Major tornado outbreak

[Bike Chick]

Any recommendations? We've only had it less than a year, but our cadillac Midland radio no longer receives a signal. I'm not happy.

On a more important note, my heart goes out to those affected by these recent storms. I'm afraid of the weather-related implications of this mild winter....

Mine is a Midland WR-100. Inexpensive and very reliable.

[indysteel]

Any recommendations? We've only had it less than a year, but our cadillac Midland radio no longer receives a signal. I'm not happy.

On a more important note, my heart goes out to those affected by these recent storms. I'm afraid of the weather-related implications of this mild winter....

We have a Midland, too. The WR300. Have you spoken to Midland about yours?

[Catrin]

My computer was off much of the evening last night, just relaxed and read while trying not to worry about my family. They are in East Tennessee and spent much of the evening in the bathroom, but they are safe.

This doesn't bode well for a calm spring season - apparently there were 83 tornadoes yesterday for the midwest/south and the average for the entire month of March over the last 4 years was only 79 Hopefully there will be no more, or at least not as destructive. They said the violence of the storms are related to the mild winter...

No weather radio here. Perhaps that should change, I need to find an inexpensive one...

[Roadtrip]

I'm here... Very bizarre evening... Tornado touched down about twenty miles east of me.

They came at about 3pm and told us all to head home from work. This was a little worrying as I happen to work in THE most secure building in Cincy-- telecommunication trunk lines for the entire region runs thru the basement. So I headed home and got to my door just as the storm hit. Most of the devastation was in Southern Indiana... But there were 3 killed in Clermont Co Ohio... Small towns nearly wiped off the map. Just so sad.

It all blew tru so fast sun was shining a half hour after all the rain stopped.

Shannon

[skhill]

When we heard Friday morning that TWC's Jim Cantore was headed to Lexington, a lot of people here got very nervous. Then when he stopped in Louisville, we all relaxed a bit... Lexington got missed; the sirens went off once but no tornado. Which has meant that our fire department and other disaster personnel are available to help out in the towns that need it so much. Sounds like West Liberty is basically gone now, after getting clipped by a tornado on Wednesday then hit head-on Friday....

[ny biker]

I just read that a man living near Charleston, WV found mail from West Liberty, KY in his yard today. That's 110 miles away.

[Becky]

We have a Midland, too. The WR300. Have you spoken to Midland about yours?

We have the same radio, and i really liked it while it worked. I need to call Midland about it.

[skhill]

(please excuse the somewhat off-topic rant)

Not to compare degrees of tragedy, or to dismiss or downplay the suffering and destruction in Henryville, but I'm pretty hacked-off that the national media has been basically ignoring the destruction of West Liberty, KY. It's clear why: Henryville was hit early in the day, and is on an interstate only 30 miles from Louisville. West Liberty was hit in the evening, and is in the middle of nowhere, 1.5 hour drive from Lexington on a good day (and this is not a good day), on some not great roads. Still, there were at least 4 deaths, more than 75 injured, and the hospital is among the damaged buildings. Some of the downtown buildings may be salvagable, but very little is inhabitable right now. But the suffering and destruction in West Liberty is invisible to the national media...

Southern Indiana got hit hard, no doubt. But the death toll in Kentucky is already higher, and still rising...
(rant over)

[PamNY]

but I'm pretty hacked-off that the national media has been basically ignoring the destruction of West Liberty, KY.
(rant over)

There is coverage of Kentucky. Here's an AP story.

A Google news search turned up quite a bit -- ABC, Washington Post, Newsday (some of those may be the same AP story).

Also Reuters has a story -- the version I found quickly was brief. Here's a Courier-Journal story, too.

[shootingstar]

I'm here... Very bizarre evening... Tornado touched down about twenty miles east of me.

They came at about 3pm and told us all to head home from work. This was a little worrying as I happen to work in THE most secure building in Cincy-- telecommunication trunk lines for the entire region runs thru the basement. So I headed home and got to my door just as the storm hit. Most of the devastation was in Southern Indiana... But there were 3 killed in Clermont Co Ohio... Small towns nearly wiped off the map. Just so sad.

It all blew tru so fast sun was shining a half hour after all the rain stopped.

Glad that you're safe, Roadtrip.

[zoom-zoom]

Oh, this story is just so so tragic. In a weird way I almost hope she doesn't pull through...she's a tiny orphan, now. I hate to think that her future could potentially involve being bounced around foster care if she has no other relatives to take over guardianship.

[Koronin]

Owlie, thanks. When I spoke with my mom yesterday they were only expecting thunderstorms and high winds.

We just got rain today from those storms (no wind to speak of). My prayers to all who were effected. I have a friend on another message board (pet related one) that lives in or near Athens, GA and her home was totally destroyed by a tornado that hit there. Thankfully she, her daughter and all her pets made it through physically alright, just very scared.