Photo Recovered 150 Miles From Source
Dec 15, 2021 23:39:35 #
I keep in close contact with one of my 2nd cousins, even though we live over 350 miles apart. She lives in our old hometown of Jeffersontown, KY.
In what can be described as pure serendipity, she found a school photo in her front yard on Saturday morning. She asked around the neighborhood, but no luck. She is not one to give up searches easily. She started contacting friends on Facebook, who gave her some tips, and after searching the web for five days, she finally located the person in the photo.
When the tornadoes went through Kentucky on Friday night, one of the towns badly hit was Dawson Springs, KY. Although not damaged as badly as Mayfield, the town did have several deaths and lots of destruction. The picture came from a home which was destroyed by the tornado, traveled some 150 miles, and ended up in my cousin's yard.
She made contact with some folks in Dawson Springs, and the photo is now safely on its way back to the subject.
Surreal, but that's what tornadoes can do.
In what can be described as pure serendipity, she found a school photo in her front yard on Saturday morning. She asked around the neighborhood, but no luck. She is not one to give up searches easily. She started contacting friends on Facebook, who gave her some tips, and after searching the web for five days, she finally located the person in the photo.
When the tornadoes went through Kentucky on Friday night, one of the towns badly hit was Dawson Springs, KY. Although not damaged as badly as Mayfield, the town did have several deaths and lots of destruction. The picture came from a home which was destroyed by the tornado, traveled some 150 miles, and ended up in my cousin's yard.
She made contact with some folks in Dawson Springs, and the photo is now safely on its way back to the subject.
Surreal, but that's what tornadoes can do.
Dec 16, 2021 01:13:30 #
And that's what good people do 
Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling and I didn't have a thing to do with it
Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling and I didn't have a thing to do with itDec 16, 2021 06:41:06 #
If she can do that to identify and locate imagine what the CIA and FBI can do.
Dec 16, 2021 08:03:33 #
Dec 16, 2021 09:24:11 #
Dec 16, 2021 09:42:26 #
Dec 16, 2021 11:23:58 #
That tornado set some pretty horrible records. Prayers for all the folks impacted by it. We live just across the Ohio River, and are thankful to have been spared this disaster. The footage of damage in Mayfield is unbelievable. Here is the track it took...
Dec 16, 2021 12:21:32 #
pendennis wrote:
I keep in close contact with one of my 2nd cousins... (show quote)
That’s a great story! And why exactly do people live in those areas? I’ll never understand it.
Dec 16, 2021 12:29:19 #
Fredrick wrote:
That’s a great story! And why exactly do people live in those areas? I’ll never understand it.
Hold onto your back-side, it can happen ANYWHERE !!!By the way so can BIG landsides into the ocean
Dec 16, 2021 13:58:31 #
14kphotog wrote:
Hold onto your back-side, it can happen ANYWHERE !!!By the way so can BIG landsides into the ocean
Uh, huh!?!
Dec 16, 2021 15:02:10 #
Fredrick wrote:
That’s a great story! And why exactly do people live in those areas? I’ll never understand it.
Western Kentucky is not considered a part of "Tornado Alley". It's mostly a river valley between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The farmland is excellent. In the 1930's, Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley were conceived to take strain off the spring floods of the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers. During the Great Flood of 1937, the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers got out of their banks and devastated the area.
This tornadic storm had its genesis in Arkansas, moved through southern Missouri and crossed into Kentucky. There isn't a lot of population along the storm line, so the loss of life was kept at a minimum. Mayfield and Dawson Springs aren't very large (ca. 10K each). The largest nearby city is Paducah, followed by Eddyville and Kuttawa. The total length of the storm path was ca. 220 miles, not seen since 1925.
Dec 16, 2021 21:28:29 #
The tornado stayed on the ground for over 250 miles. It wiped out a little town on Reelfoot Lake (Samburg) where I used to go to photograph Eagles. It wiped out a lot of Mayfield Ky, a lot of Dresden Tn, Cayce Ky and several other towns. Over 100 dead and many still missing. Where I lived on the Tn Ky state line, there was still no electricity in many homes, no Spectrum Internet or TV. A lady who worked for me for 33 years had none of that plus no cell hone service. She had to go buy a batter radio to know what was going on. I finally got through to her yesterday, but her phone was garbled. At least I know she is OK.
Dec 17, 2021 20:11:09 #
Dec 17, 2021 21:29:43 #
hrblaine wrote:
She must have a lot of spare time. Harry
She was simply terrified not knowing what was taking place around her. She felt she needed to know. Probably not a good feeling to not be able to communicate with ANYONE, anywhere.
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