Tornado in Brooklyn?

My kids were having their usual cross country practice in Prospect Park.  As the sky was quickly turning grey a few parents were getting a little antsy.  I was not looking forward to getting wet but I was mentally prepared for it. The kids cam jogging back and I thought that it was good timing.  We had our bikes and would be home (less than a mile away) in a few minutes.

My daughter wanted some water so I sent her to the fountain.

But then the coach did not look so calm.  She was out on the long meadow and had a better view of the sky.  "Go home, everybody just go home".

I told my daughter to get on her bike to go to the fountain and back.  Then my son got back and I stopped her and said.  We can get water on the way home.  Lets go.

I don't know what it was, maybe instinct, but we did not stop for water.  I had the kids ride as fast as they could and we made it home within minutes of the "storm".

We live on the 4th floor of a brick 6 story building.  All our windows face brick walls, from 20 to 50 feet away.  It never rains in.  Till today.  It looked like the water was blowing off the roof and into our window.  Scroll down to see what it did to our bathroom.


Union St and 8th Ave

I am on the 4th floor and the bathroom window is about 20 feed from another building.  Look at the mess that blew in through the screen.

The video was made about 4 blocks away.