Poor Rotterdam Got Hit Hard From The Albany Area Tornado, So Richie Wrote You A Song – Your Town Thursday [AUDIO]

Was it technically a tornado in Rotterdam, NY? Who knows. That's for the meterologists to decide. But regardless, it's Your Town Thursday, so I thought they would be the perfect one to pay tribute to this morning.

Google Maps

Here's one of the areas that got hit! If anyone has photos, by the way, please send them over. Would love to actually SEE what I'm singing about.

In the meantime, I thought you needed a little song for inspiration, so with apologies to Joe Diffie (coming to this year's Countryfest, in fact). I did a re-sing of his classic song "Pickup Man", because it seemed to rhyme with "Rotterdam"

Rotterdam Storm Song

Lyrics by Richie Phillips

Parody of "Pickup Man", by Joe Diffie

Well Schenectady county was pretty hard hit

when you looked out of the window it would scare you a bit

the wind and rain were twisting twas ugly scene

looked like you were staring inside of a washing machine

this is sure something that nobody planned

especially if you live in Rotterdam

Drive to the 5 corners and you can be sure

if they have electricity they don't no more

Colbrook section got it the worst

makes you want to scream out something perverse

if you have any time today give em a hand

cuz lots a trees down in Rotterdam

Was it a tornado technically ?

the residents say it doesn't matter to me

when there's a tree on your house or on top of your truck

call it what you want who gives a darn

right now the word clean up is all you understand

I'm sure they need some help there in Rotterdam

Troy got it too and Latham too

I don't have time to write song for you

but for everyone in Capitalland

Hope you don't have it as bad as in Rotterdam

Well, there you go. Hope everyone's OK out there. Send me some shots and I'll replace this boring "Google Maps" picture!

Filed Under: albany area, rotterdam, storm, tornado

Categories: Around Albany