year.
There are several. The Southern Baptist have a disaster team that has been deployed I’m sure. There are others as well I suspect The Samaritan purse is out there.
@@paulprigge1209 the Samaritan’s purse does great work too. I’m trying to remember the team that specifically works on farms. I’m sure they’re there already too.
There were quite a few churches around the area helping with the cleanup. I would direct those major organizations down to Kentucky and nearby states that received tremendous amounts of damage. It deeply saddened me to see the loss of life and property down there.
My lord 1 2 3 4 5 generations of hard working families uprooted hurts to see it god bless one thing I do know they won’t sit around and bitch they will get to work and fix this mess Not like here in Seattle
I am glad you did this video. It gives a bit of a personal touch to this event.
You should see the Mayfield videos
We had a tornado a few years back . Skidsteer and a grapple bucket is man's best friend but a large group of people walking the fields gets all the small things . Glad you guys are ok 👍
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My prayers to all. Thank you for showing this video. Ontario Canada
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We had a bad storm like that in armington illinois 20 years ago it took barns 50 feet from my brother in laws house but never touched the house we were so grateful storms are crazy
10:10 I had tears in my eyes when I heard what you said. I haven't heard such honest and warm words in a long time. God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Greetings from Europe
I’ve seen one tornado Andy, and it can devastate an area very quickly.
God bless farmers.
Tornadoes are so terrifying as you just don’t know where they will show up. I said a prayer for all of those affected by this terrible outbreak of storms. Thanks goodness you guys are ok and will be able to help those affected.
Good video I’ve helped clean up a couple of tornadoes and a couple floods it’s not a fun deal but you think what if it happened to me thanks for all your help but I always watch your farm and videos keep up the good work
We need some prayers here in Kentucky 🙏 The western part of the state got demolished 😢
We have been. I think they Or calling out the Quad state storm tornado whatever. Northeast Missouri
You guys got it rough... definitely praying for you all!
Praying for your neighbors and everyone else who lost their belongings to the storm material things can be replaced life can't
I was born and raised in Gillespie Illinois. Left to go into the service in 1962 and have not been back permanently since. I know of these places and towns. I remember the good people from MY time with them. Hate to see anything like this happen to any of them. I am glad you went and documented this event as you did. The wasted commercial coverage will never equal your personal look at this. Thank you so much for that. YOUR coverage will keep this fresh for decades to come. Please make and safeguard copies of all of this. And to those who wish to trash you for not personally helping everyone you say, I say "shut up"! I believe your time was better spent doing what you did. This is great coverage you have here. I can tell it is NOT a network, or commercial product. Your views and narrative is too good to be driven by bucks.. Thanks again for sharing this awesome content with us out here. I certainly appreciate it!!
So much devastation all across the Midwest. In my area, Mayfield, KY was the hardest hit. It took a major hammering from a huge tornado. It basically erased a large portion of the city. That tornado was on the ground for about 250 miles. Kentucky had 4 tornadoes that night, I think all 4 of them hit cities. Sending prayers to everyone that suffered damage and loss of family members and friends.
Yes we were extremely lucky that it stayed in the country. I have heard very horrific things about Kentucky. Nature can sure be cruel...
That Mayfield tornado was a real monster. It was on the ground for 250 miles, was an EF4 and at one point threw debris 40,000 feet in the area. The damage... was unimaginable.
So Glad all that disaster spared you all Andy. What am awful mess.
I wouldn't wish that on anyone!
Thankyou for the in person coverage. First time seeing trees TPed with tin siding. Holding you all close!
Living in central Oklahoma my whole life tornados are almost yearly. This is a very unusual and deadly tornado for you prayers and speedy recovery for all.🙏💖
Yes. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. I’m up in DeWitt County, but often travel to Palestine across the Coles Blacktop to I-57 from 121 to bypass Mattion. I know exactly where this is and am glad for the kind of people who make-up this part of the country! You’re absolutely right: “Salt of the Earth!” Can’t find anyone better anywhere else.
I will be praying for you and your neighborhood.
Awful destructive power
So sad to see the damage but good to see neighbours helping neighbours.
