More on the Windsor Tornado at Kodak's 1000 Words Blog

You can see even more pictures from around Windsor and Kodak at my post for Kodak's 1000 Words Blog.

Windsor Tornado: The Aftermath

It's now been five days since the tornado hit Windsor, Colorado (see my previous post here). The Kodak plant where I work is still closed because the power hasn't been restored and there is some roof damage. I went in to work this morning (not realizing it was closed) and found the hallways dimly lit by generator power and numerous offices with trash cans collecting the water leaking through the roof.

Help out the relief effort by donating to the Red Cross or United Way

Here's a short video of what it looks like outside my building:



Here's one of the stop signs entering the plant.

I then drove through Windsor on hwy 257 and here's what it looks like:

Update: Windsor Tornado

If you'd like to donate to help out the victim's of yesterday's tornado you can do so through the Red Cross or United Way of Northern Colorado.

Caught in the Windsor Tornado

I was microwaving my lunch at about 11:30 am at Kodak in Windsor when the hail started. Everyone was watching out the windows as it went from pea sized to golf balls to baseball sized. Then it stopped and they announced a tornado warning. We went to the lockers rooms in the center of the building and the lights went out around 11:50. We stayed there for an hour and then were moved to another more central room. We were let out about 1:45pm and found trees uprooted all around the parking lot. Many of my co-workers had windows broken out in their cars and one car was actually forced under an SUV from several parking spots away. One employee got stuck in our lobby when the power went out and shut off our electrically controlled doors. He witnessed the tornado passing through and described it as a "total blackout". The tornado's path went down highway 257 which is about a mile west of the building I was in at Kodak. Given that the tornado was reported to be between 1/2 and 1 mile wide we're lucky we weren't hit worse. On my way home I was redirected trying to get back into Greeley and passed by some houses that were completely leveled just a few miles southeast of the State Farm building across highway 34. There were also some irrigation systems and high voltage power lines tossed to the ground. It appears most of my friends in Windsor are safe, although some have very damaged houses. See the video below to get a sense of the tornado.


Watch at around 3:10 to see the twister hit the state farm building in the background.