We don't get a lot of extreme weather in New England. OK, we get a ton of snow. But snow melts eventually -- definitely by May 1 every year all the snow is gone. We get a handful of 90-degree days each summer. It hits 100 once every five years or so. By the time we get hurricanes they're referred to as "The Remnants of Hurricane ___" -- maybe once a decade we get one that still sports hurricane-force winds.
So it's really sad to see the damage caused by the tornadoes that hit Western and Central Massachusetts a couple days ago. Luckily, we were spared in Worcester and just got a lot of rain and a two-second power outage. Springfield and vicinity weren't so lucky. I always felt for the folks in Alabama and Missouri and Oklahoma and everywhere else that's had to deal with tornadoes this spring, but this makes it that much more poignant.
The story of the woman who died shielding her daughter in the bathtub is particularly heart-wrenching. Yet, and I feel awkward saying this since 4 people did die, but it's amazing that the number of casualties was that low.
I feel for everyone. There were a lot of amazing and heroic stories and I hope everyone affected has a speedy recovery.
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