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SternSkipper -> If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 2:06:20 PM)

Twisters touched down in several places west of you and are headed east... Weather Channel has good local coverage, so does NECN... Stay Safe!



poise -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 2:12:03 PM)

Sending prayers to anyone in their path.



SternSkipper -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 2:16:07 PM)

Tornado WarningIssued At: Wednesday, 01 Jun 2011, 4:58 PM EDT
Expires At: Wednesday, 01 Jun 2011, 5:15 PM EDT TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WORCESTER MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-HAMPDEN MA- 458 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMPDEN...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER...NORTH CENTRAL WINDHAM AND NORTHEASTERN TOLLAND COUNTIES... AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMER...OR 13 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALES...BRIMFIELD...HOLLAND...BROOKFIELD AND STURBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND. LAT...LON 4201 7239 4221 7240 4222 7205 4199 7203 TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 262DEG 33KT 4215 7227 © Weather Decision Technologies, Inc. 2011.
Counties Affected: Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester



webcamchastity -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 4:03:06 PM)

watching it live on necn, strangely compelling, amazing coverage. listen to your weatherman and get in the basement when he tells you



SternSkipper -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 5:02:16 PM)

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watching it live on necn, strangely compelling, amazing coverage. listen to your weatherman and get in the basement when he tells you


Pretty damned good coverage... Looks like one major thunder cell is headed my way (Cape Ann) can't yet tell if there's  tornado warning associated with the northerly storm though. But I'll tell ya, from what I've seen in the past of weather radar in the past with hurricanes and severe storms, that cell just north of route 2 looks mighty nasty.
   Anyway, sounds like you're taking this seriously (as you should). And I wish you luck chastity.
  Gonna get back to watching it and keeping the kids calm (they're kinda worried about their mom, who lives in salem and has phone issues due to comcast right now).
Peace



webcamchastity -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 5:10:18 PM)

good luck mate, stay safe



webcamchastity -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 5:12:53 PM)

we have tornadoes in England,once every 10 years or so a few chimney pots get blown off. the shit going down over there is crazy



pahunkboy -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 5:26:07 PM)

I feel shortchanged.

The weather said we would have a thunderstorm and I am still waiting!   Enough of this madness! I want rain!



LDVixen -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 6:35:21 PM)

Ugh, glad to be in CA instead of tornado alley. So many tears. One of my friends lost her house in Alabama. She and her family of four rode out the storm in the hallway as the house was literally torn apart from around them. Her human family all survived, though two of them were hospitalized with injuries. Sadly only part of their pets survived.

They fled the house without even shoes, literally the clothes on their backs, and not much was even recoverable. The fact that several guinea pigs and rats even survived the destruction is amazing. There was no time to move them to safe quarters, and seeing as how the house went from a house to a bare slab in minutes, there was no where to put them that would have been safe. The family of four, plus the dog were lifted off the ground by the force of the wind.

Stay safe folks. My heart aches for all of you in danger this day and in the past month or two.



NuevaVida -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 6:58:01 PM)

I'm in California and we've been under tornado warnings most of the afternoon (very rare for us, nothing confirmed to have touched down) - along with severe thunder/lightening/hail.  It's been an insane afternoon.  Two tornados hit some somewhat rural areas last week.

My best to those in MA.  Springfield was hit today:  http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/springfield-tornado-from-5th-floor-20825#20823





servantforuse -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 7:43:06 PM)

here in Wisconsin, we average 21 tornadoes a year. So far this year we have had 20 and the tornado season starts today, June 1st.



pahunkboy -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 7:47:00 PM)

The chances of a tornado hitting-  are not as high as you would guess.


I seldom worried about a tornado in Chicagoland--  and even less here in PA.    (PA tho- seems to have a low disaster % compared to other regions...unless you count a a flood in 1972 and one in 1936. )

I think hurricanes and earth quakes are worse. 



SternSkipper -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 8:03:35 PM)

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we have tornadoes in England,once every 10 years or so a few chimney pots get blown off. the shit going down over there is crazy


we ended up getting throttled with lightning for about an hour... but it's now past the breakwater. My son and I went down to the state pier to watch the purple lightning strikes on the water as it left the harbor, it was beautiful. people on my in-law;s street in west springfield lost their roof and down the street a hous got knocked three feet off it's foundation and I guess about a mile away one house was leveled. That bridge they're showing with the tipped over tractor trailer truck is less than a mile from my former in-laws. The storm sucked for them of course. But they were REALLY tickled to hear we were watching and thinking of them.
  And I guess it cut a swatch through the woods all the way from springfield to route 84 where it was still flipping cars as it headed off into the woods heading southeast.
the second cell headed towards us but faded to a lightning thing. I only hope that the casualties were minimal. All I have heard about was one person in West Springfield killed by lightning....

  Oops strike that. The stanley cup just wrapped up and they say 4 are dead. And wow... they are showing MAJOR damage to lots of homes now in West Springfield right now on channel 7 WHDH.com



DomMeinCT -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 8:03:35 PM)

Right through the city of Springfield! Unbelievable.



SternSkipper -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 8:06:42 PM)

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I think hurricanes and earth quakes are worse.


Cheer up... I hear the poconos have their share of bloody marital disputes... that should count for something.




SternSkipper -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 8:08:46 PM)

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Right through the city of Springfield! Unbelievable.


Yeah, does that suck or what???? I am biting my tongue pretty near off trying to avoid flying stripper jokes



NuevaVida -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 8:10:33 PM)

Glad to hear you're OK, SternSkipper.



SternSkipper -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 8:13:43 PM)

Hey... anybody from Albany reading this tonight? I am really curious what happened in your neck of the woods. Because Albany isn't really that far away at all.




defiantbadgirl -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/1/2011 9:32:04 PM)

There were also some tornado warnings in Kansas. A couple of weeks ago, Reading Kansas (only a few miles from where I live) was hit by a tornado. Then Joplin Missouri. When I was watching the weather channel earlier this evening, they said there were tornado warnings in the western US, the central US, and the eastern US all at the same time. Tornadoes have really been bad so far this year.



angelikaJ -> RE: If you're in central mass and haven't seen the weather ... you may want to... (6/2/2011 6:13:36 PM)

It hit less than 1/2 mile from my house.

Our town did not have any fatalities to date.



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