Your great aunt was fortunate to have survived.
Have you escaped the storms today?
Yes, we just had a few t-storms, nothing too bad. I’m much closer to LI sound and most of the bad weather was along the CT-MA border and further north. You?
Actually my entire family survived it—grandma, and her 2 brothers and 1 sister. They even had a radio survive it despite demolishing the farm house. The radio manufacturer used it in an advert.
Oh and BTW from what I understand the 53 tornado ended just about at my family’s farm in Southborough MA, so while it was an F4, it might have been petering out by then.
Still, it lives on in family lore.