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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Tue May 28, 2019, 10:39 PM May 2019

Tornado warnings for New York City and just now, Staten Island...!!!

Unbelievable

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Tornado warnings for New York City and just now, Staten Island...!!! (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl May 2019 OP

How unusual is that? procon May 2019 #1

It is NOT normal, but does happen on the very rare occasion. BigmanPigman May 2019 #3

My hometown on Long Island when I was a kid... Javaman May 2019 #11

Wow. That one is out of the box. FreeBe May 2019 #2

drumpf tower too? democratisphere May 2019 #4

Oh, dear lord. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #5

I remember the day a tornado slammed into the Enron Tower in downtown Houston Xipe Totec May 2019 #6

I remember Enron dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #12

kick, and thanks dixiegrrrrl Laura PourMeADrink May 2019 #7

I've seen tornadoes in New Jersey and on Long Island... TreasonousBastard May 2019 #8

I've seen these occasionally from the Rockaways. marybourg May 2019 #9

EXTREME: republican lies about climate change are dangerous Achilleaze May 2019 #10

procon

(15,805 posts)

1. How unusual is that?

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 10:43 PM

May 2019

West Coaster here, so I'm not too familiar with NY weather patterns. Seems like NYC would be way outside the normal pathways of tornados, but I don't really know.

BigmanPigman

(51,643 posts)

3. It is NOT normal, but does happen on the very rare occasion.

Reply to procon (Reply #1)

Tue May 28, 2019, 10:48 PM

May 2019

https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/unusual-but-not-unheard-of-6-twisters-in-60-years/

Javaman

(62,534 posts)

11. My hometown on Long Island when I was a kid...

Reply to procon (Reply #1)

Wed May 29, 2019, 08:39 AM

May 2019

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertberkowitzrsbimageworks/albums/72157635500609905/

FreeBe

(104 posts)

2. Wow. That one is out of the box.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 10:47 PM

May 2019

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

4. drumpf tower too?

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 10:48 PM

May 2019

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,917 posts)

5. Oh, dear lord.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 11:09 PM

May 2019

I just got done watching the tornado coverage in the Kansas City area. But that's in tornado alley, so it's not so unexpected. NYC? wow.

One thing to keep in mind is that large cities tend to mitigate against tornado formation, all other things being equal.

Xipe Totec

(43,891 posts)

6. I remember the day a tornado slammed into the Enron Tower in downtown Houston

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 11:13 PM

May 2019

We watched it happen from the Tenneco tower

Nov 17, 1993

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-17-mn-57796-story.html

Y'all remember Enron?

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

12. I remember Enron

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #6)

Wed May 29, 2019, 01:42 PM

May 2019

and read a couple of excellent books about it a few years ago.

The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by bethany McLean.

Kurt Eichenwald's Conspiracy of Fools.

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

7. kick, and thanks dixiegrrrrl

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 11:16 PM

May 2019

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

8. I've seen tornadoes in New Jersey and on Long Island...

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 11:54 PM

May 2019

They are little baby ones, though. Nothing like the Midwest.

They will touch down and go on for a quarter mile or so leaving a very narrow path of destruction. Lots of trees and power lines down with maybe a roof or two.

What's really scary is a waterspout out on the ocean, since there's no place to hide. Think of it as a waterlogged tornado.

marybourg

(12,643 posts)

9. I've seen these occasionally from the Rockaways.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #8)

Wed May 29, 2019, 12:12 AM

May 2019

They usually loop back up.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

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Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Wed May 29, 2019, 05:20 AM

May 2019

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