Tornadoes confirmed in Anderson and Jessamine Counties

Homeowner talks about destruction

ANDERSON COUNTY/ JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) — “Everything I worked for all my life, looks like its gone,” says an emotional Gilbert Young, who reflected on the damage left behind by an EF-1 tornado, to a place he has called home for almost five decades.

“This first time this has ever happened,” he adds.

Young says this felt like the second time he’s lost everything, the first when a fire claimed his home.

“I had a big log house right where this one sitting and then in 2000 my neighbors called me and told me I need to come home that it was on fire, and I lost, lost everything we had in the fire and then I built this back,” he said.

He says he feels this time was worse.
But, Young is a survivor, he sheltered in his basement.
Adding that the tornado sounded like a freight train.

“I was watching TV, the TV went out, I seen that tree over here fall and sparks fly and I looked at the basement door and my garage doors had blown off,” he recalled.

In Jessamine County, the National Weather Service also confirming a tornado in the area.

“It was 100% a tornado, that’s what we’re always assessing the damage,  110 miles an hour looks like it’s a half a mile or so we’re still doing calculations. We’re close to EF-2, we’re gonna keep looking at some stuff to see if we need to upgrade but right now 110 the width is about 130 yards wide,” said John Gordon with the National Weather Service.

“Nicholasville got the worst damage of the day so far that I’ve looked at in six counties, we have an EF-1, 110 miles per hour here in the Industrial Park it’s amazing that no one died or were and just got injured really badly,” said Gordon.

The family of Gilbert Young has set up a GoFundMe to help him rebuild and fix the damages, you can donate by clicking here.