This Thursday, June 27 at 7pm, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee and listen to Mike Main of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency discuss tornado preparedness and his past experiences with tornadoes here in Massachusetts. A donation will be taken up for the victims of the Oklahoma tornado after the talk.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, which has an office in Tewksbury, offers advice for extreme summer weather, including tornadoes.
The Oklahoma Tornado is a strong reminder of the devastation that these storms can bring this time of year. Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms, with whirling winds that can reach 300 mph. Spawned from powerful thunderstorms, damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long.
Massachusetts residents have recently experienced the destruction of the Greater Springfield Tornado in June 1, 2011 which killed three, injured over 300 and destroyed or damaged over 1,400 homes and businesses. The infamous Worcester Tornado, which swept through Central Massachusetts in June 9, 1953, killed 94, seriously injured over 1,200 and over 4,300 homes and businesses destroyed or damaged.
“Although tornadoes as severe as the Springfield and Worcester Tornadoes are rare, we are reminded that they can happen here and how damaging they can be,” states Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Director Kurt Schwartz. “It is important that we all familiarize ourselves with what we should look for and what steps we should take if a tornado is forecast.”
Register HERE or by calling 978-640-4490 x 205. Seating is limited to 50. Talk is free and open to all. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Talk is held in the library's Meeting Room. Library is located at 300 Chandler Street, Tewksbury, on the corner of Chandler St. and Main St.
