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Small tornado flips semi on Memorial Bridge, Springfield Mass (VIDEO)
http://www1.whdh.com/video/player/?clipId=5908431 ^ | WHDH TV Boston Television

Posted on 06/01/2011 3:49:54 PM PDT by RaceBannon

Wow, you can see the cars lined up in the right lane as the tornado follows the river south, then as it crosses the bridge, look at the lanes, the far side, as the tornado exits the bridge, there is a semi laying down in the left lane


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: memorialbridge; springfield; tornado
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To: RaceBannon

Wow. Y’all be safe!


41 posted on 06/01/2011 6:43:19 PM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: Lady Jag

Oh and BTW from what I understand the 53 tornado ended just about at my family’s farm in Southborough MA, so while it was an F4, it might have been petering out by then.

Still, it lives on in family lore.


42 posted on 06/01/2011 6:43:56 PM PDT by Betis70 (Bruins!)
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To: RaceBannon

Tornado watch all day over the entire state of New Hampshire...never saw so much as a drop of rain...zzzzzzzzz.


43 posted on 06/01/2011 6:49:24 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: RaceBannon
That is a dramatic video.

I pray Six Flags in Agawam was spared.

44 posted on 06/01/2011 6:58:37 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: matt04; All
West Springfield reports major damage along Rt. 5. Westfield MA is under a state of emergency, reports of no phone service or mower in many parts of the city.

That film footage is slightly wrong, That is West Springfield Along Roue 5 by the Train Bridge than it hit the Memorial Bridge and looked like it headed across the river to Springfield. Ya it's an old stomping ground, know it well...

45 posted on 06/01/2011 7:01:12 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: Betis70
Windsor Locks (CT, right near MA border) had a tornado in 1979,

I can't remember If I just went 2nd shift CAD, or was carpooling with a bunch of guys on 1st, In Windsor. But I got to go home through the devistation. The sky turned greenish purple. It was frightening. The Bradley Air Museum's outdoor display area planes were tossed like toys. The story of a restored Corvette that was not thrown but was literally sand-blasted and all paint was removed. The old trees just lifted up and tossed like toys nto to mention all the homes just gone.

It will give you a healthy respect for tornados....

46 posted on 06/01/2011 7:08:14 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: Betis70
Windsor Locks (CT, right near MA border) had a tornado in 1979 ...

Lived in Fairfield County (SW CT) back then & remember that tornado ... very unusual. Memorial Bridge in Springfield, MA played a prominent role in the 1975 movie 'The Reincarnation of Peter Proud'. Interesting movie ... check it out.

47 posted on 06/01/2011 7:10:25 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: Lady Jag

Worcester had a bad tornado 40 or so years ago. It hit downtown at 5 o’clock in the afternoon on a weekday. I think a lot of people were killed.


48 posted on 06/01/2011 7:19:01 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: billorites

north of that about 3 miles as the crow flies


49 posted on 06/01/2011 7:22:54 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: RaceBannon

How did you like that last 412 lightning strikes a minute? It’s east now and down to 200 something.

When I heard rapid stereo blasts I logged off again.


50 posted on 06/01/2011 7:23:38 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
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To: billorites

6 miles, not 3, sorry


51 posted on 06/01/2011 7:24:26 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: Lady Jag

google tornado springfield

tomorrow, when all the damage is known, this is going to equal Joplin maybe for number of buildings, from Westfield to Worcestor??


52 posted on 06/01/2011 7:26:55 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: Lady Jag

Unprecedented, as far as I’m aware.

We are living in strange times...


53 posted on 06/01/2011 7:40:17 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: cherry
okay folks...what does “semi” actually mean?...

I've always known this to be a "semi" trailer. Some folks call it a "straight job".

While this is a tractor-trailer.


54 posted on 06/01/2011 7:52:27 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (A "Moderate Muslim"? Nothing more than a Muslim Extremist who has run out of ammo.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

The top pic is just a truck. The bottom one is a semi truck (no bed/box) pulling a trailer. Or a tractor trailer.


55 posted on 06/01/2011 8:00:40 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are...)
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To: RaceBannon

Still watching local news channels. Photo phones sure have changed reporting; daytime photos are still coming in. Just amazing.

I’m mostly hearing stories, no photos, about MOnson MA. It might seem like Joplin in daylight.


56 posted on 06/01/2011 8:34:28 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
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To: RaceBannon

I was stuck in traffic on 91 North when the tornado came across the river into Springfield from West Springfield. (you can see the vehicles on the highway in the last part of the video) Tornado went directly over my truck. Banged up the truck a bit but did not leave the ground. Considering the damage on West Springfield and in down town Springfield, it must of skipped up a little.


57 posted on 06/01/2011 9:18:31 PM PDT by kickstart ("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane')
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To: B4Ranch; Bloody Sam Roberts

Top one is a Box Truck, used to own one with a lift on the back.

A “Semi” is a semi tractor-semi trailer. I used to break and load for Carstensen Freight Lines in the summers when I was in college. The Spotter even let me weigh a load one time before I graduated (way back when), he even let me back it up to park it.


58 posted on 06/01/2011 9:24:23 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (Liz Cheney/Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

I hope you didn’t expect me to start arguing with you. I used to own a semi when I was a young fella. Ran it coast to coast for a few years too.


59 posted on 06/01/2011 10:28:26 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are...)
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To: RaceBannon
RB,
Last month about two miles from my home in NE Philly we also experienced a short not to destructive tornado. It rip some roofs off houses, damaged a few streets of highly populated business section, but I believe no one was badly injured.
First time I remember hearing of a a twister that lasted many minutes in Philly. We had a very modest earthquake last year as well. Again. Very rare occurrence for Philadelphia area.
60 posted on 06/01/2011 11:13:18 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
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