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To: LibFreeOrDie
I've lived in New England all my life and the only tornado I've ever heard of is a big one that happened in central Massachusetts in the mid 1950’s.
16 posted on 06/05/2010 12:53:50 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

We had an F2 on the ground for 40 miles, on a S-N track in 2008.

It was amazing how it took the forest like a vacuum cleaner.
Passed 1/2 mile from my house.


20 posted on 06/05/2010 1:00:35 PM PDT by Jim Noble (If the answer is "Republican", it must be a stupid question)
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To: Gay State Conservative

That was the White City tornado in Worcester, June 9, 1953. I remember as a kid, the family driving out there to gawk at the damage. It was an F4.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint-Worcester_tornado_outbreak_sequence#Worcester_tornado


21 posted on 06/05/2010 1:04:37 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

CT’s gotten a few. Here’s a sampling:

July 29, 1971: An F3 (some sources say F2) moved along Main Street in downtown Waterbury, unroofing a factory and damaging some houses. Two people were injured.[56][43]
* July 10, 1989: The Northeastern United States tornado outbreak of 1989 produced at least three tornadoes in Litchfield and New Haven Counties, causing more than $100 million in damage. The first tornado, possibly a family of three tornadoes, destroyed Cathedral Pines Forest, and caused F2 damage to trees and homes in Cornwall, Milton, and Bantam, injuring four people.[60] The second tornado, also an F2, unroofed or severely damaged 50 homes and injured 70 people on a path through Watertown, Oakville, and northern Waterbury. The final tornado was one of the worst in Connecticut history, cutting a 5-mile (8 km) path through Hamden. The F4 destroyed almost 400 structures and injured 40 people. No one was killed by these devastating tornadoes, though a girl was killed when straight-line winds blew a tree onto her tent.
* June 29, 1990: An F0 briefly touched down in Danbury. Seven people were injured by flying glass.[11]


22 posted on 06/05/2010 1:04:58 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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