Trio of Mass. tornadoes wrecked some 200 buildings

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Boston Globe

At least 200 buildings were destroyed by tornadoes as they carved their deadly paths through Central and Western Massachusetts on Wednesday, hitting particularly hard in a group of eight or nine communities that included the city of Springfield, Governor Deval Patrick said this afternoon.

Patrick, who said the National Weather Service had confirmed that at least three tornadoes had touched down, said 35 buildings were destroyed in Springfield, 88 in West Springfield, and "77 and counting" in Monson. The official death toll remains at four and no one is unaccounted-for, he said.

He said 290 people were still in shelters, about half the number from Wednesday, and 40,000 to 41,000 homes and businesses were without power.

Meanwhile, the grim details -- and a story of a heroic mother saving her child -- began to emerge about the people who were killed in the storms.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/06/officials_offer.html

[FailureToCommunicate]

1. Beyond the human toll, and lives turned upside down, maybe Sen. Brown

will begin to see the value of 'governmint'

-- before we vote his behind out of the Senate.

[Fearless]

2. Sadly, I doubt that he will before he's gone

Gladly though, the Massachusetts mistake will be fixed.

[fascisthunter]

3. I lived in Mass most of my life

and I have NEVER heard something like this happening in my state. This is going to get worse.... thank the idiots who fight against those who are trying to educate the public about man's hand in Global Warming.

I imagine the inhabitants of Easter Isle had the same type of fuck-up defects sabotaging efforts to save themselves.

[onehandle]

4. Nothing to see folks. Move along. nt

[defendandprotect]

5. Global Warming may be putting construction workers back to work -- Missouri, MA ....