Tornado Just Missed Our Windsor Warehouse
Dear Mondazzi Books Patrons:
In a very rare event, a tornado touched down Monday, July 1st passing within 100 yards of our warehouse. The entire Mondazzi Books staff was unharmed and our building incurred no damage. During the event, we noticed the winds pick up tremendously and (maybe a bit naively) we all rushed to our front entrance to assess the situation. Seeing flattened cardboard boxes strewn across the parking lot that were previously neatly stacked in our front entrance, we quickly realized that this was more than another summer thunderstorm.
The warehouse next door to us was severely damaged, but fortunately was vacant. The tornado then forged a one mile long path clearing out most of everything in its way. There were no reported injuries, but there was lots of debris tossed around, including large sections of tobacco netting across the street that were whipped up into the air.
We would like to thank all of you that called and emailed to see how we fared through this event. The local and national news stated that this tornado touched down on Hayden Station Road in Windsor, which is our street… not how we want to make the news! We did lose power, Internet and cell service, but all is restored now.
This was a close one. Your orders will be a day or so delayed in processing, but as always we will email you when your order is shipped.
Thank you all for your concern,
Sonja and Ed Mondazzi
“The National Weather Service confirmed Monday’s storm as an EF-1 tornado. It touched down in OJ Thrall fields near Hayden Station Road in Windsor about 1:30 p.m, then traveled 2.25 miles across I-91 and the Connecticut River and into East Windsor.”
Below are local newspaper and TV stories about the tornado that hit our neighborhood, and a bit about a tornado that hit another part of Connecticut on Monday, July 1st.
Repairing Tornado’s Damage To Valuable Tobacco Crop – Hartford Courant
Two Tornadoes Hit Conn. Monday – NBC CT – With Video of damage
Repairing Tornado’s Damage To Valuable Tobacco Crop – Photo gallery