I hope this is totally unnecessary, but my NOAA Emergency Weather Radio just came on with a Tornado Watch for a big chunk of southern New England. I got the text from the Weather Underground website. Better to cry wolf than to have someone hurt because they were unaware.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"The National Weather Service has issued Tornado Watch 571 in

effect until 9 PM EDT this evening for the following areas

In Connecticut this watch includes 3 counties

In northern Connecticut

Hartford Tolland Windham

In Massachusetts this watch includes 10 counties

In central Massachusetts

Worcester

In eastern Massachusetts

Middlesex Norfolk Suffolk

In northeastern Massachusetts

Essex

In southeastern Massachusetts

Barnstable Bristol Dukes

Nantucket Plymouth

In Rhode Island this watch includes 5 counties

In central Rhode Island

Bristol Kent

In northern Rhode Island

Providence

In southern Rhode Island

Newport Washington"

Claire