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Well, that was pretty crazy. (Or as the videographer in the second video on the jump said, “Holy Shit!”) It only lasted a few minutes, but sometime around 5:30 p.m. yesterday a small tornado touched down in Brownstone Brooklyn, wreaking havoc on many trees, cars and houses and leaving other spots virtually untouched. We took a walk around Clinton Hill in the aftermath and have included a lot of the photos we took along with a bunch sent in by readers. Thanks so much to everyone for sending them in.
L.I.R.R. Works to Restore Most Commuter Service [NY Times]
Killer Storm Batters New York [NY Post]
Powerful Storm Causes Damage in Minutes [NY Daily News]
Brooklynites Band Together After Storm [NY Daily News]



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  1. sizable section of roof tore off and landed on neighbor’s tree (how the hell to remove that?) and upstairs bedroom partially flooded. Got estimate to fix whole roof for 9k, guess that’s good. And this was the year I promised not to spend anything on the house…

  2. Fast moving storms don’t always mow everything in it’s path. The only reason I say that is because where I grew up we have several months of torrential down pours during that winter that often include fast moving storms that decimate one side of the street and leave the rest untouched. One year it seemed like every other house on our block had it’s roof torn off and trees snatched out of the grown. Never was their a confirmed tornado, only confirmed high ass gusts of wind ruining property.

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