"We didn't have time to be scared." Stories of the 1974 Tornado in Richmond, Kentucky-April 3, 1974
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- "We didn't have time to be scared." Stories of the 1974 Tornado in Richmond, Kentucky-April 3, 1974
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So glad to have these personal accounts documented, even 50 years later.
Yeah I was 3
I was in Louisville, KY when that tornado hit and everything was destroyed in our neighborhood in Jefferson County. It has been the source of my trauma ever since. I was 10 years old at the time. I will never forget this day for as long as I live!
I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I could never imagine how scared you were !!!
I'm 53 now and I remember watching "Presto" The Magic Clown 🤡 on television 📺, he said to the kids to get an adult or an older person (babysitter, etc.) and he told the older people that Louisville was under a Tornado Warning and there were several other Counties in North Central Kentucky, and parts of South Central Indiana, at the time that the Tornado hit the Fairgrounds at Freedom Hall, then it hit the Water Company Reservoir on Frankfort Avenue, Captain Dick Gilbert flew over his house where his daughter was at, and he did violent motions with his hands, so she went to shelter.
Since start of the month, been watching dozens of videos of the 1974 Super Outbreak. Far more Interesting than the Solar Eclipse.
I was 13 yrs old. Never have I forgotten that night. I live in south central KY....Rockcastle Co. I remember it was so calm and really hot that day at school. The total destruction was just mind boggling. No doubt in my mind we got an F4 here in Rockcastle Co. The injuries were bad and it killed my cousin's Grandmother. Terrible days afterwards for a long time.
Listening to the descriptions of the tornado, it reminds me of descriptions of the Tri-State Tornado of 1925: not a funnel, but a "rolling cloud on the ground."
The Madison county tornado hopped the Kentucky River and gave Clark Co. a good thumping . Got my family hugged up under the kitchen table . Never forget the sound , like an old steam engine train chugging along pulling a heavy load . Worked for Ma Bell and spent a month repairing telephone lines and cables in Clark and Madison counties . Could go , way too long , about the wreckage . Never , ever forget .
Great work! Thank you for sharing this!
I will never forget that night and the following days.
I remember that day . I was 12 years old living in Virginia. It was also around the time Hank Aaron broke Babes HR record. Busy time
9 years old and in between Saylor Park and Xenia. And I was at River Front at that game!
These stories make me feel guilty for being fascinated by tornadoes. They really are monsters.
Thank you for posting this. Much can be learned from it.
A family about 6 miles from me had just finished repairs to their home from a tornado the day before it was completely destroyed by a second one exactly one year later that took the exact same path. They had to be rescued from the rubble with non-life-threatening injuries.
Thank you for sharing!! Very interesting! I was only 6 years old, but remember many things about the outbreak. We were very lucky to have escaped the destruction in eastern Casey County. Years later I lived in Richmond while attending EKU. I'm very familiar with many of the communities mentioned in this production.
We always stopped in Richmond at the white castle on our was to Leslie county from Ohio. Never knew it was part of the 74 outbreak!
Someone took a photo of the Richmond Ky tornado from the eku campus. On google somewhere
I looked it up, if it’s the photo you’re thinking of it’s scary as heck. 😳 But so are all tornado photos…There was another tornado that hit a town called New Richmond, but that was in the 1800’s in Wisconsin I think. Crazy stuff.
This documentary is amazing..thank you for making this..Excellent
When a tornado lifted some right before damaging our home and destroying all the outbuildings it moved a very heavy 70s truck transmission about 100 feet and pulled up the wire fence around some flowers without harming the flowers. My friend and I were inside the home and around age 13. We got caught skipping school (we had gone camping/fishing) because we escaped from camping in the nearby woods when the storms moved in. We made it to the house about 30 seconds ahead of the tornado. It completely wiped out an old growth oak forest about 3/4 mile away. We were lucky it lost strength for about a minute while passing through our yard.
This was a really good production. We had a little horse place between Columbus and Xenia at the time. We didn't have any sirens or warning, but my mom knew. She had everything set up in the cellar. She knew something bad was on the horizon. Friend of my grandmothers took a picture of one of the tornadoes and it was featured on the front page of the Columbus Dispatch. Not sure if it was the Xenia or one that hit between. I still recall the picture and the front page. I remember what the sky was like.. how everything smelled, the cool and hot air breezes and winds, how the horses and other animals acted and how worried my mom seemed.
I`ve had a few very scary close calls with tornadoes and other severe weather like hurricanes and very high winds. It eventually causes severe anxiety and worry.
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! We ARE awake and we can HEAR YOU! Your stories will remain with me for all my days! I DO understand. Thank you all for making this video, and even though I live in California I understand what you are saying. I'm so sorry for that day... PLEASE CONTINUE TO TELL THE TRUTH!!! Amen!
Great accounts. Did not consider sound effects necessary, but loved the rest.
I wasn't born yet my mom was pregnant with me then i remember my parents talking
Great DOC....but I wish they could take the wind noise out.
The noise was like a freight train chugging . For me the wind was there and the sound was a huge part of it , a tornado does not tip toe past . Leave the wind .
@@alanjones3874 I remember that night in limestone Huntsville Al. We had 4 Tornadoes hit the city that night. Two F5 came almost the same area with in 35 minutes of each of them. The other two came around 9pm and 10pm. The sky was crazy colors that night.
I used to have a book called April 3rd 1974 A Night To Remember. I can't find another copy anywhere. The author interviewed the Alabama and Southern Tennessee victims of those tornadoes. A lot of the people who told their stories were older then and gone on by now. But it was a very interesting book. I was in 3rd grade and we were in the second tonado that hit Tanner and hit us when it came across the state line. I remember a lot of people saying that during the bad ones they could not see a funnel but a black cloud sitting on the ground..No edges to hit. A relative of mines husband was a pastor at a local church. They ran in and told the congregation that it coming. They got under the pews and the pastor ran to the window to open it and a brick flew in and hit him in the head and some saw him being sucked out the window. Terrible night.
I love this! Constructive criticism- the background wind noises are distracting and take away from the people speaking. Other than that, this is amazing!
Tornados, are dangerous facts of nature. That kill indiscriminately, and are scary as heck especially for anyone who is close to one. Love from Marysville California
I lived in Irvine KY and I remember hearing that White Hall elementary School had been destroyed and we were sent home from Hargett Elementary school and out of school the next day.
The students thinking their barometer was broken is wild
Love these stories but the sound effects got annoying.
I was about to say the same thing. I don't know what they were thinking!
If those sound effects are annoying , you should have heard the real thing . I pray every time the sirens start , Lord please spare me over another year .
@@alanjones3874 oh I've heard the real thing many times. I'm from Tx.
I liked them, it gave us a small idea of what the experience was like (and I do mean a very small idea!) Scary though.
my great great grandparents were alvin and ruthie lainhart who died in this tornado.. their entire house was gone
So, so sorry
This is f ING unwatchable because of the editing and the RIDICULOUS sound effects. What a waste if good interviews.