Tornado down in Springfield, MA

[deadheadskier]

http://www.livestream.com/necn_live

 

[deadheadskier]

Worcester under warning now

 

[o3jeff]

Just watching the channel 3 news here in Ct and they just showed some a amazing video of it going over the CT river in Springfield.

 

[MommaBear]

Just watching the channel 3 news here in Ct and they just showed some a amazing video of it going over the CT river in Springfield.

Saw that too, from the safety of my basement - amazing how the water just sucked right up!

 

[from_the_NEK]

I just watched the footage from this cam http://www.wwlp.com/. Amazing footage. Looks like potentially a F1 or F2. Seeing actual damage close up will provide more evidence for rating.

 

[thetrailboss]

Wtf?

 

[2knees]

Tim is in that area. everybody say a little prayer for the evils

 

[Puck it]

Possilbe 2 more touched down near Palmer

 

[Nick]

Crap how did i miss this thread earlier. Ill merge em together later.

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[MR. evil]

Tim is in that area. everybody say a little prayer for the evils

Thanks Pat!

The dam thing went right thru my neighborhood, it's an Fg mess. Literally hundreds of trees down just in my neighborhood. We lost one monster oak in the backyard, just missed the house but smashed several sections of my fence and banged up my neighbor's grandsons truck. We are still without power and have been told it could be a couple of days.

I'm posting this from my phone and can't upload any pics

 

[deadheadskier]

Glad you all are okay!!!

damn, that's crazy

 

[wa-loaf]

Impressive stuff for MA. We lost power for a little over an hour. Glad everyone is ok. Tim you need to post some pics once you can.

Sturbridge looks like it got hit pretty hard too.

 

[TheBEast]

I watched this rip through Springfield from my office on the 11th floor of Tower Square (1 of the 2 high rises in Springfield)!! Insane!!

 

[Glenn]

Glad everyone is OK. Saw the footage on the news this AM. Unreal.

 

[WinnChill]

Thanks Pat!

The dam thing went right thru my neighborhood, it's an Fg mess. Literally hundreds of trees down just in my neighborhood. We lost one monster oak in the backyard, just missed the house but smashed several sections of my fence and banged up my neighbor's grandsons truck. We are still without power and have been told it could be a couple of days.

I'm posting this from my phone and can't upload any pics

Too close! Glad you're safe. Good luck with cleanup efforts.

 

[from_the_NEK]

That was definitely a strong tornado. Judging by the damage, I would put it at a F2-3. A full F3 would not have left any leaves on the trees. Happy the Evil family is ok.
As someone who has been through one of these, the recovery/reconstruction takes time and neighbors helping neighbors is theraputic as something like this is a shared tragedy.
P.S. if you find photos, hold on to them and once things settle down and are getting rebuilt see if you can find the owners. It is amazing how grateful they are to have them back.

 

[o3jeff]

Mr.Evil made a log ride for his bike in his back yard.

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[Warp Daddy]

Sure happy to hear u guys are alright ! Stuff can be replaced but the tragedy of human and animal loss is very sad .The power of that funnel vortex to actually suck up the river in that vid was amazing,

 

[MR. evil]

Mr.Evil made a log ride for his bike in his back yard.

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That log ride will be around for another week or two. Tree guy was out this evening and won't be able to get to it for atleast 1.5 weeks. I'm soo sad . Gives me to tweak thing and come up with a drop option or two. The other end of the tree has several potential exit lines that could be cool.

 

[MR. evil]

Just got power back about an hour ago and the road leading to my neighborhood is finally open to traffic. Still lots of power lines down and roads closed in my part of town