Effin HUGE tornadoe in Western Mass...still moving east.

[Atman]

Dark and stormy here in CT, but no phone service in MA...can't contact my mom. Shit.

[elleng]

1. Sorry; fingers crossed.

:thumbsup:

[Mass]

2. Hope you get to her soon. We just heard about my MIL.

thanks to cell phones. The damages seem to be in Springfield, West Springfield, and Westfield, from what I hear.

[suffragette]

3. Stay safe!

[Walk away]

4. You must be frantic! Let us know when you hear from her...

I'm sure she'll be fine.

[graywarrior]

5. Springfield got major damage

Storm is headed for Worcester.

[malaise]

7. Where's the duck

:hi:

[graywarrior]

15. Hiding in the basement

[Demeter]

24. You Freed the Duck!

"Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last." MLK

[graywarrior]

26. I freed myself.

He was part of the deal.

[WilliamPitt]

28. Libertad Quack!

:P

[graywarrior]

30. Libertad el pato aka el ducko

[Demeter]

46. Well Done! Congrats and Best Wishes

and a pat to the duck.

[malaise]

52. Good to see you

:hi:

[NotThisTime]

27. Not Worcester.... please no...

[malaise]

6. Stay safe

:grouphug:

[thewiseguy]

8. Here is a picture of the tornado in Springfield

http://yfrog.com/gz6rhcbj

[Warpy]

37. And some of the damage, looks nasty

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[damntexdem]

9. Effin Fiven?

Or lower effin?

[pipi_k]

10. I grew up there and live about 25 miles to the west...

We were watching Channel 22 when the tornado developed and was shown on live TV crossing the river into Springfield.

The South End of Springfield looks like a war zone. There's a gas leak reported. No reports yet of any injuries.

Although there's scattered damage, really major damage seems to be limited to the South End, though, right now.



PS...the National Weather Service is having to keep issuing new watches and warnings for severe thunderstorms and tornado watches are in effect till 8 PM.

This is totally unprecedented...


Edited to clarify, so there are no more posts telling me I'm wrong about tornadoes in New England...

I meant to say that it's unprecedented to have a tornado of this magnitude causing this much damage in the City of Springfield.

[cali]

11. Not in New England, it's not.

We had a tornado watch in Northern Vermont last week and many years ago I was in a friend's house when a tornado ripped through and destroyed his sugarbush.

[pipi_k]

38. I meant it's unprecedented in the city of Springfield...

and the weather guys said it was unprecedented to actually see one develop on live TV. Around these parts, anyway.

There was a major tornado in 1953, but it was in West Springfield. Across the river from Springfield, which is a whole separate city.

Major tornado in the City of Springfield...unprecedented.

[NotThisTime]

31. No it isn't... born and grew up out there, not unprecedented, rare yes

[pipi_k]

39. See my previous reply. I failed to clarify exactly what was uprecedented. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

36. Tornadoes rare around that area, you say?

[pipi_k]

41. No. That's not what I say...

It's unprecedented for the Springfield area.

Large city. Middle of the state. In a river valley. Unprecedented for this much damage from a tornado for this city.


I'm well aware of the fact that we've had quite a few tornadoes in this state.

[nichomachus]

42. Not entirely true.

There was a tornado in Windsor Locks a few years ago. And there was a massive tornado in Worcester in '53 -- middle of the state -- that killed almost 100 people.

[pipi_k]

44. Short lesson in Geography....

Windsor Locks and Worcester are NOT Springfield.


Tornadoes in Springfield, MA are unprecedented.


PS...Tornado in Windsor Locks was 1978 or thereabouts

Worcester is East of the Connecticut River, out near Boston. It's not in the middle of the state.

[graywarrior]

12. Pictures of tornado in Oxford Ma now

[thewiseguy]

13. Tornado will move south of Oxford but Sturbridge took a direct hit

[graywarrior]

16. Weather guy says it's moving all over the place

[sasha031]

14. Plymouth County, where I live is now on watch

:-(

[City of Mills]

17. Middlesex County here, I'll let you know what happens

Been a stormy day so far, early thunderstorms, then clearing and now getting ominous again...

[sasha031]

19. stay safe

:-(

[NotThisTime]

32. We have a house there, we don't live there, please keep us updated, stay safe

[City of Mills]

47. There's a cell heading straight for me now

Should be interesting in the next 30 minutes...

[Shagbark Hickory]

18. Really? Dang. Take cover. Under the snow maybe.

[thewiseguy]

20. wow look at this picture from Springfield

http://twitpic.com/55m1j1

[City of Mills]

22. WOW!

:scared: That's unreal, don't see things like this too often around MA.

[sasha031]

25. no we don't

:(

[City of Mills]

29. So far

I'm lucking out, storms are going by both North and South of me...

[thewiseguy]

21. One more picture from Springfield

http://twitpic.com/55m1ji

[thewiseguy]

23. Picture of Springfield tornado

http://peckinpah.tumblr.com/post/6084302842/funnel-cloud-in-west-springfield-ma

Damage to springfield college

http://yfrog.com/h0chgzpj

[graywarrior]

33. I'm headed out to chase some storms

Qwak

[thewiseguy]

35. Are you being serious? Got to leave the roads open for the emergency responders...

[graywarrior]

50. Nothing was happening in my neck of the woods

I must have chased the storms away

[thewiseguy]

34. I think another Tornado just touched down in Springfield second ago

wtf?

[pipi_k]

45. Nope...only the one...

although there have been touchdowns in Monson, Ludlow, and other points East of Springfield

[NotThisTime]

49. Nope at least 2 maybe one on the way

[pipi_k]

54. Yeah, you're right...I hadn't heard about the second one at the time n/t

[thewiseguy]

40. There is a second tornado on north side of Springfield

[RadiationTherapy]

43. Another in Chicopee now?

(North of Springfield)

[BadgerKid]

48. Live coverage (Boston)

http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive

Edit: also http://www.wwlp.com/subindex/video/player_page

[Atman]

51. Mom's okay

She was hiding in the bathtub with two quilts on top of her when I got there. She said the house shook a lot, but no damage. We've got a small place near Sturbridge, too, which also survived unscathed. What a crazy evening that was!

[malaise]

53. Excellent news

Have a nice day :hi:

[Atman]

55. Hmmm...it hit just as Sarah Palin was driving through MA in her Magic Bus.

And look what's happening in Texas, and those red states in the Midwest...just sayin'.

.

[pipi_k]

56. hahahahaha!!! The Wicked Witch of the Northwest... n/t