Yes a lot of neighbors were mobile over the next week cleaning up.
We had a tornado back in 2016 in northeast Indiana. Being a volunteer firefighter and only being able to watch the tornado destroying property and praying nobody gets hurt. Then picking up the pieces afterwards.
I am glad you guys didn't get heat by the tornado I was thinking about you guys and try to keep up the great work on your videos
I was waiting for one of the farmtubers to do a video... get eyes right on the ground to see what's going on. Thanks for driving around. Prayers out to all, I know the feeling... amazing to see most of the main houses still standing in the midst of it all.
One way to clean up that insulation may be to take wheel rakes and bale it up.
Interesting idea. This is a very touchy subject. I know that it can be rude to go around and look at this stuff, but I know many of these families personally. It is tough to see their properties in such bad shape. Thanks for watching!
Thank you, from New Zealand. God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas.
This is so painful to watch. I just sat here, crying and asking Father God to give these people strength. We're in perilous times. Thank you, God bless you.
Thanks for driving and sharing. I had not heard anything about your area with all of damage in KY and Edwardsville. Never easy to go through a tornado. Always amazing the path it leaves. I live in rural area near Bloomington/ Normal. Be safe.
It is a good thing that we are not in the news like the other places. We are extremely fortunate!
Feels odd liking your video, but I think you understand. I’m glad you all are safe. It breaks my heart seeing the loss of livelihood for these farmers. Pray you all remain safe and healthy.
It is a touchy subject...Thanks for watching!
Thoughts and prayers for everyone affected
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December 10th had some nasty nasty tornadoes come through the midwest. Then there was another event Dec 15th. This year we have already had I think 3 tornado outbreaks in the south. Stay safe everyone.
We are supposedly way above the yearly average for the start of the season. That doesn’t mean it will stay that way, but that is never a good thing!
I chased this storm near Mattoon, IL that night, and saw some of the damage showcased here. Including the destroyed warehouse. Good thing this tornado missed the nearby town.
Naturally, like everyone else, it breaks my heart to see all this big damage. The thing that struck me the most was the farmhouses that got wrecked. I think about those families who perhaps for the last three plus generations had years of family birthday parties, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, all in that same house. Yes, they can build a new house, but it cannot really replace the wonderful memories and the soul of the old house. At any rate, they are strong people, they will rebuild and find a new happiness. I wish them well.
I appreciate your input. It is sad to think about all of the history that was destroyed in seconds. Thanks for the comment!
We had parts around here that were from the Amazon building by Edwardsville!! That's 60-65 miles away. Thank you for the video from a resident of Montgomery County.
Wow! It is incredible how powerful these are. Some large pieces of scrap are miles away from where the tornado even went. Crazy to see.
I was north of Rural King and Coles Station on Monday and boy it is a mess
I was at the house to the northwest cleaning up on Tuesday. There was a lot of debris. Sad to see!
Worked in clean up of Parkersburg IA the destruction was unbelievable. Ended up rebuilding cities dentist office, everyone I talked with survived by getting locked in staircase.
i find it horrific , living in the UK we don't get weather like this , my heart go out to you guy facing devastation like this , so lucky you were not in the path
There is quite a few tornados spread out through the Midwest every year, but most of them are weak and insignificant. Occasionally they are strong and can wreak havoc!
I heard about all the carnage and death in KY but didn't even realize it hit us here in IL. I'm grateful you made this video and glad you guys came through OK.
Our tornado was a cakewalk compare to the ones down in KY. What a tragic deal...
Well said.
Not just rainfall and topography that can effect farming too.
I can only imagine what this storm would've done to a standing corn crop...
we had one in 2005 you dont realize what you have until you see it spread all out on 20 acresor more
That is the truth. Sorry that happened to you!
That's simply insane to see that. Hope that no one got hurt
A few cattle passed at the first farmstead, but nothing other than that. We were so much luckier than the other towns hit with large tornadoes that night.
Very lucky that the path was not very wide. Mother Nature is large and in charge for sure.
Would be the same way. Thank you for being that way.
