From Traci Confer at the Energy Justice Network:
It’s not just London – PA also suffers a December tornado.
On December 1st, a major storm moved from West Virginia, through Pennsylvania to New York. Meteorologically speaking, the most notable event of the storm was an F2 tornado (the scale goes from F0 to F5) in Luzerne County in northeastern PA. Tornados are not uncommon in Pennsylvania – we even had an F5 in 1985 – but the vast majority are small (F0 to F1) and happen during tornado season (summer). December is NOT tornado season!
This tornado hit the community of Mountain Top (located south of Wilkes-Barre) with a swath 150 feet wide and over 10 miles long. Thousands of homes lost power for a few days.
Locals say that skeptics among their friends & family are admitting that those climate-change folks may be right.
Gees, this is right by my hometown. Scary.