July 10, 1989 Hamden Tornado WVIT

July 10, 1989 Hamden and Waterbury tornado coverage on WVIT-TV channel 30. Includes live reports from Anthony Everett and Tom Monahan.

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[MrChicago891]

does anyone remember all the phone problems that occurred for maybe a month or so after this? The phone would ring, you'd pick it up to say "hello" and there'd be 2 people in progress having a conversation!!! And they'd get upset that you were on there!!!

[radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 0:00 To 0:43, It Was WVIT-TV's Connecticut News Tonight Video Open From Monday Night, July 10, 1989.

[CTGirlie]

Jennifer Bike of the Trumbull Third Ward, New Haven Connecticut Stake, died instantly. Melanie Bike, sixteen, suffered a broken neck and underwent surgery in an effort to relieve the effects of the accident, which left her paralyzed from the neck down. Sarah Sancher, fifteen, is undergoing treatment for a crushed disc.

Stake president A. Sterling Lichfield, Jr., said Sarah’s life was probably spared because the forks of the tree crashed down on each side of her.

[CTGirlie]

Jennifer Bike from Stratford, CT.

Tornado Kills One, Injures Two at Girls’ Camp

A twelve-year-old Beehive girl was killed on July 10 at a stake girls’ camp in Connecticut when a tree knocked over by a tornado fell across the tent in which she was staying. Her sister and another girl who was in the tent are currently being treated for their injuries.

[CamraCreations]

I remember this tornado, I was living in CT at the time,

[UserZeroTwo]

This tornado - and it *was* a tornado, despite the controversy afterward - strolled right through our yard and uprooted two huge weeping willows next door. Two 80' choke cherry trees came down between our house and the neighbors', missing both. We were VERY lucky. I was stuck in my car on my way home about two blocks away when the trees started coming down, blocking the road in both directions. Pulled into a driveway on the lee side of a garage and just basically prayed. Pretty scary.

[MegaTyler98]

Totally remember this!!!! Came clear out of the blue....I remember it knocked some serious stuff down and the effects of it lasted for a long time (that was back when I lived near Hamden)

[PositivelyBored]

Aside from 1953 , this is the worst severe event in NE history!

[johntheDOMINICAN]

where in new haven?

[fjeffrey10]

My family lived through this tornado. We lived on Fairmont Ave at the time. I was only 2.5 years old so I don't remember it. But our neighbor's house was almost destroyed by a humongous tree that fell. We didn't have any damage done to our property, but the person in charge of the day care my brother and I were at told my parents to pick me and my brother up half an hour earlier then usual that day. It turned out to be a good thing that happened.