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They day I closed on my house a tornado went just north of me "3 miles" , every storm has a edge !
wow!!!
Praying for you'll !!!!!
We only suffered material losses. I would redirect your prayers down to Kentucky... sad stuff down there.
Thanks for the video Trippy
Several year's ago I was a rural mail carrier out of Le sueur mn we needed to have a good supply of tire repair plugs because of the nails from the buildings that were destroyed by tornado that went through St Peter MN
I could only imagine... you'd never be able to pick up all of the small debris!
so heart breaking i am here in southern IN and went threw a twister in 2012 one scary ordeal for me and many others in my area
Yep there is no way to really prepare for it. Everyone deals with one at some point in their life!
It’s crazy that this happened in December
I agree. For some reason, December is always full of surprises!
Glad you guys are alright. December naders are crazy…
It seems like December is always full of surprises!
Going to be a real big job cleaning up all the fields.
Yes. It will go quick with a lot of hands and some backhoes!
I'm in Kentucky, just 1 mile from the path of that monster tore through here. Luckily at work I have electricity down in TN. What it looks like is absolute destruction. Brick buildings gone..no sign of it being a building there, houses gone or if several houses the debris is pushed up on top of each other. Around a mile wide twister. Tragically lives were lost, still going through debris looking for people days later.
I am sorry to hear that. We were certainly lucky with all things considered. It makes me very sad to see the devastation and loss of life in Kentucky.
This same tornado started here in monett ark and stayed on the ground for what the meteorologist said for 240 miles .we had 5 more tornado that night as well this is in arkansas
It was a bad night for many different towns across the country. A lot of cleaning up ahead of us!
AWESOME video buddy we appreciate you
Thanks, Jim. Glad no one was hurt here!
Man. Just missed ya. It was headed for us but died down before it got to us. I’m on the Illinois/Indiana border right off of 74
I love in Hillsboro and have found insulation in our uard from the Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville
That is insane. Edwardsville got hit hard.
Thanks for the video. There one day and gone the next. So sad!
It only takes a second for it to be taken away!
Very hard to watch, poor families lives work in tatters. Look forward to the video(s) of you and yours helping out those affected.
Thanks. It definitely hit a few families hard, but nothing compared to the damage down in Kentucky. We are so lucky to have been only lightly impacted. Thanks for watching!
tornado is very dangerous!! good video thank you
Thanks for watching!
At 3:31 the clouds had a straight line for miles. I've never seen that.
Glad u are ok
Great way to use your platform Andy
Thanks 👍
Just terrible what has happened through those States....overwhelming, really.
Was at the Buffalo Wild Wings in mattoon when it hit. Was out that night and seen that FS depot and my eyes burnt from the smell and overwhelming aroma of raw diesel.
That FS depot was in badddd shape. We just got a load from there that week. I hope they had good insurance!
Omg I didnt even think about the amish. How the heck would they be warned about something like this if they refuse life saving technology?
The Amish probably build their homes a little bit stronger than the general population, but they are just as susceptible as the rest of us...
Sorry to see the destruction! We got lucky in Peoria County.
I would say we were lucky compared to other areas that were hit. Someone is always in worse shape!
Thanks for reporting on this. Haven't made it this far out west since the storm. Definitely good this didn't come straight for Mattoon and Charleston, it would have done a lot more serious damage here
Yes that is no joke. We are lucky!
Milking cows one evening in the 1970’d with my dad and next older brother a tornado went right over our heads. I remember the roar lasting about for about 30 seconds and seeing the swirled flattened alfalfa wsw of the barn the next day. It had lifted over us, the barns and equipment and only damaged some crops.
That barn probably wouldn't have offered much protection... glad you weren't hurt!
Was there grain in those destroyed grain bins ??? Praying for all who lost lives and places to live from the tornados.
Only empty bins blew away. The grain is a great anchor!
@@aTrippyFarmer good to hear it minimized you he loss.
Merry Christmas to you & your family.
The farmers are going to be dealing with the garbage in the field for years.
It will mostly be picked up, but it is impossible to get the little stuff.
GEOENGENEEEINRG People. It''s your government !!!
