72°F12:10 AM Storms ripped through much of the mid-west portion of the United States on March 2, 2012 causing tornados, golf-ball sized hail, and other meteorological moments of chaos.
One of the hardest hit areas was Henryville, Indiana. The aftermath made the city a hive of rescue workers, press, and survivors dealing with their devastation.
Photographers Joe Mays and Kate Gregg traveled to Henryville on a whim to see if they could shoot some photos. The police had the town closed down, but they managed to find access.
Hold the tartar. Wait—hold the fish, too.
The lacrosse game and fish fry scheduled for tonight at Bellarmine University have been postponed due to predicted inclement weather. Tailgating is also out.
However, the game with Loyola University Maryland is a go for tomorrow, Saturday, at 1:00 p.m. at Frazier Stadium. Tickets are available at the gate and are $10 for the public, free for Bellarmine students and $5 for other students with ID.
The Shell station on Bardstown Road near the Gardiner Lane shopping center remained open despite the giant billboard crashing in to the pump area during the storm on Saturday, August 13.
I find it perhaps a little ironic that Mother Nature took out a billboard prompting people to fight against the EPA in order to keep coal jobs in tact.
The steel support posts of the billboard were twisted and bent.

What started out as an average summer day with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms, quickly turned into an atypical summer day with an unusual and seemingly unannounced tornado outbreak with very little lead time.
Initially, a very small thunderstorm turned tornadic, crossing the county from west to east. Several witnesses reported funnel clouds as the storm traveled across the county.
This week will mark the official kick-off of the 2011 Kentucky Derby Festival.
Venue set-up and preparations for Derby Festival’s Opening Ceremonies: Thunder Over Louisville and Chow Wagon began today, Monday, April 11.
The public venue runs North of Main between Clay and 8th Street on the Kentucky side.
After two very warm days in Kentuckiana, a strong cold front will be sweeping its way through the region, bringing with it a good chance for thunderstorms and severe weather. Severe weather is defined by surface wind gusts exceeding 50 knots (60 m.p.h.), or hail size exceeding three quarters of an inch.
Most of us won’t mind the passing weather so much, but the big temperature adjustment is expected to make people complain.
It was only a few days ago that Kentuckiana saw its first episode of gnarly springtime weather; tornadoes, heavy rain, local flooding, and dangerous lightning. As Spring approaches we can expect with certainty the potential for similar weather phenomena to occur.