On the night of March 3, 2020, a devastating EF4 tornado took the lives of 19 people in Putnam County. Our community has never been the same. “Recovery has been difficult. Many of us were affected in different ways. For me, anytime a weather radio goes off, it kind of freaks me out. My brother…
Science of a storm: How a 2% tornado risk turned into total chaos in Tennessee
At 12:41 a.m. on March 3, a 911 operator answered the call of a panicked man under the Jefferson Street Bridge in Nashville. “Are there current tornadoes on the ground?” he asked. The operator barely had a chance to respond. In the next instant, a forceful wind roared across the phone line. For 33 seconds,…
Four tornadoes in 2 hours made it New York’s worst May outbreak in 16 years
Four twisters touched down in the Hudson Valley Tuesday in two hours’ time, making the event the worst May outbreak in New York in 16 years. When you add the stealth tornado that rolled through the Finger Lakes 12 days earlier, this becomes the most tornadic May in 16 years as well — with nearly…