Why they're called the Worcester Tornadoes

Blue Mass. Group reminds us that today's the anniversary of the deadly Worcester Tornado of 1953.

The name's actually a bit of a misnomer, since the tornado continued down Rte. 9 to almost the Framingham line - one of its last spasms was to flatten the Fayville post office in Southborough.

Yeah, I know, Southborough's in Worcester County. Even if I didn't know it before today, I'd know it now because somebody (Southborough DPW? Mass. Highway?) thought it worth the time and expense to add "WORCESTER COUNTY" to the bottom of the "Welcome to Southborough" sign on Rte. 9 westbound at the Framingham line recently. Why? It's not like county lines really matter in this state, except to determine which house of corrections you'll be sent to if you knock over a convenience store, which I'm thinking most Rte. 9 commuters are not worrying about (yes, file this under "today's most trivial thing to get outraged about").