I don't think I even watching all the drone footage and all the photos.

I just don't think I'm prepared for what it's going to be like because it is so close,

but then so far an experience because to be here and be fine and know that just 30 minutes

away everything is gone for so many people.

This is Sarah Stewart Holland and this is Beth Silverce.

Thank you for joining us for Pantsy Politics.

Thank you for joining us here for another episode.

We are going to dedicate today's entire show to the massive tornadoes that hit my area

of Kentucky over the weekend.

We wanted to establish from the get go that we are both safe.

Beth lives in Northern Kentucky, but her family lives in Western Kentucky.

I live in Paduca, which is about 30 minutes from the town you probably saw covered up

in news coverage.

Mayville, Kentucky over the weekend.

So we are both safe in our homes were unaffected by the weather, but we wanted to thank all of

you who reached out and were so concerned for our safety and for our homes and just sent

all the messages like we know we live in Western Kentucky.

We don't know the geography, so we just want to make sure that you're safe.

So I wanted to establish that from the get go.

We're going to talk about my personal experience over the weekend with the weather and the

impact of the storm, the size of the storm, what's going on in my region of the country

and then we'll wrap up as always with what's on our mind outside politics, but still related

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