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Tornado hits Grab-Donansburg area of Green Co. KY 24 Feb 2018 Tornado's path mapped by Kyle Davis stretched about one mile along KY 88 East of Donansburg, with heaviest damage on Indus & Shirley Pickett's five acre farm, where two barns were destroyed and many trees were blown down. Click on headline for complete story with photo(s) By Linda & Ed Waggener The farm of Indus and Shirley Pickett at the corner of Hwy 88 and Grab Road in Green County, KY was hardest hit by a tornado during Saturday nights storms, 24 February 2018. At 10:30pmCT, Saturday night, after getting a warning call from their daughter LaNetta, they were in their basement when they felt the house above them shake. The electricity went off and the winds roared outside. The Picketts' five acre farm stretches in a narrow band with long frontage along KY 88, just east of Donansburg, just west of Grab. On the back side, it's boundary is the "old road to Greensburg," Indus Pickett says. He said the tornado only lasted for for about one minute. He said he went outside in the darkness after the wind stopped and could immediately tell things were not right, when he aimed a powerful flashlight he owns, and saw a big piece of roofing in one of his trees. Shirley Pickett said the couple got no sleep through the night. She said every time she looked outside all she could see were the flashing lights of utility and emergency vehicles. Their electricity would not come back on for seven hours, until around 5:30amCT, Sunday morning. Thankfully no one was hurt in the storm. Daylight would allow them to view the damage. Two barns were completely destroyed, with metal and wood debris scattered all over their fields and lawn. Fence posts were driven into the ground. Many trees were lost. Their satellite receiver was destroyed and so, Shirley Pickett said, they'd have no more television for a while. Their garage was blocked by tree limbs and debris from the barns so they were unable to get their vehicles out. While others cleared the garage, daughter LaNetta picked them up for meals back at her house on the other side of Donansburg Sunday morning. On the opposite side of their farm, Macedonia Baptist Church Pastor Brad Davis lost part of the porch at the back of his home. Many family members were there on Sunday to make sure the Pickett's were alright and to help begin the property assessment and clean up. Their grandson, Kyle Davis, said he had mapped it and the tornado had gone through a one mile strip and that it looked like their farm had received the most damage. Indus Pickett is retired after a career at Eaton Axle in Glasgow, KY. The brick faced home the couple lives in was built in 1969. Mr. Pickett was proud to show off how sturdy the structure is. Though they felt vibrations during the storm, there was no evidence of Sunday afternoon that the house - at least the brick - had been damaged. This story was posted on 2018-02-26 04:43:45
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