the buzz log

A storm came calling in New York City this week. Before its visit was over, it had stomped on pretty much everything in its path.

This Godzilla of a weather front dropped an unholy amount of rain. It cut power. It demolished property. It unleashed the first-ever-on-record tornado to scrape across Brooklyn. And it brought the New York City transit system to a standstill.

Gulp.

The monster of a squall also left its mark on the Buzz. Nearly half of the top 20 movers for the day sought information about the Big Apple. Search terms like "tornadoes," "brooklyn tornado," and "tornado new york" screamed upwards. Demand for the city's Metropolitan Transit Authority set records.

If that's not enough to prove the monstrous sparks released when one mother of a storm takes on the nation's largest metro area, allow us to present a sample of yesterday's search spikes. Sit back in awe...