Mass tor nado

[MarshCappa]

I called my Mom yesterday afternoon cuz she works in Springlfield. She was in doors safe for the first one and then drove home but got caught in the second one as she was driving over the memorial bridge. She is ok but very shook up. I've been on the phone most fthe night with friends and family out there. It's looking like the first one was a strong F3 or even F4 from the extent of the damage.

[Raven]

Tornados in mass seem to hop scotch around and don't last too long in any one area although the Mass PIKE seems to act as corridor or tornado alley and channels the direction...

the debris pile that gets sucked up by the funnel cloud seems to build up in the JOPLIN style tornado ....starts small then grows to enormous proportions.

i keep thinking about the description this gentleman from Joplin said about this one car or truck, he wasn't even sure what it was even from looking at it ...totally wrapped around a tree and it was completely unidentifiable. talk about POWER

[MarshCappa]

Reports are that first tornado was on the ground for up to 45minutes which is extremely rare here. The 2nd one seemed to hop around although technically if a tornado lifts off the ground and drops down again they count it as a separate tornado. That's why some reports are saying up to 7 tornados total. Monson and Brimfield look like bombs were dropped on them. Springfield is a mess right now. My parents live in feeding hills and they didn't get touched but it was only a few miles away from the affected areas.

[redlite]

Yeah, my folks are camping at Wells State Park in Sturbridge. They didn;t know what I was talking about when I called them to warn them. A few minutes later the one went through sturbridge. Missed them.
Seems like the movie 2012 might come true.
The end is near.
Catch as many fish as you can..........
Utterly incredible.
We didn't even get one raindrop in Westport

[Raven]

Originally Posted by redlite

Yeah, my folks are camping at Wells State Park in Sturbridge. They didn;t know what I was talking about when I called them to warn them. A few minutes later the one went through sturbridge. Missed them.

Man were you/they LUCKY ....many of those campsites are up on a hill .... but the tor nado zipped right down the mass pike
and that's just about where it starts in the town of Sturbridge.

Sorry to hear about your friends place ROB