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Seems odd, anyone witness it?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/08/nyc.weather/index.html

Pretty bizarre. NYC is such an urban area with a lot of buildings. It just isn't the optimal location for a tornado.

That is strange.

*waits for the Global Warming crowd*

That is strange.

*waits for the Global Warming crowd*

*crowd arrives*
Should'a watched 'The Day After Tomorrow' before it was too late, folks.

:D

Just last year there was a tornado here in nassau county, and I commented that we NEVER get tornados here. And now we get one in Brooklyn?

For reference, Sunset Park (the affected area) is only about six miles from ground zero. Rememebr what Hurrican Katrina did to New Orleans? Manhattan is tiny, skinny, and has four times as many people. If the tornado traveled approximately NNE from Sunset Park and stayed active (which is common for most tornados), it probably would have done more damage than Katrina did to NOLA, and CERTAINLY more (in monetary damage, at least) than 9/11 did.

Just last year there was a tornado here in nassau county, and I commented that we NEVER get tornados here. And now we get one in Brooklyn?

For reference, Sunset Park (the affected area) is only about six miles from ground zero. Rememebr what Hurrican Katrina did to New Orleans? Manhattan nis tiny, skinny, and has four times as many people. If a tornado when (approximately NNE from Sunset Park and stayed active (which is common for most tornados), it probably would have done more damage than Katrina did to NOLA, and CERTAINLY more (in monetary damage, at least) than 9/11 did.

It clearly caused a nearby parentheses factory to explode. I think a few got lost in there.

Pretty bizarre. NYC is such an urban area with a lot of buildings. It just isn't the optimal location for a tornado.

Tornadoes in the middle of a city are nothing new.

My Dad was round for the Belvidere Tornado outbreak in 1967. One of the tornadoes touched down in Oak Lawn. It traveled 16 miles all the way across the southside of Chicago before disappearing over Lake Michigan.

That tornado was an F4 that killed well over 30 people and injured thousands. I Half the people killed died when the tornado struck the busy intersection of 95th and SW Highway.

That is strange.

*waits for the Global Warming crowd*

It will be funny to see them explain that this has never happened before as they ignore the 1967 outbreak that devastated Chicago's southside.

It will be funny to see them explain that this has never happened before as they ignore the 1967 outbreak that devastated Chicago's southside.

you will get the standard response in that global warming started before we realized there was global warming.

you will get the standard response in that global warming started before we realized there was global warming.

In the end we will realize too late that there is both a natural warming going on with notable additional pressure from human interference in the ecology.

Its just mother natures way of giving NYC a much needed scrubbing and a rinsing. Carry on.

No, but i was all over the news. Last one in Brooklyn was in 1950. Queens 1985. I didn't catch the rest.

1950? I read in 1889. (though this disagrees.... http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_220172727.html


Not only was the tornado the first ever in recorded history to touch down in Brooklyn, it's also was the first to hit a New York City borough since 1995, when a twister struck Staten Island.

Outside of those two, there have been only two other tornadoes to strike New York City. The first touched down in Queens in 1985 and the second in Staten Island in 1990.)

It was pretty scary -- I was a few miles off, but the wind, rain, lightning and all was scary enough to get me out of bed at 5:30, get me to throw on clothes, stuff the cat into her carrier, and watch the weather reports.

It was so bad outside I didn't fancy leaving, but the giant tree outside the house was a bit worrying, too....

Pretty bizarre. NYC is such an urban area with a lot of buildings. It just isn't the optimal location for a tornado.

Well urban really has nothing to do with it. Its having the right weather conditions that count. Its just unusuall to happen in NYC. I mean pollution could affect the weather (not headed towards global warming relax) ie:acid rain. And I guess building could affect wind patterns.

1950? I read in 1889. (though this disagrees....

Well I believe it was actually CBs (maybe NBC) I saw it on. We've onlly been keeping good records for maybe a hundred or so years. 1889 is possible.

you will get the standard response in that global warming started before we realized there was global warming.
But they will then be ignoring that 1967 was one of the coldest years on record in the Chicago area.

That is strange.

*waits for the Global Warming crowd*

*is tired of idiot grade anti-global warming crowd *

*is tired of idiot grade anti-global warming crowd *

That wasn't precisely a doctoral dissertation response either.

A misread the title as "Toronto in NYC".

A misread the title as "Toronto in NYC".

Now that WOULD be a trick!

Now that WOULD be a trick!It would be the last thing NY needs, too.

It would be the last thing NY needs, too.

I just got an idea for a casino...

I see a Back to the Future sequel involving the need for a Tornado in NYC

Doc - "Damn, we never have tornadoes in New York"
Marty - "But Doc, look at this newspaper"
Doc - "Great Scott!"

We're going through the tail-end of a Typhoon in HK right now - damn pathetic I tell you, nature's a wuss if this is a typhoon.

I see a Back to the Future sequel involving the need for a Tornado in NYC

Doc - "Damn, we never have tornadoes in New York"
Marty - "But Doc, look at this newspaper"
Doc - "Great Scott!"

We're going through the tail-end of a Typhoon in HK right now - damn pathetic I tell you, nature's a wuss if this is a typhoon.

Doesn't Hong Kong have a state of the art flood control system under the city for typhoons?

Doesn't Hong Kong have a state of the art flood control system under the city for typhoons?

I have no idea but the rain does disappear from the streets pretty damn quick so I wouldn't be surprised.

When I first heard about it, I thought it was a F0 or F1, but an F2!?! That happens once a century I guess. Not a big deal and kinda cool. One woman died indirectly because of it.

Doesn't Hong Kong have a state of the art flood control system under the city for typhoons?

We've just been upgraded to a type 8 typhoon here in HK effective 3.30pm, about an hour away,

Let's see what this weather can do.

Basically what it boils down to is that the hot front responsible for the 100+ degree weathers in the Eastern U.S. collided with a cold front from Canada, and at their intersection a narrow channel was formed perfect for thunderstorms and tornadoes. Brooklyn just happened to be in that narrow channel.

They started watching tornados in 1950.
31 years passed before a tornado hit NYC.
In the 22 years since then, three more have hit.
I have a troubled feeling that tornadoes in NYC will become a yearly occurance... :/

Also, they've talked about preparing NYC for hurricanes -- especially since Katrina totalled NOLA -- but I doubt they did any tornado preparedness...

But they will then be ignoring that 1967 was one of the coldest years on record in the Chicago area.

*sigh* When will the global warming denialists learn that the term global warming means an average increase of temperatures worldwide and that the north and south poles are the areas being hit the hardest?:rolleyes:

...and if they refuse my demand of $10 billion I will destroy their puny American cities with my tornado machine...and they called me crazy.

They started watching tornados in 1950.
31 years passed before a tornado hit NYC.
In the 22 years since then, three more have hit.
I have a troubled feeling that tornadoes in NYC will become a yearly occurance... :/

Also, they've talked about preparing NYC for hurricanes -- especially since Katrina totalled NOLA -- but I doubt they did any tornado preparedness...

I live one block from the water. My hurricane preparations, should a bad one be coming up the coast, include grabbing the cat, packing my laptop, water, and clothes, and going to visit my aunt and uncle in the Catskill mountains.

i shal allso destroy there puni canadian citys with my black hole generater if they do not comply to this demmand:$gogolplex:sniper::D:mp5::sniper::D:mp5:

:rolleyes:

A day late and a dollar short, and way too many smilies.

*sigh* When will the global warming denialists learn that the term global warming means an average increase of temperatures worldwide and that the north and south poles are the areas being hit the hardest?:rolleyes:
Where did that statement deny global warming? All it did is say that it wasn't a factor in the tornado.

When will the NSG posters learn how to read? :rolleyes:

*is tired of idiot grade anti-global warming crowd *

I find it funny that someone who can't grasp E=mc^2 is so well versed in science.

I'm surprised that NYC got a tornado... it's quite uncommon for the East Coast to get tornadoes.

Whether this had anything to do with global warming, however, I will not say.

Whether this had anything to do with global warming, however, I will not say.


Withholding information eh?