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Tornado: A Look Back at Louisville's Dark Day, April 3, 1974

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The third of April, 1974, became known as "The Day Of 100 Tornados." A very chilling day for thousands, never to be forgotten. I was in the Louisville tornado, as it tore through
the city that afternoon. This just is not something one easily forgets. One tornado is terrible enough, yet there were many,
many more that night, not only in Kentucky, but throughout the
whole region. They just kept coming. I believe Mr. Butler has done a remarkable job with this book---bringing to life again that terrible day, and night, of sheer destruction. The Louisville tornado tore through our beloved Cherokee Park, destroying in one moment, thousands of beautiful trees that had been there for years. Certainly everything is recovering through the years since, yet will never ever be the same. This is a book of remembrance for those who lived through the horrors of that day and night...and a book
which clearly shows the sheer power of what a tornado can do.

I was only 4 when the tornado ripped through Louisville, but it was a traumatic event that has never left me. Even now when the sirens go off in the spring storm season memories flood back of the devasation it left behind in our city. This book is a very accurate account full of photos and people's memories from that horrible event 30 years ago. The ferocity of nature combined with the herosim the human race can display at such times. Easy to read, lovely to sit on the coffee table. Very well done.