I haven't seen any pictures of the tornado...
Any damage at the Coles County airport?
around herrick IL a tornado destroyed a few homes and a family was living in a real old 200 yr old home being restored it caved in and the man of the family suffered 2 broken legs as the house came down traigc 1999 one was just a mile from tower hill it touched down and went at least 20 miles or more on a straight north east direction it happen right at 8 pm during the week
It is even scarier that they happened at night. I heard of the damage in Shelby County. That may have been the same tornado that hit us!
Well said
Thanks for watching!
Once you rebuild take pictures and put it on a flash drive . So you can rember what was destroyed yiu can remnbet the contents .
A lot of stuff lost...
"Blizzard of 1888"
Weather that changed History.
There was a major tornado in mattoon in 1917. Demolished a significant portion of town. Hundreds dead. That was one for the books!
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I know( and am one) country folks and you don't have to ask them they just show up and ask where they can help👍👌❤
It is always nice to see the generosity of midwestern folk. There was so many people around helping out after this went through.
Bad things happen to awesome god fearing people god bless and stay safe and all out there give to the Salvation Army they do help God bless all
Thanks for watching!
Man that's absolutely devastating, but no comes back from a devastating loss more powerful an Stronger than Americans do, prayers for the loss of the folks down there an prayers for healing an a fast recovery for everyone, god bless 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Whats unusual where you live is when a Tornado doesn't happen.
We do have a considerable amount of tornados throughout the year, but they rarely hit this close to home.
I am sure it is looks worse in person than what the camera shows. Prays for all those effected.
I kept my distance out of respect. I went out the following week and helped a neighbor pick up his farm... it was sad to see the damage!
Very well said
I hate to see this damage I haven't been that way to see any of it yet but many of those farms that you showed I know many of them I worked for a large farm just north west of matron close to where the damage went through some of the fields I recognized from working in the
Yep a lot of damaged farms up that way!
Is ZKmasterteck employed at your local JD dealership?
ZK works at Sloan’s in Atwood, which is about 20 miles to the north of us. We actually deal with them some when our local dealership doesn’t want to price competitively. I met him the other day. Very nice guy!
If there’s a place to donate to help out let me know!(also I came here to get actual info about what happened over there bc idk any of the local news and only some places in the mid are getting a lot of press!)
ALSO, glad your family is safe.
Thank you. It was mostly cosmetic damage. That first farmer lost some cattle, but that was the only lives lost. There is just a lot of junk to pick up!
@@aTrippyFarmer btw what do you think of the NEXAT systems?
@@dsauce8780 I think the principle is great. A combine is only useful for 1/2 the growing season. If it economically makes sense, it will have a lot of potential. Execution is everything, though. You can’t complain about innovation in the industry at the end of the day. Most stuff in the last 10 years has been the same thing rehashed ten times…
@@aTrippyFarmer when it comes down to it I think you can have a great idea but being able to support that system in the field over time and trial is important. How much more specialized would a Nexat engineer need to be than a John deer engineer relative to the size of the field?
@@dsauce8780 I would venture to say that a NEXAT engineer would need to know less than a John Deere engineer. A Deere service tech works on everything they sell-albeit some guys are better with certain equipment. Since NEXAT shares a powertrain across the board, they’d really only need to know a fraction of the competition. Deere has 3 engines for just 1 model in some instances…
Unbelievable 😓😓
Did Donnelly's get hit again? The whole night was total sketch bro I live in Charleston. We got wind damage over here nothing like that best wishes to everybody out there you need help holler.
Yes it received major damage! Thank you!
A little off topic but in the early 1970’s our neighbors to the south had a fire in their dairy barn started by the son playing with fire. We took in dozens of their cows, many with burns on them. Those were a lot of very rattled cattle. So if anyone is taking in neighbors livestock they are probably very rattled and hard to control.
Nice story... It is nice to see the generosity of the farming community!
What state
Illinois!
If this is a date I’m thinking. They are referring to that as a quad state tornado. Amazon across the creek from St. Louis in Illinois Had loss of life as well as Missouri! .Kentucky not good.
