The Weather

[khris]

Currently under a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warning in the GTA.

 

[nfitz]

Environment Canada just issued a Tornado Watch for Toronto (upgraded from severe thunderstorm watch). - http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?on61

Pretty much everything north and northeast of Toronto is under a Tornado Warning - http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?on11 so prepare to take cover!

Radar looks like the worst of it will miss the city: http://www.wunderground.com/wunderm...=0&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0&fire=0&tor=0&ndfd=0&pix=0

 

[nfitz]

Warning has been expanded to Pickering and Oshawa.

 

[nfitz]

Reports of tornados across southern York region ...

 

[nfitz]

Tornado warnings expanded to Mississauga, Burlington, Halton, Milton, Hamilton ... http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?on24 - 2 minutes ago.

... gosh, my wife picked the wrong night to go camping along Lake Simcoe ...

 

[nfitz]

City of Toronto now under a Tornado warning!

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?on61

 

[khris]

This is kind of nuts. It got so dark! Going to be interesting to see the news after this is all said and done.

 

[Urban Shocker]

It's as dark as midnight out over the lake. Never seen anything quite like this.

 

[nfitz]

680 news is reporting a tornado downtown.

 

[gabe]

A tornado struck near Vaughan Mills.

 

[Urban Shocker]

680 news is reporting a tornado downtown.

I don't see it. Where? Just lots of loud banging.

 

[Urban Shocker]

HUGE flash of lightning! Woooo! So loud!

The earth moved, possums ...

 

[Urban Shocker]

Where is everyone?

 

[Urban Shocker]

This is almost as much fun as my abduction by aliens, last year.

 

[nfitz]

Wow, that was intense ... hope my house is still there. Though I'm not leaving the office yet ... left my office for a while ... the sheet metal roof on the second floor here doesn't seem that solid