#2 Signs and Protents #175, a tornado hit South San Francisco yesterday as well. Now that is a rarity.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/21/MNGPVBSH2P1.DTL
From the article...
South San Francisco got a taste of Dorothy's Kansas on Sunday when what authorities called a "probable tornado" whirled through town, ripping off roofs, pulling down power lines and breaking windows and then flinging the debris for blocks.
Firefighters who responded to dozens of calls from frantic residents during the rare twister at 3:40 p.m. said it was amazing that no one was injured.
"The floor began to shake and then all the people outside began to run indoors, yelling 'tornado,' " said Jorge Lozano, 20, who was working in the Ayar Produce store near downtown. "Then everything was blowing around in the store, pinatas, all of the stuff on the shelves. The windows blew out, and everyone was screaming. There was glass all over."
At least 40 buildings -- 20 homes and 20 businesses, including a fire station under construction -- were damaged as the swirling winds ran a wild 3-mile path across the city, from Westborough to the San Francisco Bay. The twister also uprooted towering trees, caused gas leaks and knocked out power to about 1,500 residents. |
A tornado tore through northern Bangladesh, killing at least 25 people, injuring nearly 500 and leaving many homeless, news reports said on Monday. The twister struck late Sunday, blowing away several thousand mostly thatched huts in dozens of farming villages in Gaibandha district, 190 kilometers (120 miles) north of capital Dhaka, Ittefaq and Janakantha dailies reported. Rescuers recovered 18 bodies from the debris of collapsed homes and trees, while seven injured people died en route to hospital, the reports said. The dead included women and children. Many of the injured were taken to hospitals.