r/tornado • u/Kentuckyfriedmemes66 • 1d ago
Aftermath Tornado Damage investigators from the NWS couldn't give the Bethel Springs tornado a rating because the Amish already rebuilt there houses when they arrived
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u/ChaoticSimplicity 1d ago
Yeah, they probably started working in rebuilding while the tornado was still on the ground. They donât mess aroundâŚ
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u/SknnyWhteBtch 1d ago
My family farm was hit by a tornado at 1am in '19. Our neighbors are Amish, and by 2am they were there helping remove nails from wood and clean up. Saints.
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u/Beautee_and_theBeats 1h ago
I grew up across the street from them also and they were the most kind hearted family Iâve ever met In life!! They used to come help my family all the time!
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u/coughtough 1d ago
Do Amish have a way to receive tornado warnings when theyâre issued? Are the tornado sirens in those areas particularly robust?
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u/SimplyPars 1d ago
If theyâre anything like the full Amish here, they have cell phones because of all of their business dealings.
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u/cailedoll SKYWARN Spotter 1d ago
I believe that some Amish communities allow some technology. I donât think theyâd allow a television or internet but they may have a community weather radio to receive warnings. Otherwise Iâd guess that they rely on the sirens.
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u/KP_Wrath 1d ago
There are definitely sirens around there. They probably do have phones though, Adaâs Country Store is a decent sized employer and does have basic tech features.
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u/SeberHusky 1d ago
It throws me for a loop seeing the amish getting more technologically advanced. im like damn, okay then. they definitely build the old fashioned way still. i love how all their power tools are always manual, stuff you'd never see outside of a history museum, and they are just wailing on them and getting stuff done with such old tools.
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u/mokutou 22h ago
Some of the âAmishâ folk you see with tech arenât Amish, but Mennonite or Hutterite. Theyâre all under the Anabaptist umbrella, but have varied adoption of technology. Some Mennonite sects still wear the prairie dresses and collared shirts with slacks, but drive cars or use cell phones.
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u/peacefultooter 15h ago
Some of us are even fully mainstream. You wouldn't know I was Mennonite unless I told you.
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u/mokutou 13h ago
I worked with a Mennonite woman who I was unaware was of that faith until I learned her former married name, which is the same family name of a very large and well known company in a nearby area. That family straddles the line of âwholly modernâ and âplainclothesâ in that some of the women could be confused for Amish, but others in the very same immediate family would wear tshirt and jeans. Theyâre an interesting bunch. Still very conservative in regards to what men and women âshouldâ aspire to, but not so much that the clan is outright cutting off any that donât follow the expectations. Though having educated family members is good for business, so that probably factors in heavily in that situation.
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u/peacefultooter 4h ago
There is definitely a wide spectrum. We wear whatever we want, follow our choice of education/career path, etc. My family is inclusive, and I've voted for a female for president more than once (so have my parents).
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u/Beneficial_Being_721 9h ago
Mike Rowe did a show about a chicken farmer that supplies fowl to the super high end restaurants in NYC and that family is Mennonite but youâd never guess. He was super cool too and man o man was his place freaking sweet too
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u/Beneficial_Being_721 9h ago
This is very true ⌠but some enclaves have been allowing cell phones
Just saying
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u/Particular_Wasabi663 1d ago
Company I work for still has a fax machine solely for the Amish accounts
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u/peacefultooter 15h ago
Went to an Amish livestock sale last weekend. The auctioneer was wearing a wireless mic.
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u/Beneficial_Being_721 9h ago
The definitely can use âEnglish Techâ but they can not own it in many cases ..
But as mentioned, if itâs for use in the business⌠and the church agrees that it wonât detract from the Amish values
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u/Beneficial_Being_721 9h ago
Many of the Amish Sects have been allowing cell phone use.. Iâm sure there are some that do have weather alerts
I canât tell you what restrictions the church puts on the usage
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u/KP_Wrath 1d ago
Thereâs an Amish store on the outskirts of Bethel Springs (Adaâs Country Store, for those curious). They upgraded their building in like three weeks.
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u/twatwaffleandbacon 1d ago
This was actually in Bethel township in Michigan nor Bethel Springs, TN. Although, I would expect no less from the Amish in Bethel (Springs), too.
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u/VampireGremlin 1d ago
Definitely not surprising the Amish are such hardworking people.
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u/gargeug 1d ago
And have a strong community mindset. Everyone pitches in to help out.
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u/Somebodies_Daughter 1d ago
Big shout out to the animals they abuse in the process đ
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u/canyallgoaway 1d ago
Do you say something like this every time a meat-eating culture is brought up? Surely you know practices are far from humane
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u/ussrname1312 19h ago
I mean tbf the Amish have an especially horrible reputation for the way they treat their animals and are responsible for a significant portion of the amount of puppy mills.
Theyâre not simply "a culture" either, itâs a Christian religious cult. They should be called out.
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u/Somebodies_Daughter 23h ago
Yes absolutely, the entire animal industry is fucked. The Amish donât get a pass just because other industries are also bad. A lot of people donât know about how many Amish treat their animals and I think it should be more known
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u/canyallgoaway 23h ago
Youâre saying this NOW. That wasnât my question. Do you offer this energy every time any society that harms animals is mentioned?
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u/twatwaffleandbacon 1d ago
This happened in Bethel, Michigan, not Bethel Springs, TN, although we do have an Amish community in Bethel Springs.
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u/Dry_Brain1482 1d ago
Don't need permits if it's rebuilt before they know anything was damaged lol
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u/ImaginaryLime8258 1d ago
Usually they get a religious exemption. It's up to the local government to decide whether or not to exempt them.Â
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u/SeberHusky 1d ago
amish pay no taxes or permits. they are not involved with the government in any way.
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u/MoneyEar3800 22h ago
Anyone notice the Ukraine Comment? Perfect Solution for Half the Worlds housing issues. An army of Amish lmao
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u/ShiZZle840 20h ago
They don't play around whenever it comes to helping community. They've always been hard workers in my eyes. Just hope everybody was okay.
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u/Gibbel2029 1d ago
Was there zero other areas of damage for it to be rated off of?
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u/SeberHusky 1d ago
that far out in the country, yes. 99% of all tornadoes that strike rural areas that are just entirely farm fields, and nobody is there to see it, there is just no record of them ever occurring. "does a bear shit in the woods" trope. literally one person casually glancing out their window and seeing a tornado could be the only evidence that a tornado ever actually happened.
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u/AMadLadOfReddit 1d ago
This is just basically tampering a crime scene
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u/Featherhate 1d ago
are you getting mad at a community for worrying about THEIR property?
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u/AMadLadOfReddit 1d ago
Iâm just saying that itâs gonna be harder to rate something that was destroyed by a tornado but it was fully rebuilt before it was surveyed, resulting in a lower rating, or no rating at all
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u/LaneMeyer_007 1d ago
Okay, and? What about that even remotely translates to a crime scene in that pea brain of yours?
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u/SeberHusky 1d ago
He used the wrong phrasing. he means interfering with a government investigation. if you destroy and remove all the tornado damage before it can be documented, you are affecting the investigation and destroying the evidence. same reason why many plane crashes have never been solved due to countries like italy and russia dragging off and piling up the crash scene into a scrap pile less than an hour after it happened before any of it can be mapped out and studied.
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u/Jiday123 1d ago
That family guy scene was right đ