On Thursday, the 16th, two tornadoes hit Queens and a part of Brooklyn hard. However, according to News 1, it was a macroburst that felled down all those trees. I still am not sure what a macroburst is, though. Several areas including mine were affected though the heavy damage was to the trees, a thousand or so were uprooted (the figure according to the news), and fortunately for the residents, only the inconvenience of heavy traffic arising from blocked streets and loss of power and/or TV and cable connection only. The houses and buildings, mostly brick, were able to withstand the winds. Of course there are some exceptions.
I walked around this afternoon with my camera and took pictures particularly of the neighborhood around the elementary school P.S. 174 which was badly hit. Three of my grandkids studied there. The usually quiet and clean streets were only now starting to clear. The corner where I stood waiting for Karl or Erika and Lee Anne is still filled with debris. Cleaning crews have been working nonstop but several roads are still blocked. A lot of work still needs to be done.
And I thought that tornadoes only happen south of D.C.
(September 19, 2010)
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