'It was like 'Wizard of Oz.'' As the sky got darker and the hail started pelting down, Mercer County residents took shelter in basements and bathrooms.
The view from Chopper 6 over Village Road and Quaker Bridge Road in West Windsor Twp. showed multiple large trees on the ground. Some were uprooted, while others were snapped.Hail and high winds caused extensive damage to the condominium complex of Lawrence Square Village, commercial buildings and several vehicles.
"All of a sudden you'd hear more crashing and you're think, 'Oh my God, what could it be now?'" Jefferson said. "That's when the great, big, huge 40-year-old trees are either being snapped in half or uprooted."As the sky got darker yesterday and the hail started pelting down, residents took shelter in basements and bathrooms.
"And then it got real dark. And then things started it. I've never seen the wind blow like I did. It blew so that I said, 'Gloria- let's get in the tub! It's a tornado!'" Anderson said. "All the trees...The roofing had come down on the side, because we live on the first level. Girl, it was like 'Wizard of Oz.'"
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