2024 Regular Session - Day 59 - Citation, Rep. Nancy Tate

Mr Speaker I rise in remembering the unprecedented Devastation that was visited upon the city of Brandenburg and the 31 kentuckians whose lives were tragically lost on April 3rd 1974 the historic event known as the 1974 Super outbreak was the most violent tornado outbreak ever recorded and the second long uh largest Tornado Outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period from April 3rdd through April 4th 1974 there were 148 tornadoes confirmed in 13 US states in the Canadian providence of Ontario in Kentucky the citizens of Brandenburg and me County were hit particularly hard with numerous homes businesses and roadways destroyed approximately 300 citizens injured and 31 lives lost on April 3rd 2024 the 50th anniversary of the outbreak the city of Brandenburg remembered the events of that awful day and paid well-deserved tribute to the sons and daughters whose lives were lost while also recognizing the tremendous cooperation and Community spirit that followed bringing local citizens together to comfort one another and to bring the Monumental task of rebuilding today the community thrives as a result of the courage and the compassion that as Citizens collectively demonstrated in the wake of that terrible day Mr Speaker I ask the members of this honorable body to join me by honoring the citizens Mr Speaker I move for adoption without objection citations adopted