Um, Janice, if it's "cumming" all over you, it ain't hail.

it's "batten" down the hatches.

The only reason I know what to do in case of a tornado is because I spent a few summers with relatives out in Wisconsin as a kid/teenager. One thing they neglected to tell me is they test the "tornado siren" at noon on Saturdays, leading me to wonder why an air raid siren was going off.

Never did see a funnel cloud all the times I was out there and they never took me cow tipping.

This is when we midwestern transplants get to roll our eyes and mutter how east coast folk are pansies... ;)

empire state building tip has been struck at least 3 times in the last 20 minutes. i have a clear view from union square offices. incredibly dramatic.

I usually love it when funnel clouds release their fury, it's a great day for the video cameras!

Great pics of this morning's funnel cloud at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634982/posts

Who's Thompson?

midtown east is dark dark dark.... creepy 'cause the lampposts aren't on, and stores don't have their night lights on...

This one seems less dramatic but a little more serious... very dark up here...

Holy shit!!!!!! it's cumming!!! ugghhh! it's cumming down all over me!!! rain mixed with hail. aaaiieieeeee!!!! glub glub.

Heard the thunderclap, too... 23 floor above Penn Station, those things are scary.

Oh, well... green skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face!

Nice Thunderstorm here in Queens. Very Loud and sounds close.

from my 40th flr office i saw a funnel cloud, but alas, it did not become a tornado... pretty freaky shit... sadly, my camera is charging and i have no pix :^(

Yeah, I swear it was right outside my building... my coworker joked that it hit one of the gravestones in the Trinity cemetary. Yeeeesh.

I heard the crazy roll of thunder 30 minutes ago - scary!