Hi:
Just figured out how to connect on my phone. A lot of trees down here. We’ve had no power for several hours. National Grid trucks parked in our complex parking lot, and the sound of chainsaws can be heard. Two blocks away there is power…very weird.
Here’s a link with a lot of photos of Rome. It also reports on other areas in CNY. And just in case there are copyright violations for msn with the other post, here’s a link only and a summary. There are close to 80 pictures of the damage.
Tornado, storms ravage Rome and Canandaigua in upstate NY. The lates
The National Weather Service confirmed the 300 yd wide tornado which was an EF2 was on the ground for 10 mins and traveled 5.25 miles right through downtown Rome.
We have a cottage near there and are going up next week. This will be the second place that I know fairly well that has been hit with weather damage. The other was the route we take through VT to get to the cottage when the floods hit it a couple years ago.
It’s awe inspiring to see somewhere you know fairly well and see the damage done. It’s going to take a long time to clean up. Lots of old trees down, which is a shame. That won’t recover for decades.