A Tree Does Not Grow In Brooklyn

Because it got uprooted this morning.

A bunch of them.

Seems that the first tornado in history struck Brooklyn early this morning. They have never had one. So, it made weather history in the Big Apple.

The NWS surveyed the damage today and rated it as an EF2 tornado with winds between 111 and 135 mph.

It was a very stormy time between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. The New York City morning commute was a pure nightmare. Thousands found themselves going through hours of delays in the sweltering heat with subways out of service. It was also extremely difficult to get an available taxi. Buildings were unroofed and numerous trees and power lines came down.

A woman on Staten Island died in a car accident, which officials said was due to unbelievable driving conditions. Scattered minor injuries occurred in Brooklyn.

Flash flooding was also a major problem due to extremely heavy rain over a period of just a few hours. These metropolitan area rain amounts:

3.47 inches at JFK Airport (mostly in two hours)
2.50 at Central Park
3.12 in Newark

Sure am glad I wasn’t there for the morning commute. (I have never been to New York City.)

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