Hope no one is in the tornado path

[Mike Kieran]

One of the things I remember about the tornadoes in our area was the eerie greenish yellow sky.

I've heard many people in my area talk about the odd color of the sky that day, but I don't recall that. I do clearly remember that all that morning, it was very windy with a steady stream of little "cotton ball" looking clouds sailing across the sky. By noon that day, no more wind and no clouds at all. When the storms broke out, all you'd see was the storm cell, surrounded by completely clear sky. As I mentioned, I'd never seen anything like that day before or since.

We had a tornado hit Brooklyn about 6 years ago at 6:30 AM a half mile from where I grew up by the Brooklyn Army Terminal (famous for where Elvis Presley embarked for his army deployment in Germany). I friend of mine was riding on the el into work when he saw the sky turn green. He remembered being in a tornado while in the Military and was glad when the train went underground.

I turned on the news that night to see the mother of a friend who I grew up with was just waking up when she heard the high winds. The then looked up to see her roof fly away. Luckily, she was in a doorway and managed to hold on.

It's crazy. At least in a hurricane, you have some preparation beforehand. with a tornado, you hope to have time to get to shelter in time.