NH Tornados?

In New England the only natural disaster we usually expect is a snow or ice storm. In the summer I never think, "gee, that thundercloud looks like it might produce a tornado... better get in the bomb shelter..." But last week a tornado buzzed around the state of NH for about an hour, causing lots of damage in at least 6 different towns. Only one person was killed, which is actually pretty amazing considering the swaths of destruction we've seen in aerial photos in the newspapers.

I was at two of the Forest Society's properties in eastern NH (Effingham and Freedom) this week that had some tornado damage. The pics are below. We had a youth work crew all set to camp at one of the properties on the night of the tornado, but thankfully, they were delayed at the Seacoast and decided to come up the next day. Two huge white pines came down exactly in the clearing they were supposed to camp in. Buy a lottery ticket, kids...