Yes this was the same storm. Amazon warehouse was hit about 45 minutes before us...it may have been the same tornadic cell that went through here. It was a bad deal for many places.
It's so sad that this has to happen as it takes years to build and in seconds it can all be gone. Back in 1978 we had a storm that blew 5 loaded railcars blow over and our farm was a half mile away and that morning we had moved 500 40# feeder pigs to this farm from the farrowing barn from the other farm and I lived a half mile from the farm and my uncle called me and said I think my barn moved and so I got dressed and went out to the farm and the 50x100 barn went straight down and out of 1500 hogs couple dozen sows we only lost a dozen hogs and 2 sows this farm is where we fed everything out till it was time to go to market. The only reason we lost the sows was cuz they were to big and the floor beams landed on them. We had alot of farmers stopped and asked if we needed help cleaning up as all farmers are very helpful in these situations. But we cleaned it up and pulled alot of nails and reused the lumber and built another steel building and shorter hay mow but on the same foundation.
I am sorry to hear that you had to experience that, but it is always great to hear about the farming community coming together to help their neighbors. It is crazy how fast mother nature can destroy a farm that was built with decades of hard work. Thanks for watching!
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It is sad to see, but we are incredibly lucky compared to the people down in Kentucky and Tennessee that received tornados that same night.
Andy was that warehouse the Amazon
No that was about 100 miles to the Southwest of us, although I think it may have been the same tornado or storm cell. The warehouses here suffered major damage, but no one was hurt.
Haaarp control the weather.
Conspiracy
nothing was said on Chicago stations about your area being hit
The focus is more on the areas where lives were lost, and I can understand that. The Edwardsville area had major damage, Kentucky had a few tornados demolish sections of towns, and Arkansas also had horrific devastation. We were very lucky here, and I think the news focuses more on the worst outcomes.
Figures. I saw it on an Australian news station and an India news outlet (Gravitas) yesterday.
It's scary to see what these tornados can do. We had one go through our area in west central Minnesota 2 years ago. It started about 10 miles west of us but luckily it didn't touch down. It touched down for the first time on my sister's property but luckily lifted over their building site before touching down again. It stripped the bean fields bare. Right down to the dirt like there had never been anything there. It threw vehicles & trucks around like they were toys. It destroyed 2 building sites. Unfortunately one man died at one site. That was the worst damage I had ever seen in my 58 years.
Something you never want to see. I am sorry that you suffered so much damage!
Guess we know where the case and deere salesman are gonna be next month
I know some salesmen are that way, but no one around here is preying on victims. The farmers in our area are well-respected.
Can anyone remember the name of the Christian volunteer group who goes into farms hit by storms like this? The Millennial Farmer raises money for them, they did a lot of clean up in Iowa last year.
There are several. The Southern Baptist have a disaster team that has been deployed I’m sure.
There are others as well I suspect The Samaritan purse is out there.
@@paulprigge1209 the Samaritan’s purse does great work too. I’m trying to remember the team that specifically works on farms. I’m sure they’re there already too.
There were quite a few churches around the area helping with the cleanup. I would direct those major organizations down to Kentucky and nearby states that received tremendous amounts of damage. It deeply saddened me to see the loss of life and property down there.
@@aTrippyFarmer actually we had teams in Missouri and Kentucky sir. Missouri Southern Baptist .
Thanks for sharing. You did a much better job then the lame media. 👍🏻
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Sad stuff!
My lord 1 2 3 4 5 generations of hard working families uprooted hurts to see it god bless one thing I do know they won’t sit around and bitch they will get to work and fix this mess Not like here in Seattle
There will be a lot of good people out cleaning up this mess. It is just what we do!
Look up the mn millenial farmer , they have link to a farmer restoration fund
Thanks!
I personally believe this isn’t Mother Nature! *Man made!*
*What happened to “keep them in your prayers”?*
There hasn't been any pictures of the tornado yet... could've been the government! 😂
Exactly.
Their not suffering as bad as the people in kentucky. A whole town flattened and hundreds of people dead. Farmers have no farms anymore its all gone.
This isn't a contest