LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville saw a deluge of rain on Friday as the remnants from Helene caused some damage and pushed music festival goers out of the fairgrounds and into their vehicles.
Over in the Shawnee neighborhood, one of the trees fractured in half.
"I was writing a sermon and I got up and came in and sat down for a few minutes and I dozed off and I just heard this noise that was unexplainable and I actually I thought the house, I thought the house was gone. It was more like an explosion," homeowner Wendell Harris said.
The heavy branches smashed into a fence and left debris all over the street. The tree was in his backyard.
"When I think about all of the people that are in the eye of that storm and everything that they lost, this is nothing," Harris said.
That heavy rain and strong wind pummeled Louisville's fairgrounds where rock fans hoped to enjoy some music.
However, that wasn't the case.
Louder Than Life officials canceled the second day of the music festival because of the weather after asking concert goers to shelter in place.
"We've been working closely with our meteorologists and local authorities, holding on to hope that we could open doors, but the continuous wind gusts simply make it impossible for us to proceed safely," they wrote on Facebook. "Throughout the day there were moments where it seemed possible, but in the end, Mother Nature won this round."
In an earlier post on social media, officials asked anyone camping to seek shelter in their vehicles, RVs or Freedom Hall.
Anyone who arrived on foot was asked to make their way to Freedom Hall.
"We fully intend to rock out with you tomorrow, check back in the morning for updates," they wrote.
They had hoped to just delay the second day and re-opened the parking lots at 6 p.m. with a discounted parking rate.
"They should have cancelled it earlier on in the day," festival goer Spencer Kuntz said. "Like they're not really keeping people safe because now there is thousands of people walking out now."
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