Wind storm hits Toronto, goodbye sunny day on Queens Quay

Okay, since we showed you nice pictures of HTO Park a few hours ago on this glorious (er, windy) Saturday afternoon, here are some pictures we took as that massive wind storm blew past Toronto downtown. We were a little worried for some sailboats we saw drifting out there but the trusty fire rescue boats were out there.

From Environment Canada

AT 4:50 PM EDT RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN END OF LAKE ONTARIO. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH TORONTO BY 5;30 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 100 KM/H LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED

And we set sail

The freakish wind storm we got on Sunday in Toronto hit Queens Quay pretty hard. We were on the streetcar in the late morning and about a dozen of us turned in our streets as it felt the wind would actually push over the car. Waves were seen crashing.

Today, some evidence that it wasn't just a few small objects or trees that were blown over.

This boat was seen at the western edge of the Music Garden on Queens Quay near the city school.

Followed by a closeup.