50 years later | Remembering the 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak

This year marks half a century since a series of destructive tornadoes struck across the Midwest, South, and East of the U.S., plus Ontario, Canada.
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[@darylb5564]

I was 9 years old. We were all playing ball in street. I’ll never forget the color the sky turned. We were just little kids but knew it was not right…

[@26michaeluk]

Pulaski county was hit by 4 F3s and my mom nearly drove into the tornado at night and lightening allowed her to see it and stopped. Got rolled over half a dozen times in a Camaro. I wasn't born for another 10+ years.

[@CyborgZeta]

Looking at Brandenburg today, it's amazing how they rebuilt after that tornado. I have nothing but respect for people who are able to start over and rebuild after destruction like that.

[@komradkolonel]

I was four years old and I remember it vividly. About an hour before it hit I remember they sky being this dirt brown color. It just didn't look right. Then it turned very dark green and yellow. I saw the tornado at Eastern Parkway and Bardstown Road as it was heading into Cherokee Park. The thing was huge. It looked like that tornado that hit Tuscaloosa back in 2011 but darker and more powerful. I still see the tornado in my dreams from time to time.

[@user-lb5bd9yk4d]

I'll never forget that day 😢😳🤔🇺🇸💯

[@nancyadams9228]

Byron Crawford on clear channel kept us safe! Dick Gilbert’s broadcast was unforgettable. ❤ They built the I64 tunnels to save Olmsted’s specimen trees. They were destroyed.

[@932bandit]

I was 9 years old and sheltered in a well house outside of Elizabethtown. We lost our roof but was lucky otherwise.

[@randallwilliams7338]

You were blessed to be alive.

[@cwilson6990]

I was 17 got home from school Nashville TN We had no Warning period it was stormy , then got very quiet then the sound of a Train , we lived in ranch house No Basement I had a broken arm couldn't get to hospital for over week ,😢 All power lines down on our st neighborhood It was the Scariest Day of my Life my Family our Roof house was gone , so much Damage in our house No Power in our house neighbor for over 2 weeks only able to get to hospital cause Electric Company hot those Power lines off Rd

[@cwilson6990]

@@randallwilliams7338 God bless you 🙏♥️

[@markrush5013]

we lived in bullitt country and were planning on seeing the Kentucky Colonels that night. I was 12. where did 50 years go?

[@jamessimms415]

RIP Dick Gilbert & others broadcast the warnings. I often tell people to listen to the WHAS-AM radio recordings

[@lindachandler2293]

Dang, I'm old. I remember being so sad this happened.

[@chriscraft1334]

"Good gracious sakes alive!" John Burke

[@dawnstock6276]

I lived in Fort Knox when that tornado hit back in 1974. I was 7 years old then. My mom down there to volunteer. She said it was horrible.

[@Curly34584]

Great story😀

[@Kw1161]

I live in Tucson, Arizona but have relatives in Kentucky. April, 3 1974 my family was celebrating my late little sister’s 11th birthday, and she just had blown out the candles on her cake when my aunt called from her home in Pleasure Ridge Park. She and my uncle had nearly drove into it trying to get back home. Later that year my uncle who was pilot rented a Cessna and took pictures around Louisville and three days after . The water collection lake being sucked dry was impressive plus the damaged buildings. Thanks for your documentary video and have a great day!

[@randometeo]

*4:34** - AND EVERY DAY IS A BLESSING!* This is the watchword of life under these circumstances!🙋‍♂

[@briankelly5436]

They did not use the EF scale. They only used the F scale. EF scale came In 2007

[@26michaeluk]

Yup cause Greensburg was the first EF5 ever in 2007.

[@cwilson6990]

I lived thru the 1974 Tornadoes I wss 17,Was Scariest Day in my Life & family I had just got home from School in Tennessee We lived in A Ranch House No Bsdement We Never had A Warning Make that CLEAR !ok Nothing ! Was stromy earlier We heard !,the sound of Train tornado hit Our Roof house complete gone !, Windows were Out house Do much damage inside !i had a Broken Arm 😢we couldnt get a hospital For over a Week All Power lines down all in front of our house neighborhood ! My brother was Driving home from College 45 min away from Middle Tn State University He called a pay phone he stopped told Dad he was Scared to death Tornado he saw it Death It had not got to our house yet He didnt know What to do Dad said him Get in some where you can be inside not nesr Glass wr haf no idea thst we wiuld be Next ! Ad i said No Warning at all just storming then omg ! We Worried about him 😔 He said he others had gotten in to Store went to back i it Tornado hit he called later &The Store was Hit ! He others saved being in back of Store had injuries He was ok , I remember April 3 it was Yesterday People don't know about this so many Thank you for this video here in Nashville Local News all 3 local News Channels , All 3, did a Complete News Of April 3-1974 We are in Tornado Alley We have Tornado every year just last Friday again News breaks Our Sirens strarted thsnk god

[@kimberlylholt]

I never hear anyone talk about the tornados that happened in Tennessee that night. We lived in Cookeville at that time.

[@cwilson6990]

I have cousins in Cookeville tornadoes hard to say you didn't know about Nashville Suberbs Middle TN Actually Got the worst of it came Cookeville east TN Thier after Middle TN we couldnt get thru to them on phone In Nashville Suberbs it was an F-4

[@cmoore1968]

I was six and my mom saw the roof ripped off the fairground. I saw the black cloud move over Louisville that year.

[@glennso47]

I believe that one of those tornadoes attacked Belvidere Illinois

[@toddwells4126]

Great video but at just after the 7:00 mark it is said, "Here's badly damaged Forest Court in 1973." That would be 74.....

[@jimmylieb5225]

Xenia OH?

[@spaffyjimble2317]

7:32 The Sharingan!

[@georgiasmith64]

6:30 !!Dick Gilbert!!

[@ericascali5427]

Disatro😢😢😢

[@BubbasndRayEarl]

No one listened to these weather reports back then. It was a little boy crying wolf deal. The weather guys were like today Oh my gosh! Looks soooo bad! I remember that day. I remember 2011. My home was hit by the first Andover tornado in 1991. I've been a spotter since 1975.