had been full of families of children waiting to meet santa. now it s completely gone. and so many businesses are vital to the community have been so damaged and destroyed. and your town as well. there s a saying in small towns. people know about it when you re born and they care about it when you die. they know about it when you re born and care about it when you die. well, in so many places, destruction was met with compassion. neighbors and first responders racing to help and save each other s lives and support. i mean, i asked i m not joking. i asked when i got to mayfield, what the first thing my first my first responders, fema and the and what they heard. they said they were amazed. all they heard is about people just going out and helping one another. everybody. everybody. just stepping up. it s incredible. it s incredible how you all step up. and so, folks, you know, the fact is i m going to make sure
incredible difference. we had a lot of other counties participating in helping us to get the larger debris cleaned up. they sent in trucks and large equipment to get the heavy debris moved. we re seeing a significant difference made by people that are willing to just be good neighbors. i ve heard people talk about rebuilding, how much they love their community, their neighbors. president biden is set to visit kentucky tomorrow. how have you found the government response, whether local, state, even national to be? and what would your message be to the president? first of all, i would like to thank the president for visiting western kentucky. we re not only concerned about our community, we re concerned about our friends down in west kentucky from bowling green to mayfield and other areas devastated by this storm. even our neighboring county hopkins county was hit hard and they have had several
the list of folks who have died here, it is devastating. the ages range from an infant to a 77-year-old from that list, it looks like two families died here, including two infants, a 4-year-old, a 16-year-old. it is just devastating. i ll tell you, stephanie, which i first got here and saw this for myself, it is undescribable. just trying to imagine being here when the force of that tornado hit. it s unimaginable, it s heartbreaking, it s devastating, and i just can t put into words what it s like to stand here and to look at all of this. it is stunning. kathy, take us to mayfield. we have seen pictures. our league jose diaz-balart said it looked like the entire region was carpet bombed. how are people moving forward?
help. it s overwhelming many of our first responders who need to be out doing other things. this will significantly help. please be patient. there s a lot of people who want to help. paducah police department has volunteered to accept food and supplies as well to help out graves county. 270-444-8590. physical address 1400 broadway, paducah, kentucky, 42003. okay. and this one is really important. again, we are working on verifying the information from the candle factory that right now would only have eight confirmed dead, which is a christmas miracle we hoped for, but we have to make sure it s accurate. so all of the employees from the mayfield consumer products candle factory, we need them to go and check in at his house ministries church at 1250 ky 303
elements? right. that s right. and in order to get in touch with fema you have to fill out an online application which, of course, as we ve been talking about, that is not always accessible to people right now. so people can go to the fairgrounds, the local high school here is offering shelter, offering resources. the kentucky fund has raised millions of dollars. in terms of the medication because that s another issue we ve been hearing about from residents who lost their homes. they were concerned about getting the critical medication they need. the walgreens here is open. the walmart pharmacy is opening up as well. and so you are seeing more support roll in here to mayfield and beyond to help these residents that need so much help. pamela brown from her home state of kentucky, thank you so much. let s bring in the lieutenant governor of kentucky, jacqueline coleman. you were able to get out and tour damage from these tornadoes again today. tell us what did you see? what are you