Tornado rips through two Mass. communities

TODAY. IF I STOPPED MAYBE TWO FEET BEFORE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CAB. IT WOULD DEFINITELY BEEN THE CAB. JACOB MARCELINO NARROWLY AVOIDED CATASTROPHE AS A HUGE PINE TREE CAME DOWN RIGHT ON HIS PICKUP TRUCK. THE ADRENALINE JUST IT HITS YOU SO QUICK. CAME ACROSS ON THE 45 DEGREE ANGLE THAT RIPPED THE WHOLE BACK OF THE BED DOWN, COLLAPSED. THAT IT WAS A BIG TWISTER. LIKE THEY SAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. YES, IT DOES. BOB RANDALL WATCHED FROM INSIDE AS THE TORNADO RIPPED WINDOWS OFF HIS HOUSE, TORE APART HIS ROOF AND SCATTERED DEBRIS ACROSS HIS YARD. EVERYTHING ON MY DECK WAS GOING SIDEWAYS. I JUST STOOD THERE AND HELD THE DOOR SHUT AND DUCKED THE VIEW FROM SKY FIVE SHOWS THE PATH, THE TORNADO TORE THROUGH MATTAPOISETT JUST DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR AND THE BRANCH STICKING THROUGH THE THROUGH THE CEILING. MICHELLE HUGHES CAME HOME TO FIND A BRANCH PIERCING THROUGH HER FAMILY ROOM CEILING TREE, WHICH IS RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS WINDOW, CAME DOWN BEHIND THE HOME. AND ONE OF THE BIG BRANCHES CAME THROUGH THE ROOF. THE TREE FELL RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE. SOMEHOW THIS TREE LANDED PRECISELY BETWEEN DAN ROCKY'S HOUSE AND HIS GARAGE. BUT ANOTHER TREE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SLICED THIS CHICKEN COOP IN HALF. ALL THE CHICKENS MADE IT, BUT ONE IS LOOSE. THE CLEANUP WILL TAKE DAYS. BUT THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH THE TERRIFYING STORM ARE COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS. GLAD WE'RE ALL SAFE. AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS. I MEAN, A TRUCK CAN BE REPLACED. A HUMAN CAN. YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO GO HOME SAFE. SO A LOT OF THE POWER IT HAS BEEN RESTORED HERE TONIGHT, BUT THERE ARE STILL A HANDFUL OF CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE GUYS WORKING BEHIND US HERE TONIGHT. THANKFULLY, EVEN WITH ALAL

Channel: WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Views: 15,523

Keywords: Boston, Marstons Mills, Massachusetts, Mattapoisett, Severe weather, tornado, wcvb

Id: uFg6bMa16h4

Length: 1min 42sec (102 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 09 2023