Tornado in Toronto: Watching from Afar

What’s a girl stuck in Timmins due to a cancelled 7:30 flight to Toronto to do on a Thursday night?

What none of her family or friends CAN do (since they’re stuck without power in the midst of a severe thunderstom and tornado warning): track the tornado online.

The Star has a really comprehensive article about the damage and twisters – apparently, sadly, one person is dead (and unconfirmed reports are saying it’s a child) from the twister that ripped through a conservation area in Durham (the town, not the region).

What The Star is lacking however is media: pictures, videos, sound… so here’s some I’ve “collected” (aka stolen and linked to).

• A downed tree on Helendale, in Toronto.
• Not sure where these two are from – but they’re two more downed trees, and some traffic lights knocked over too! [One] [Two]
• A YouTube video of the twister in Vaughan
• CP24 has some good user submitted pictures, if you scroll past the article to the bottom.

And now, there’s a picture of a twister in North Bay – is the storm moving towards me? Probably not. Maybe though!

My favourite part of all this though? A comment posted on The Star’s news article:

“no need to panic, folks! CP24 has reported that the Kenny Chesney concert at the Molson Amphitheatre is going on despite the weather! I repeat, the Kenny Chesney show is a go!! yeeeeeeeehaaaaw! Bring the tarp from the pick up truck!”

… I wish I was there. haha!

Fingers crossed all this weather crap is cleared up by tomorrow so I can fly home for the weekend – if my flight gets cancelled again, I’ll cry.

Now, what’s a girl who was planning on going home tonight, and is now stuck in Timmins, do?

Get McDonalds of course.

McMmmm McYummy