Churchill Downs hit by tornado

[dixiehack]

Twitter blowing up with reports the track got hit. Damage to roof and several barns.

 

[imjustagirl]

****.

 

[93Devil]

Horses are in those things, right?

 

[Killick]

CJ has scant info, so far: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110622/NEWS01/306220109/Tornado-touches-down-in-Churchill-Downs-infield-warning-extended-until-8-45-p-m-?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|Home

 

[imjustagirl]

Yes. Right now it's just saying roof damage on some barns, debris and one guy saying the chapel was damaged with security confirming a tornado touched down in the infield.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

It touched down in the infield!?! That's insane.

 

[holy bull]

Steve Margolis' barn collapsed, they're trying to get horses out. Also a gas leak at another barn.

 

[holy bull]

Some utility poles down next to Papa John's Stadium.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Oh, there's a tornado in Louisville? One of the iconic sports landmarks in the nation has been damaged? Please go to Weather.com for coverage, because this "Twist of Fate" show has to air on The Weather Channel instead.

 

[imjustagirl]

Killick's link above has been updated with photos from outside the PJ stadium. That's not far from Churchill Downs.

 

[holy bull]

Oh, there's a tornado in Louisville? One of the iconic sports landmarks in the nation has been damaged? Please go to Weather.com for coverage, because this "Twist of Fate" show has to air on The Weather Channel instead.

I bailed on TWC awhile ago. They creepily glorify these assholes who go chasing tornadoes for kicks with no known benefit to humankind. Then Joplin happens, and all of a sudden they're all somber. **** you. You can't have it both ways. They've clearly shifted into the entertainment realm.

 

[holy bull]

Apparently one of the barns that was damaged is that of Jinks Fires, who had the popular Arkansas Derby winner Archarcharch in the Kentucky Derby. AAA was hurt at the start and is off the grounds, retired.

 

[slappy4428]

Oh, there's a tornado in Louisville? One of the iconic sports landmarks in the nation has been damaged? Please go to Weather.com for coverage, because this "Twist of Fate" show has to air on The Weather Channel instead.

I bailed on TWC awhile ago. They creepily glorify these assholes who go chasing tornadoes for kicks with no known benefit to humankind. Then Joplin happens, and all of a sudden they're all somber. **** you. You can't have it both ways. They've clearly shifted into the entertainment realm.

Like now, when in prime time they're showing a taped program instead of -- the weather?

 

[Batman]

Oh, there's a tornado in Louisville? One of the iconic sports landmarks in the nation has been damaged? Please go to Weather.com for coverage, because this "Twist of Fate" show has to air on The Weather Channel instead.

I bailed on TWC awhile ago. They creepily glorify these assholes who go chasing tornadoes for kicks with no known benefit to humankind. Then Joplin happens, and all of a sudden they're all somber. **** you. You can't have it both ways. They've clearly shifted into the entertainment realm.

Like now, when in prime time they're showing a taped program instead of -- the weather?

TWC kicked ass with its live coverage of the Alabama tornadoes.

 

[holy bull]

Security turning away reporters because of some loose horses:

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=13908719

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Oh, there's a tornado in Louisville? One of the iconic sports landmarks in the nation has been damaged? Please go to Weather.com for coverage, because this "Twist of Fate" show has to air on The Weather Channel instead.

I bailed on TWC awhile ago. They creepily glorify these assholes who go chasing tornadoes for kicks with no known benefit to humankind. Then Joplin happens, and all of a sudden they're all somber. **** you. You can't have it both ways. They've clearly shifted into the entertainment realm.

Like now, when in prime time they're showing a taped program instead of -- the weather?

TWC kicked ass with its live coverage of the Alabama tornadoes.

Those hit during the day, when they had personnel in the building. It seems TWC automates everything in the evening now.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

From Twitter, one of the destroyed barns ...

http://yfrog.com/kl2t6gj

 

[imjustagirl]

Jesus. I love that they called that "roof damage."

 

[Bob Slydell]

CJ has scant info, so far: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110622/NEWS01/306220109/Tornado-touches-down-in-Churchill-Downs-infield-warning-extended-until-8-45-p-m-?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|Home

They ran out of reporters to report on it.

 

[holy bull]

CD reports all 1,400 horses on the grounds secured and accounted for.