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Man and his dog rescued after camper thrown by tornado in Kentucky

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    OWEN COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — A tornado tore through the hills of Owen County, Kentucky, on Tuesday, damaging homes, businesses, and trees in its path.

Family and friends were cleaning up the remains of the barndominium and camper that was inside Tuesday evening. Inside the camper was a man and his dog when a tornado came through.

Chad Hon, the man’s son, said his father is OK but really shaken.

“He said he looked out the front window of the camper, when he heard the noise, you know, and it sucked the the doors off the barn,” Hon said. “And then he just he could feel the motor home rolling over. And once it stopped, you know, he was kind of trapped in there.”

Hon said his father held on for his life, while also holding onto his German shepherd, Gunner.

“He had his study that his arms wrapped around, around him the whole time, trying to make sure that he didn’t let him go,” Hon said.

First responders broke through the camper’s windshield to rescue the pair. Hon’s father escaped with only a cut on his finger.

“Super blessed. Dad’s got great neighbors, and, they got an Amish community right down the road. They’ve been awesome. They were up here helping,” Hon said.

Owen County Emergency director Tim Cammack says only minor injuries have been reported so far.

A little over a mile away, Randy Towles is surveying damage from his business after the storm left debris and roofing scattered hundreds of feet away.

“Spared a house back there and took the roofs off these two barns, did a lot of damage to my trucks, came up this way and did some damage to my house but not a lot. We’re fortunate nobody got hurt,” Towles said.

With damage in these areas and Agee Road a few miles away, Hon says he’s grateful his father’s OK and that his mother was away when the storm happened.

“It’s a little bittersweet. They ain’t been here that long and they love this place. They’re retired. You know what I mean. And so they loved it. But yeah. So it can be rebuilt though. It’s all good,” Hon said.

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Your internet use may be making you crabby

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Are you feeling crabby or stressed? Or are you not keeping up with your responsibilities at work, school or in your relationships? The reason could be that you’re spending too much time online, according to research published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.People who use the internet problematically are more stressed, have worse moods and are more likely to neglect other parts of their lives, according to the study of 900 German adults. Problematic internet use is when people use apps excessively, causing distress or impairment.“Stress and a negative mood leads to a higher temptation” to use the iInternet, said Andreas Oelker, a doctoral student at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, Germany and lead author of the study. Using the internet problematically could then make things worse.The ongoing research sheds light on a problem that isn’t classified as a disorder but possibly should be, said Silke Müller, a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, Germany and co-author of the study. One limitation of the study is it only tracked adults, so we don’t know if the same thing happens to kids, Müller said.We know what makes us happyThe findings make sense because we know spending too much time on screens makes people unhappy, for many reasons.When we’re scrolling, we’re often not moving our bodies, which is essential for our health and happiness. Looking at screens up close for long periods is also very stimulating, which may leave us exhausted. On screens, we often switch between many different tasks — such as responding to multiple text chains and emails while scrolling social media — and that is also exhausting.We also know people are less nice to one another online than they are face to face. People because they don’t have to own up to their behavior, which can lead to online interactions that make us stressed. And people often feel less than after comparing their lives to the curated, filtered images other people post on social media.What’s more, friendships are essential for our health and wellbeing, but they tend to be best cultivated in person, not online.What are your triggers?The results suggest problematic iInternet use is similar to eating disorders, addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder, Parin Kamdar, a Princeton, New Jersey-based licensed clinical psychologist, said in an email.That makes the problem difficult to treat because “these urges often function at a subconscious, habitual level,” so you may already be scrolling the iInternet before you’re even aware of what’s happening, Kamdar said.It helps to try to recognize your triggers, she said. Do you turn to your screen after a stressful interaction with your boss or partner? When you’re exhausted or overwhelmed?“Once a person can reliably identify the presence of the urge, they are in a much stronger position to confront the temptation,” Kamdar said.When you’re tempted, try this insteadWhen you feel the temptation to go online to cope, try to wait 5 minutes before doing so, Kamdar said. During that time, try exercising, listening to music or relaxing. Then , add another 5 minutes to your waiting period each time you’re tempted, she said.Another thing I’ve found really helps is planning blocks of screen-free time. This summer, my husband and I are taking our kids to “family summer camp,” a week at a camp in rural Minnesota where we’ll go out on a lake, ride horses and do other activities together that aren’t conducive to simultaneously scrolling.You don’t need a budget to do something like this in shorter stints. Try disconnecting your router on a weekend afternoon and play board games with your family.I always feel happier when I do these kinds of things. When I talk to parents, students and educators about how to manage their screen time, those who say they’ve overcome the temptation to be on their screens incessantly also tell me they’re happier. They’re more present in their surroundings. And they have more time for the things that make people truly happy: getting outdoors, moving our bodies, connecting with family and friends face to face and helping other people.“Although the urge may never disappear entirely, its intensity and influence diminish,” Kamdar said. “Rather than dominating attention and dictating behavior, it becomes just another thought that can be acknowledged and allowed to pass.”Therapy can help with this process, Kamdar said.Some people turn to the iInternet to cope with stress and negative feelings, but that could only make things worse. It’s better to find healthier ways to cope. Unplugging could allow you to plug in more to the things that make us truly happy.Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and advises parents, students and teachers on how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published in 2024.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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