MA tornadoes

[Amy West]

On 6/2/11 12:01 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> Date:    Wed, 1 Jun 2011 23:31:57 -0400
> From:    victor steinbok<aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: MA tornadoes
>
> Four tornadoes hit Massachusetts today during the day, all of them in the
> Springfield area. A couple were fairly minor, but two did major damage and
> caused casualties. The news are pouring nonstop over most local channels.
>
> A couple of minor observations. One reporter described a "tornastic storm".
> There are quite a few ghits for "tornadic" and OED and MWOL(11) list it
> (along with Wiktionary, but not many others). But "tornastic" only get 235
> raw ghits.

Yes, it was all very exciting for us here in Worcester.

But more relevant, Merriam-Webster is in Springfield. The tornado hit
downtown Springfield, probably a few blocks from Merriam, about the time
that folks would have been leaving for the day.

I'm waiting to hear from my former co-workers if everyone is okay.

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---Amy West

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