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On September 17, 2010 a tornado swept through parts of Queens and Brooklyn. According to the National Weather Service, a macroburst with winds reaching 125 mph hit the Forest Hills neighborhood where I live. This tornado was rated an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. I have no idea what that means but damage to old trees was extensive. 3000 trees were lost. The upper 2/3 of a 30' evergreen in my back yard snapped off and landed in my neighbor's yard.
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wires down		 my backyard tree
my backyard tree		 off with the head
off with the head

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Long Bach Nguyen26-Jan-2013 03:02
great documentary of the devastation from the tornado.
Marc Demoulin12-Feb-2011 13:39
Tough times. Great reportage! vVv
Marc
Didier Vanderperre03-Oct-2010 17:31
I was away when this happened, I had no idea Queens got hit that hard.
Wong Tsu Shi01-Oct-2010 02:36
Excellent record.
Michael J. Parkinson20-Sep-2010 04:20
This looks like the damage we experienced in the ice storm of 1998, except of course for the missing ice and snow. Remarkably, now, the casual observer would not notice that anything untoward happened to our trees, closer scrutiny will show how mother nature got on with the job of fixing things up along with a wack of new plantings. Along way round to say things will bounce back as time passes and 12 years from now you may have to check the date as I just did to make sure I got it right. All the best.
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