"There was not a ground observation, but the Doppler radar showed the ingredients were there for a tornado to reach the ground or conditions for an imminent tornado to form." Right now, it’s straight line winds," said Dominic Ramunni, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Upton. "We’re going through the process of whether it was a tornado or not. No tornado was spotted in the area, although several residents in Lloyd Neck still insist one swept through their neighborhoods. Credit: James Carboneįrom Huntington to Northport, the North Shore continued under a tornado warning for about 45 minutes Wednesday night. The National Weather Service was reviewing damage from the storm Thursday and had not ordered a survey of tornadoes in the region.ĭowned trees block Ring Neck Ridge in Lloyd Neck on Thursday. I planned to cut the side of the wall out and they said they were fine and actually slept through it." "If it was 10 more feet it would have killed them," Murphy said of his mom and dad's close call. Murphy said he saw the tree, looked up, and rain was pouring through the roof. The collapsed ceiling meant Murphy had to break through to the bedroom. Until they finally answered to let him know they were OK, Murphy feared his parents were dead. He called out a second time, and then a third. When Mark Murphy first heard the tree hitting the roof, he thought it was a tornado. "I didn’t realize how close it was, how close we were to being killed." What’s this tree doing here?" Ginger Murphy said. It was like looking at a dream you had a tree in front of you. They were still without power Thursday, but thanks to a generator, didn't miss out on their morning coffee. "Our options were death and we would have gone to heaven."īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. On Thursday morning, with the storm mercifully a memory, the Murphys walked among chunks of soggy roof, oak branches and exposed insulation, marveling at their good fortune. We woke up and realized we were in the bed and we got out." "We fell asleep and the tree fell down and we didn’t wake up," Peter Murphy said. That's the moment the couple, both 82, saw how close they came to something far worse than a ceiling destroyed. They somehow slept through the noise, and a torn-open ceiling, but the banging on their bedroom door by Mark Murphy finally rousted them. Their son, Mark, heard the earsplitting sound of the tree coming through the roof, before it careened past the attic, coming to a rest less than five feet from his parents' bed. The uprooted oak came crashing through the ceiling of the couple's bedroom, a casualty of a historic storm that lashed Long Island's North Shore with especially powerful force. It was written by Asbury.Īs Ginger and Peter Murphy slept Wednesday night in their Lloyd Neck home, a waterlogged oak tree outside proved no match against relentless rain. This story was reported by John Asbury, James Carbone, Cecilia Dowd and Deborah S.
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