The devastation across western Kentucky is surreal, especially in Mayfield, one of the cities hit the hardest by tornadoes and severe weather that ravaged the Midwest Saturday.But despite the vast destruction, the community is still coming together. With telephone poles snapped, churches destroyed and homes in rubble, much of downtown Mayfield remains unrecognizable. "They said life was going to change. And they didn't lie," said Rhonda Moss-Levelle, who grew up in Mayfield.She watched the coverage from her Paducah home, knowing her family was in the direct path of the tornado. "All I could feel was my family. All I could think, I can't help them. I couldn't help them. All I could do was pray," Moss-Levelle said,Her family made it out safe, and on Sunday, they were giving back to those cleaning up by providing hot meals on the chilly December day. They had help from Jimmy Finch, a stranger who made the trip up from Clarksville, Tennessee, simply to help others."I just came down here, trying to feed the people," Finch said. "Everybody's talking about they're sending up prayers and, you know, their well wishes and everything. You know, folks can't eat no prayer. We gotta put something in their stomach. Give them something to hold on to."Finch brought a cooker and together he and the Moss-Levelle family are operating out of their food truck that miraculously still stands in the middle of destruction. "Everything around them got hit, but the food truck is still standing," Moss-Levelle said.She says there's a reason the truck is still standing. "God had a purpose for this food truck. And we're using it as you see today."No one pays for food, but the donations collected go to buying more food so they can continue to provide warmth in the cold.The national weather service continues to survey the damage to determine how strong the twister was and because this is likely going to be historic, they are taking their time to make sure they document everything. Early surveys say the tornado in Mayfield was an EF3, but they believe it was stronger in some areas.
The devastation across western Kentucky is surreal, especially in Mayfield, one of the cities hit the hardest by tornadoes and severe weather that ravaged the Midwest Saturday.
But despite the vast destruction, the community is still coming together.
With telephone poles snapped, churches destroyed and homes in rubble, much of downtown Mayfield remains unrecognizable.
"They said life was going to change. And they didn't lie," said Rhonda Moss-Levelle, who grew up in Mayfield.
She watched the coverage from her Paducah home, knowing her family was in the direct path of the tornado.
"All I could feel was my family. All I could think, I can't help them. I couldn't help them. All I could do was pray," Moss-Levelle said,
Her family made it out safe, and on Sunday, they were giving back to those cleaning up by providing hot meals on the chilly December day.
They had help from Jimmy Finch, a stranger who made the trip up from Clarksville, Tennessee, simply to help others.
"I just came down here, trying to feed the people," Finch said. "Everybody's talking about they're sending up prayers and, you know, their well wishes and everything. You know, folks can't eat no prayer. We gotta put something in their stomach. Give them something to hold on to."
Finch brought a cooker and together he and the Moss-Levelle family are operating out of their food truck that miraculously still stands in the middle of destruction.
"Everything around them got hit, but the food truck is still standing," Moss-Levelle said.
She says there's a reason the truck is still standing.
"God had a purpose for this food truck. And we're using it as you see today."
No one pays for food, but the donations collected go to buying more food so they can continue to provide warmth in the cold.
The national weather service continues to survey the damage to determine how strong the twister was and because this is likely going to be historic, they are taking their time to make sure they document everything.
Early surveys say the tornado in Mayfield was an EF3, but they believe it was stronger in some areas.
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