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Tornadeos in New Hampshire?

We don't have things like Tornadoes...not in New Hampshire anyway. Last month that was different. We had some real nasty weather, windy and rainy all day long. Mixed in that nasty weather was a tornado...it was sighted in Atkinson NH but hit the ground with devastating effects in Barnstead and Epsom NH and then traveled up to the Lakes region. A woman died protecting her baby grandson as the house they were in tore to shreds. Unreal! Miraculously there were no other deaths. Yesterday Jay and drove up to Laconia to re-take some photos of a listing we have up there and on the way home encountered the aftermath of that rare NH tornado. I felt bad taking pictures and shooting the videos...like a tourist gawking at a celebrity or something...but I've never seen anything like this in NH before and I hope I never do again!

Epson NH Tornado July 24 2008 from monika mcgillicuddy on Vimeo. Northwood Lake NH Tornado aftermath from monika mcgillicuddy on Vimeo.

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Posted Friday Aug 15

Natural disasters. We get a couple forming but not enough ground to touch down and start doing anything.

( 08/15/08 06:43PM ) — Patricia Kennedy

Wow! I grew up in Topeka, Kansas, aka Tornado Alley!  They are really scary things.  You don't think of them in New England!

( 08/15/08 07:00PM ) — Suzanne Sands-Somerset, MA Real Estate

Hi Monika,


We had a few down here too! One happend to go right across the water of one my listings the day before closing, luckily no one was hurt. Pretty scary stuff! :)

Welcome to our world....Arkansas!!  We face those dudes every year with fear and wonder!  We wonder which town gets hit next! 

( 08/15/08 10:23PM ) — Linda Scanlan

Moni, those are some scary pictures! After living through one I certainly don't want to go through another one. They are so random and scary. The story of the grandmother broke my heart when I saw it on the news.

Hi Monika - I drove right through that same area last Sunday on the way to Mike's cookout and couldn't believe what I was seeing.  It was awful to see that.


I used to live in Arkansas and Texas, and we would have tornado drills in school instead of fire drills most of the time.  It was scary to live in those areas when tornadoes were so prevalent.  Up here, I'm much rather deal with our 'normal' weather occurences than the nasty weather we've had this summer at times.


That Route 4 area is so sad to see when you drive through there....
Ann

We get them here occassionally but not too often, the sky can get so scary, glad we have a basement for the times we do have a Warning. Good job on the video's sharing your experience.

Hi Monika I was up further north in York Beach and although it was away from that area the winds were crazy.

We had the same thing here about 2 months ago.  I was on my way home from visiting a builder when it hit.  I pulled over in Waterford and the storm passed.  When I got to the road home, I had to take about 3 different routes to find passable roads. 


Of course, I tried to drive aroung a tree and got stuck in a ditch.  Thankfully a lovely gentleman stopped and drove me out.  4wheel drive works better for men.


 

( 08/16/08 08:35PM ) — George Souto

Monika I am thankful that tornado's are not very common here in Connecticut either.  How close was it to where you live.

( 08/17/08 05:34PM ) — Sharon Tara New Hampshire Home Stager

It is so scary!  Mother nature can be very violent!  We are lucky that we don't have to worry about them on a regular basis.

( 08/20/08 05:48AM ) — Team Wright Realty | Jim Marks

Hey Monika,


The tornado got close to us- doing some major damage in Ossipee but not nearly as bad as those areas you show...I dunno, personally I think we are going to continue to experience more extreme weather conditions in the future as our environment continues to change. It feels like fall this morning with temps at my house of 50 degrees and this summer was nearly a wash out with the wettest July (and soon to be wettest August) in Mt. Washington Valley history...after an endless winter of record snowfall.


Eeek...but who knows....I hope I am wrong!


Sean


 

( 08/21/08 07:07AM ) — Jennifer Fivelsdal, Fishkill NY

Monika - It can happen so quickly and it does change the landscape.  Really sorry to hear it resulted in death.

This is incredible -- I grew up in Tornado country in Oklahoma -- I never thought we would experience tornados here in New Hampshire.  This has been a most unusual summer weather-wise.  I guess now you and Jay have become "storm chasers" (lol). 

( 08/22/08 12:33PM ) — Stephanie Ballou

I happened to be home that day... in the lakes region. It went through only a short distance from my house. You could hear it for miles. Unbelievable! My heart goes out to all those who lost so much!

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