Wow. The tornado damage path was about 8 -10 miles from my house. We had some small branches down and a few scattered powerless in my area. Several towns not directly impacted by the storm lost power for a few days because it took out several transmission lines.
That storm was very strange. It came upon us so suddenly and even though it only lasted about 20 minutes, it was so loud and so violent that it scared the daylights out of everyone. I remember that the sky got black as night and the winds shook the whole house. Terrible storm.
Of course, last year we got hit with Sandy. My hometown lost several trees, but it was flooding that did the most damage. Out here on Long Island (where I live now), the tree damage was devastating. Homes and cars crushed, and so many power lines down it took 2 weeks to get it back. (Inconvenient, but thankfully it was not yet VERY cold and we have a wood-burning fireplace that kept us warm and fed.)
Still...even Sandy did not seem as violent as that tornado thing that hit us in 2010. Just the memory of the SOUND of it gives me the creepies.
Glad that you didn’t suffer much damage from it.
Regards,