Baltimore County tornado rated EF-1
The twister that tore a five-mile path across portions of southeast Baltimore County on Saturday June 20 has been rated an EF-1 on the "enhanced Fujita" scale. Top winds were estimated at 90 mph. That makes it stronger than the 1-mile, EF-0 that touched down in Dundalk on June 9. Here's the initial report from the National Weather Service:
"0344 PM TORNADO 1 ESE ESSEX 39.30N 76.43W
06/20/2009 BALTIMORE MD NWS STORM SURVEY
EF1 RATED DAMAGE. TWO TREES INTO HOUSES. DOZENS OF
TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. PATH LENGTH FIVE MILES. WIDTH
150 YDS. PEAK WIND 90 MPH."
Here is The Sun's brief on the event.
If you're in there area and have photos - of the storm itself or damage - please email them to me at frank.roylance@baltsun.com and I will post them here. Any comments with descriptions would be welcome, too. Thanks.
That's two tornadoes and a water spout in Baltimore and vicinity in just 11 days. Yikes!
Comments
Um, your link to the Sun's brief is to the Wikipedia article.
FR: Thanks. That's what happens when you post without testing the links. Fixed now.
Posted by: CapitalClimate | June 21, 2009 4:33 PM
Some thoughts on disaster preparedness/recovery:
Are You Disaster Ready?
What do you expect in case of loss? Who cares? Who has disaster preparedness/recovery money for that?
I don't have all the answers, but I do have this one:
A letter pertaining to disaster (hurricane, earthquake, tornado, flood, fire, etc.) has been sent to President Obama on behalf of all insurance policyholders. As a matter of transparency on the record of insurance consumer protection, any response by President Obama will be posted on the following Website for review: http://www.disasterprepared.net/president.html
Qui potest et debet vetare, jubet: (Law Maxim)
HE WHO CAN AND OUGHT TO FORBID A THING [IF HE DO NOT FORBID IT] DIRECTS IT
Posted by: Antone P. Braga | June 22, 2009 5:53 AM