On this day in 1884, a violent December tornado struck New Brighton, Pennsylvania — a month when tornadoes should be impossible. What followed was pure devastation: 💀 50 lives lost 🏚️ Entire neighborhoods wiped out 🏭 Factories and mills shredded to splinters 🌪️ A storm so fierce, witnesses said it sounded “like the Earth itself was breaking.” This remains one of the deadliest winter tornadoes in U.S. history, a chilling reminder that nature doesn’t follow the calendar — and even winter skies