This aerial view of Stamping Ground showed the damage after a tornado nearly leveled the Scott County town on April 3 and 4, 1974. It was part of the greatest tornado outbreak in U.S. history, stretching from the Deep South to the Great Lakes. A weather system that included 148 tornadoes spanned 18 hours and struck 13 states. Officials said 315 people were killed and 6,100 were injured. The total damage reached a half-billion dollars. 77 people were killed in Kentucky. Stamping Ground was the hardest-hit community in Central Kentucky, but no one in the town died.  Herald-Leader Archive Photo