MAYFIELD, Ky. — Jimmy Finch hauled rare commodities into Mayfield in the predawn hours Sunday morning: hot food and optimism for a community reeling from the deaths and destruction wrought by the worst tornado event in Kentucky’s history.
Finch, 42, drove from his home in Clarksville, Tenn., to spend the day feeding residents who had been without heat or water since Friday night. He worked his meat smoker with chicken, hot links, burgers and soy patties as he surveyed what remained of the packs of bottled water and frozen meat in the bed of his pickup truck.