Really Bad + Really Brief = Not So Bad

I watched the weather radar on my iPhone last night as the big storm passed over, and have never seen anything like it; it seemed to move at "alien invaders" pace. Each time I'd reload the image, the storm had moved half a day's worth of distance. One weatherman called it the fastest-moving storm he'd ever seen. It hardly had time to damage anything...but, man, it sure did look dangerous in this shot from a new (but not very good) Peruvian restaurant in Bay Shore, Long Island: