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shadowkatThere's this insane storm that landed on us.
We've had not one but two tornado warnings. Both originating in Staten Island.
And there's a tornado warning in Brooklyn. Their definition of tornado warning is not the same as mine. I came from a Kansas. A tornado warning in Kansas is a tornado has hit the ground. In NYC, a tornado warning is the conditions are perfect for one but they can't tell if there is one anywhere and haven't seen one.
LOL!
NY is hilarious when it comes to weather warnings.
Also keep in mind that if a tornado hit -- what would we do? We live on a series of islands. Basements are necessarily accessible. I mean come on! Although I do live in a 77 unit apartment complex built in the 1920s with stone, brick and motar. I figure I'm safe. Also the airports are still open and running business as usual, as are the ferries and subways.
The weather people are a big indignant about it.
What happened? We had it in the 60s all day long, and then suddenly it got warmer.
Boom.
We've had not one but two tornado warnings. Both originating in Staten Island.
And there's a tornado warning in Brooklyn. Their definition of tornado warning is not the same as mine. I came from a Kansas. A tornado warning in Kansas is a tornado has hit the ground. In NYC, a tornado warning is the conditions are perfect for one but they can't tell if there is one anywhere and haven't seen one.
LOL!
NY is hilarious when it comes to weather warnings.
Also keep in mind that if a tornado hit -- what would we do? We live on a series of islands. Basements are necessarily accessible. I mean come on! Although I do live in a 77 unit apartment complex built in the 1920s with stone, brick and motar. I figure I'm safe. Also the airports are still open and running business as usual, as are the ferries and subways.
The weather people are a big indignant about it.
What happened? We had it in the 60s all day long, and then suddenly it got warmer.
Boom.
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Date: 2019-05-29 04:46 pm (UTC)This was sort of my attitude towards the whole thing. They've touched down in Brooklyn before, but the area isn't really conducive for sustained damage or a tornado lasting long. What it usually is -- is a microburst that they've mistaken for a tornado -- which can also cause a lot of destruction just not like a tornado.
Until someone actually saw one in the area -- I wasn't going to do anything drastic like try to figure out how to get to the basement -- which isn't really a basement -- basements in Brooklyn are in reality garden apartments -- they aren't underground or below ground like they are elsewhere. What was hilarious -- and they were somewhat indignant about -- was the ferries, subways, trains, buses and planes were still traveling about without any disruption. The weather men were shocked. LOL!
It's not that it can't happen -- it has, in 2007. Also Superstorm Sandy really kicked NYC's ass. But it's less likely we'll get kicked by tornados, microbursts -- yes, hurricanes - definitely, tornadoes...not so much.