Tornado near marina Sunday....
Pretty scary deal last Sunday ....March 20th. I was on me ol E-35 (Oyster Cove Marina) last Sunday getting caught up on the boat when the sky darkened and it started hailing (BB size). Shortly after that, the sky let loose with 1/4" hailstones for about 2 minutes. Then the wind hit 40+ knots and veered from SW to NE and back again - Branches were flying around and debris was in the air. It was freaky. It reminded me of a tornado front cloud in Kansas when I was living there as a kid. I never saw a funnel cloud, but I would have sworn one was near. I was looking for the flying "OZ" monkeys though!
Fast forward to Monday........ "Tornado hits South San Francisco!" "Approximately $1,000,000 in damage!" Then I'm off to the local West Marine and they saw the tornado from their front door and they are only a mile away from my boat. The store had the front doors broken, a billboard nearby was busted and a few trees blew down.....pretty close I'd say.
Oh well, have to be in CA to get hit by a tornado after 10 years in Kansas with no problems.
All I can say is I felt sorry for the poor sea gull on my stern that was hammered by the hail as he sat it out on the water.....OUCH!
John M.