Jenny: Southern Minnesota is part of the tornado belt, and the derecho triangle (derechos are severe thunderstorms with straightline winds) as well--so we get hurricane force winds quite often. Minnesota usually has about 26 tornadoes per year, and 1500 tornadoes have been recorded since 1950. I have not heard the Evangelical interpretation of the tornado.
With regard to birds--they lost a lot of habitat from the tornado due to downed trees. No one knows how many birds are killed by tornadoes, but I'll beet more are killed by hail than tornadoes--even a relatively small 3/4 or 1 inch diameter hail stone traveling at high speed could be a serious hazard for a bird. Lee [email protected] wrote: > Lee, > > It's quite rare for NYC to get such strong winds - I guess they are > calling them "straight-line winds", but are tornados common in the > Minneapolis area? I always think of Minnesota far enough north of the > "tornado belt", but I guess the southern part isn't. > > And I wonder how the Evangelicals interpreted the roof blowing off? > What the hell were they praying for anyway??!! > > Glad nobody was hurt - hope that applies to the feathered residents as > well.... > > Jenny > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Frelich <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, Aug 20, 2009 9:31 am > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Storm knocked down trees in Central Park, NYC > > > Jenny: > > Yesterday's tornado in Minneapolis did more damage than I thought, > although still nothing like the 1981 tornado. The tornado wrecked the > roof of a school (which may not be able to open this fall), and created > a hole in the roof of the convention center (where the Evangelical > Lutheran Church of America is having its convention--obviously god > wanted to weigh in on the issues they were voting on at the time of the > tornado). Hundreds of trees were blown down and several streets are > closed. The neighborhood that was hit had a lot of green ash, so it was > a good preemptive strike on the part of the tornado, to take out a bunch > of ash before the emerald ash borer gets to them. > > Lee > > Lee Frelich wrote: > > Jenny: > > > > They showed the downed trees in Central Park on the Weather Channel this > > morning. > > > > A minimal tornado went through Minneapolis this afternoon-only 1/4 mile > > from where I live. The only damage I saw was some windows blown out of > > buildings, although I hear some trees were blow down in south > > Minneapolis. It was nothing like the 1981 tornado that leveled a 3-block > > wide path through the city. > > > > Lee > > > > Jennynyc wrote: > > > >> FYI - bad storm last night wrecked trees! > >> > >> http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/storm-topples-scores-of-trees-in-central-park/?emc=eta1 > >> > >> Jenny > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
