Tornado Damage

Today we drove north and west from Waynesboro, Tennessee, through Kentucky, to Missouri. We bypassed Paducah and drove on smaller roads through rural Tennessee. We were running low on gas by the time we came to Mayfield, Kentucky. Mayfield is a disaster zone. Power lines tipped dangerously toward the road. Barns were destroyed. Roofs were missing. None of the stop lights worked. Some roads were closed. Stores and gas stations are without electricity. FEMA trailers were pulling into town also looking for gas to buy. We saw relief workers handing out water and supplies. All through the country side sheet metal littered the road sides. We saw trailers on their sides. We saw cars and pick ups out in the middle of a field with no tire tracks leading to them. The tornado must have lifted vehicles and put them down again. The entire town was a mess. The devastation was heart breaking to witness. We left Mayfield without gasoline and headed north where electricity and gasoline were available.