Essex residents Craig and Gina Dunmore enjoy a good storm — but they didn’t expect their first child to be born during actual tornado conditions in the southwestern Ontario region.
Cecelia May Dunmore entered the world at 10:40 p.m. ET on Aug. 24 — the same time frame that at least two tornadoes touched down in Windsor and Tecumseh, according to Northern Tornadoes Project researchers.
The wild weather conditions caused a momentary power outage at Windsor Regional Hospital’s Met Campus, where Gina was in labour.
“When it was time to deliver [Cecelia], that’s when the tornado warnings went off,” Gina said. “I was
