http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/nyregion/tornado-causes-damage-along-a-beach-in-queens.html?_r=1&hpw
On September 8th, writers for The New York Times Marc Santora and Christipher Maag wrote an article about the tonadoes that struck Brooklyn and Queens this past week. Using chronological order, the article first introduced the tornado that hit Queens and following that, the one that struck Brooklyn. Though there were no injuries, both tornadoes caused damage ("tore down walls, lifted roofs off homes and tangled power lines"), and events such as the United States Open, the women's singles final, and the semifinal match between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer had to be delayed, postponed, and cancelled respectively. The following section of the article analyzed the possible future effects that could happen ("people could expect severe thunderstorms, heavy rains in some places and even the possibility of hail"). Lastly, the article ended with a short testimony of a survivor of the tornado chaos.
Santora and Maag's purpose of writing this article was to inform people, mostly those who live in the Brooklyn and Queens area about the tornadoes that struck those places this weekend. They described the path, the winds, the time, how much damage they caused, and their effects. The authors also interviewed people who were at the site such as Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Helen Vesik, meteorologist Ross Dickman, David Dempsey, Christopher R. Miller about their experiences and opinion regarding the case.
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