Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the people of the Bluegrass are down and hurting because of the tornadoes that hit the state but they are not defeated or broken.It is that kind of resolve that everyone has leaned on this past week in places like Mayfield and Dawson Springs, because there’s not much left to lean on.“Our commitment is the long term, the years it’s going to take to get each and every family impacted and every town impacted back up on their feet. To me this is deeply personal these are our people and they've been harmed by something of the likes we have never seen,” Beshear said.Thousands of homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed.More than 1,300 state workers are onsite in western Kentucky, including hundreds of national guard members, several hundred workers from Kentucky transportation and forestry and 100 state police troopers.There are also 700 people on the ground from Federal Emergency Management Agency.The governor said the mission now is shifting from search-and-rescue and recovery to one of law enforcement patrolling to prevent looting.“Sadly there appears to be looting and we cannot let it happen. To take advantage of somebody who has lost everything is beyond despicable and if we catch you we will prosecute you to the full extent of the law,” Beshear said.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the people of the Bluegrass are down and hurting because of the tornadoes that hit the state but they are not defeated or broken.
It is that kind of resolve that everyone has leaned on this past week in places like Mayfield and Dawson Springs, because there’s not much left to lean on.
“Our commitment is the long term, the years it’s going to take to get each and every family impacted and every town impacted back up on their feet. To me this is deeply personal these are our people and they've been harmed by something of the likes we have never seen,” Beshear said.
Thousands of homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed.
More than 1,300 state workers are onsite in western Kentucky, including hundreds of national guard members, several hundred workers from Kentucky transportation and forestry and 100 state police troopers.
There are also 700 people on the ground from Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The governor said the mission now is shifting from search-and-rescue and recovery to one of law enforcement patrolling to prevent looting.
“Sadly there appears to be looting and we cannot let it happen. To take advantage of somebody who has lost everything is beyond despicable and if we catch you we will prosecute you to the full extent of the law,” Beshear said.
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