About 5:35 p.m., January 21, 2010, the sirens were blaring their warning. I called my mom to make sure she was in her hallway closet -- she was. Keeping up with the weather news being broadcast on Channel 48, my husband and I knew that we were not in the path of the storm. But others that we care about were. Fortunately there were no major injuries reported in the area, and none of our friends were among those. The newspaper reports that about 100 homes were hit, 10 of them with significant roof damage. The National Weather Service estimated that the winds peaked at 115 miles per hour and the tornado traveled a path of 4.4 miles with a maximum width of 150 yards. The photos of trees down and tangled power poles and utililty lines show the strength of the storm. The weirdest photo is of a twig that was projected into the facade of a building on Ward Avenue. Our best wishes go to those who are having to go through the trials and tribulations of cleanup and repair!!
Follow this link for photos and videos of the tornado.
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