![]() It made getting to some people so difficult. You know, this occurred in the middle of the night. You know, anybody who's suffering from injury, we are getting them help if we can get to them. We've been able to move people who need a higher level of care to other places. The local hospitals have had calls from all over Kentucky offering help. But these are the times that everybody rallies together. Is that affecting hospitals' attempts and ability to attend to victims of the storm?īESHEAR: Well, we are in a crisis on nursing, from both a pre-existing shortage to burnout during COVID. GONYEA: Just three days ago, before these tornadoes tore through, you declared a state of emergency over the nursing shortage due to COVID. And so we want to thank the rest of America for everything they're doing to help us out. You know, this is the longest, I think, tornado touchdown in history - over 227 miles. Other communities in Kentucky are sending help. And all over, other states are sending help. I think Senator McConnell and I both agree that we're getting everything the federal government's got. I talked to him three separate times yesterday, talked to the secretary of Homeland Security, talked to the head of FEMA. What sort of help is he offering?īESHEAR: Anything that we need. ![]() GONYEA: I know you've talked to President Biden. ![]() It'd take a miracle at this point, but we're praying for it. I think we've gotten about 40 out alive, and we haven't had a live rescue since about 3:30 yesterday morning. There were about 110 people who were working there when it hit. It's 15-plus feet of steel, of cars that were in the parking lot that went through the roof of drums, of corrosive chemicals. What do you know about that at this point?īESHEAR: I was there yesterday, and it's even worse than the images. GONYEA: How are the rescue efforts proceeding in that candle factory in nearby Mayfield? People have seen that - those images. I just learned in Muhlenberg County that my uncle lost two of his first cousins. But right now everybody's looking for people that they care about, trying to make sure that people are OK. ![]() Only six remain open because people are opening their homes. Everybody is doing their best to help out one another. But any of them that I'm talking to are all blessed and say they're blessed to be alive given this event. GONYEA: And what are local residents there and the other places you've been touring - what are they telling you?īESHEAR: How - they're telling us that everything they have is gone. I know our death toll is already above 80, likely over 100 - by far the most devastating tornado event we've ever seen. That community is going to lose a number of people. I'd like to say we're going door to door in places, but there are no doors. A block from my grandparents' house there, everything is just gone - gone. It's about 3,700 people, and the devastation is just indescribable. What did you see there?īESHEAR: I saw almost half the town wiped out. It's the hometown of your father, who was also a governor. GONYEA: So one of the places you visited yesterday was Dawson Springs. It's a tough morning in Kentucky, but we are digging out. Governor Beshear, thanks for being here.ĪNDY BESHEAR: Thanks for having us on. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has been touring some of the most devastated areas. Whole towns have been reduced to two-dimensional landscapes consisting of timbers and fallen bricks, and countless lives and livelihoods have been lost. Search and rescue efforts are continuing a day after dozens of tornadoes caused severe death and destruction in the Midwest and South.
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