Just when you wonder what you'll blog about, this happens! We were happily watching tennis, easing into the day, when we had two alerts. One on the phone, the other on the TV.
We ended up with nearly 10 mm of rain (0.38"). It was wonderful to have rain, but the thunder was quite powerful and worrisome.
Storm Jul 13 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Even while we were watching tennis, the radar shows the lightning strikes as it crossed south eastern Ontario. I like watching this online, as it lets me know what is headed our way, and when it is done.
storm from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
There were 125 homes damaged in Ottawa, roofs ripped off, broken windows, and trees down. Barrhaven, in Nepean, is a section in the south of the city.
Ground zero of the #tornado #ONStorm pic.twitter.com/NqtF4HkHlB
— Tomislav Mitar (@EnjoyTheTom) July 13, 2023
Safe after the #tornado #barrhaven
— Alison Kinahan she/her (@ak_yxe) July 13, 2023
Neighbours checking on neighbours pic.twitter.com/peanRtxSkJ
Barrhaven at 1:05pm. pic.twitter.com/zJmf3B4is1
— Rylee Noseworthy (@ryleenoseworthy) July 13, 2023
We got hit in Barrhaven (Nepean), two tornadoes #onstorm pic.twitter.com/PUqfaquKEe
— Sarah (@Sarah_Rides2023) July 13, 2023
Safe after the #tornado #barrhaven
Absolutely awful #tornado touches down in Barrhaven pic.twitter.com/nGjugtoctd
— Stuntman Stu 💎 (@StuntmanStu) July 13, 2023
Firefighters are going door to door in the worst areas checking on residents & shutting down gas & hydro on multiple units. Approx 50 houses affected in the area of Umbra Place in Barrhaven. #OttNews pic.twitter.com/iIBhq6ag2S
— Ottawa Fire Services (@OttFire) July 13, 2023
July 13, 2023 Tornado in Barrhaven. #onStorm #barrhavenMews #barrhaven #tornado pic.twitter.com/ri5df2lX4V
— Mr. NV (@nitishenvy) July 13, 2023
11 comments:
Wow, a tornado is such a force of nature that is completely wild, can't be tames, and we don't even know where it's going to appear until it does. I had a heavy thunderstorm here about bedtime, and our elec. flickered but stayed on. Just need to go round and reset the clocks. You didn't mention that anyone was hurt, so I'm glad of that. But what an interruption in one's life!
I saw tornado activity in the Chicago area on the news and heard that they were hitting Ontario as well. Very scary stuff!!
Never a dull moment!
It is good that no one was injured.
Scary, lots of continuous thunder and then that damage, some folks would be keeping inside. So thankful you are safe .
Very scary indeed. I am glad you escaped.
And hooray for some rain.
Living near Sarnia for so long, we had the occasional tornado in the region, but I did expect to have them here.
That was some very nasty weather. I hope no one was hurt.
Oh MY GOSH! My daughter in Chicago had a tornado alert last week and she said they were all getting warnings on their computer, phone, etc. It was spooky, but they were safe. Thank goodness. This is so scary.
Yikes. That's intense. I'm glad all you knew were safe. Tornadoes are so freaky.
I saw the alert on my phone.
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