We had a lively night, Saturday night. An EF-1 tornado hit the village of Armada, just two miles north of me. We watched it from our house. Not a very good picture, but we were too worried for everyone, and too busy watching the sky at our house. We had rotating clouds by us, too.
The wall cloud after the tornado had passed:
The National Weather Service says it was max wind speeds of 105 MPH, 3.6 miles long, 700 yards (0.4 miles) wide. There are damage pictures galore out there, so search "Armada MI tornado" and you'll see them. One office building has become the face of the village, but at least 5 houses will have to be demolished and rebuilt. Many more were damaged. There is a good video up at Macomb County Scanner facebook page.
There seem to have been no injuries, Thank God.
The night of the tornado, our County Executive Mark "Media hog" Hackel was right in Armada, like he really gives a rip. NO ONE in this damn county gives a rip about us up here, unless it means something to their political campaign or means money. Sorry Mark, I know you were once one of the good guys. Go crawl back to your Macomb Township home and stay there, in the cancer of the county.
I'm writing this from my uncle's house, as I haven't had internet that completely functioned since June 25. No, really, I can't get anything else and have been put on waiting lists, assuming one day we won't be a dead area anymore. That is due to the Michigan Telecommunications Act https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mpsc/pa179_453242_7.pdf
There's the humorous part of the tornado, if humor can exist in such a thing. It weakened to an EF-0 when it hit the schools, and the electrical poles and some trees got the worst of it. The schools survived. Unfortunately, too many homes and a couple businesses didn't. But the people survived.
