Never thought I'd see this in Massachusetts...

[Carol]

4 dead, 33 injured. Caution, some of the videos have some expletives.


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The town of Monson has taken some of the worst damage

Church from 1755:

 

[Sukerkin]

Nasty . When the unexpected strikes, it is often only blind luck that determines the outcome.

 

[tshadowchaser]

I remember one coming through Petersam when I was about 10 but thats the last one I recall in this area.
The sky looked scary most of the day but the we where lucky in my area of the state to only get rain and some winds.
It did miss the basketball hall of fame but not by much

 

[Sensei Payne]

Makes your wonder about climate change...but thats a whole other discussion...Prayers are with those families

 

[Xue Sheng]

What happened in Springfield was horrible but I do not know why you never thought I'd see this in Massachusetts...

They have had tornados in Massachusetts before, they are just not common. They get them in Western Mass more that Eastern and a rather bad one went through central in 1953 right about where Westborough High School sits today actually and it took off part of a friend of mines house back in 1953 it was an F4-F5 Tornado. He was not there then but the foundation is stil there from where that part of the house use to be

There have also been tornados in Massachusetts 1680 (the first confirmed) and the other in 1787, 1851, 1890, 1984, 1995 and 1998

 

[granfire]

What happened in Springfield was horrible but I do not know why you never thought I'd see this in Massachusetts...

They have had tornados in Massachusetts before, they are just not common. They get them in Western Mass more that Eastern and a rather bad one went through central in 1953 right about where Westborough High School sits today actually and it took off part of a friend of mines house back in 1953 it was an F4-F5 Tornado. He was not there then but the foundation is stil there from where that part of the house use to be

There have also been tornados in Massachusetts 1680 (the first confirmed) and the other in 1787, 1851, 1890, 1984, 1995 and 1998

But it's still a far cry from having a handful every year....

 

[fangjian]

Yeah that was awful. Where I am in CT, it hailed pretty hard for about 15 mins. I spotted a couple golfball size ones too.

 

[Carol]

Yeah that was awful. Where I am in CT, it hailed pretty hard for about 15 mins. I spotted a couple golfball size ones too.

Was worried about you! You were closer than I was. Glad all is OK :asian:

 

[Xue Sheng]

But it's still a far cry from having a handful every year....

very true, but they have watches just about evey year.

Luckily those rarely become warnings.

 

[Carol]

What happened in Springfield was horrible but I do not know why you never thought I'd see this in Massachusetts...

They have had tornados in Massachusetts before, they are just not common. They get them in Western Mass more that Eastern and a rather bad one went through central in 1953 right about where Westborough High School sits today actually and it took off part of a friend of mines house back in 1953 it was an F4-F5 Tornado. He was not there then but the foundation is stil there from where that part of the house use to be

There have also been tornados in Massachusetts 1680 (the first confirmed) and the other in 1787, 1851, 1890, 1984, 1995 and 1998

Never expected to see that level of damage. I remember news of minor tornados hitting, but not leveling-houses-to-the-ground-and-ripping-the-roofs-off-schools tornados. I thought that only happened in other places

 

[Xue Sheng]

Never expected to see that level of damage. I remember news of minor tornados hitting, but not leveling-houses-to-the-ground-and-ripping-the-roofs-off-schools tornados. I thought that only happened in other places

Look for photos from the 1953 Worcester Tornado

But you are correct that level of damage is rare in Mass

 

[Xue Sheng]

Massachusetts Tornadoes

 

[Carol]

Massachusetts Tornadoes

Interesting that there were a lot more in the 1800s than there were in the 1900s.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Interesting that there were a lot more in the 1800s than there were in the 1900s.

Yeah well they stopped showing up as much after I got there

 

[Carol]

Yeah well they stopped showing up as much after I got there

Dang. Tornadoes should fear you more than trees!!

 

[Sensei Payne]

BTW i work for a cable company...and we have services up there.

Mass has declared a state of Emergency and has called in the National Guard.

 

[Carol]

BTW i work for a cable company...and we have services up there.

Mass has declared a state of Emergency and has called in the National Guard.

I remember. I'm a VoIP engineer that, up until recently, worked for one of your equipment vendors.

Thanks for the prayers, they are appreciated. I'm going to see if I can volunteer to help someplace over the weekend.

 

[Blade96]

prayers for those poor families.