John Katula of Sumner looks around at fallen trees on his property Monday. He estimated he lost about 45 acres of trees in when a tornado hit Friday afternoon. Ten windows of his home were blown out and the roof on one side flew off. Katula said he ran for safety inside his house, grabbed his girlfriend, Christine LaBonte, and jumped into the bathtub when he saw the funnel cloud coming toward him.
Shirley Martin of Hartford and her granddaughter Naudia Wesley, 12, look at downed trees at Martin’s property Monday. Martin said she and her granddaughter were watching the movie “Twister” when she saw trees falling and their bikes flying past her window when a tornado hit late Friday afternoon. Martin said there was minor damage to her home. Officials are continuing to assess the damage in Oxford County.
Trees uprooted by a tornado late Friday afternoon lay outside Shirley Martin’s home on Route 140 in Hartford on Monday. Martin said she lost many trees.
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- Jose Leiva/Sun Journal John Katula of Sumner looks around some fallen trees on his property on Monday. Katula estimated he lost about 45 acres of trees 10 windows were blown out and the roof flew off one side of his house when the tornado hit on Friday. Katula said he ran for safety inside his house grabbed his girlfriend Christine LaBonte and jumped into the bathtub when he saw the funnel cloud coming toward him.
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- Jose Leiva/Sun Journal Shirley Martin of Hartford and her granddaughter Naudia Wesley, 12, look at downed trees at Martin’s property Monday. Martin said she and her granddaughter were watching the movie "Twister" when she saw trees falling and their bikes flying past her window when a tornado hit late Friday afternoon. Martin said there was minor damage to her home. Officials are continuing to assess the damage in Oxford County.
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- Jose Leiva/Sun Journal Trees lay on their side in front of Shirley Martin’s home on Rt 140 in Hartford; Martin said the number of trees lost were too many to count.
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