A tornado bearing straight for the heart of downtown Miami could be the plot for a TV movie. Television stations broke into afternoon shows to broadcast live footage of the tornado, which touched down briefly near the Miami police headquarters and then near the Port of Miami, center of the city's cruise industry, and then slid off into Biscayne Bay. When it first hit we were in City Hall and we went up to the balcony to have a look. It was scary. The tornado was relatively weak, with winds of 74-114 mph, but it did damage some buildings and cars in Little Havana.
Tornados are much more common in the city's suburbs than they are downtown.
Planks flying around like notebook paper. You don't hear this sound, you feel it. The thumping in your chest was overwhelming.