Damage to BGA Last Night

[Black 03 Z06]

Apparently the severe weather that rolled through the United States Midwest last night and early this morning did damage to the Bowling Green GM Assembly Plant.

Looking for link.

Hope everyone is alright.

 

[AxeZ06]

Bowling Green homes, businesses destroyed in deadly tornado event

Severe weather caused significant damage across Kentucky late Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday morning.

www.wkrn.com

 

[AxeZ06]

Check CNN.
Massive damage.
Condolences to everyone touched by the storm.

 

[Murray20c8]

Incredible footage of the path and it's devastation.

 

[Murray20c8]

The museum sustained minor damage, but the track was harder hit and is closed until further notice.
The museum is currently closed and is without power.
The assembly plant was also spared damage, but did have a small fire.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

I guess the concern now is for the workers at the plant and their families. Man the destruction is incredible. Almost fascinating how selective the chaos is.

Hope for the best.

Thanks for the link @Murray20c8.

 

[Murray20c8]

Damage to Motorsports Park in BG

 

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This today from CorvetteBlogger/UAW confirming the not-surprising news that the Bowling Green plant will likely be shut down Monday. Sincere best wishes from Canada to all those affected by this terrible tornado which at 237 miles is apparently the longest consecutive ground contact tornado in history.

 

[turbozig]

Very sad to see the damage. Thoughts and prayers go out to all of those and families affected.

 

[AxeZ06]

Both shifts are cancelled for the upcoming week.

 

[Afterimage]

Found this on the other forum, video on FB BGA footage around 5min mark.



Crazy the damage caused by this. Remember in our neck of the woods the high winds we got yesterday is part of this system that ravaged those areas so we are so lucky to not have the devastation they got. Yeah, we might have some trees down, power lines down, shingles coming off our homes but in the grand scheme of things we are lucky to live where we are.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Wind was brutal here yesterday afternoon, still no power.

Cannot imagine what those people went through. Can only hope for the best.

 

[Murray20c8]

Trees and thousands of branches down here on my property, but luckily we have power. Surprised me. We are usually the first to go out. lol

 

[DougHGMC8]

We have minor damage to roof shingles on some houses here but the power stayed on. Our condolences to all those families impacted by this brutal storm.

 

[Thom]

Trees and thousands of branches down here on my property, but luckily we have power. Surprised me. We are usually the first to go out. lol

Same here. Power went off during the night but all good now. Spent an hour cleaning up branches this morning and no where near half done. Glad my C8 was indoors.

 

[crazylegs]

Trees and thousands of branches down here on my property, but luckily we have power. Surprised me. We are usually the first to go out. lol

Was that in Ontario?

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Don't think I have ever seen a storm like yesterday in the 40 years we have been here. The property is littered with tree branches. Power is still off, no idea when it will be back on.

Wood stove and generator humming along.

Nothing compared to the US Midwest.

 

[Murray20c8]

Was that in Ontario?

Yes. southern Ontario any way.

Don't think I have ever seen a storm like yesterday in the 40 years we have been here. The property is littered with tree branches. Power is still off, no idea when it will be back on.

Wood stove and generator humming along.

Nothing compared to the US Midwest.

Power up yet?
I just got back from hockey and had to swerve from fallen branches etc. still. You'd think the people who lived on the road would pick them up.

 

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Both shifts are cancelled for the upcoming week.

Confirmed with a bit more detail:

GM halts Corvette output after tornado causes fire at Kentucky plant

The Chevy Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Ky., will be down this week after one of multiple weekend tornadoes started a fire at the factory Saturday.

www.autonews.com

 

[Murray20c8]

Confirmed with a bit more detail:

GM halts Corvette output after tornado causes fire at Kentucky plant

The Chevy Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Ky., will be down this week after one of multiple weekend tornadoes started a fire at the factory Saturday.

www.autonews.com

I'd bet dollars to donuts that the fire is only part of the reason. The employees almost certainly live in the area and were affected in many ways. One with all the power outages and trees down etc. They must take care of their own issues before needing to start back to work. As happened here, strong winds likely caused much damage to the areas not affected by tornadoes