Funny. I grew up (in the 50s and 60s) between Princeton and New Brunswick
NJ, and I don't recall ever having such severe weather, except for Hurricane
Donna in '60.

Of course, spending time in Ohio (I moved to Xenia about 18 months after the
tornados) in the late 70s-early 80s may have redefined my personal views on
severe weather. But my friends out there who were from Iowa informed me
that Ohio weather was wimpy.

Anyway, the scariest weather situation I've been in was in Oakland Maine of
all places in late June '97. Moving the kids into their camp, the weather
started getting heavy. I moved the van out from under some trees (that were
starting to drop branches around) into a nearby field and rode out the
storm.

Turns out, it was an F1 tornado. Some trees fell down on some buildings,
the power was out, etc etc. But because it was Maine, very soon bunches of
guys with chain saws were on the scene. (I think EVERYONE in Maine is
issued a chain saw when they move in.)

Scary stuff.

- Steve Stein


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