Storms!

Folks;

Hoo, boy, what a night! The emergency sirens woke me just before 1:00 AM. I got up and tried the radio but all any of the stations I listened to had to contribute was general storm survival info. I realized the only radio I had with weather channels was in the basement, so I decided to try the TV instead. That was much better. Two Lexington stations had continuous coverage, with radar and other info. (There may have been more, but those are the ones I watched.) Unfortunately, just as one of the stations got to Franklin County the cable went out!

It came back on after a few minutes, and I was able to stay informed. The cable went off the air repeatedly for less than a minute at a time over the next hour-plus. The storm moved through fast; at times it was clocked going at over 80 MPH. Straight-line winds matched. There were multiple tornado warnings but these weren't as pervasive or long lasting as the severe thunderstorm warnings. 

Finally got back to bed about 2:20, and woke just after 10:00 AM. Don't know how much damage was done locally, yet. Will check later. 

There is more bad weather on the way, too.