Tornado in London???????

Silber_Igel · 07-12-2006, 21:51

Just saw this on CNN..... GET OUT OF TOWN!!!! a tornado???? I didn't think you guys had those things in England!!!!!

Jamesfordy2001 · 07-12-2006, 21:54

I read somewhere, probably the Sun.. but this country is ment to have the most tornados than any other country....

pixi · 07-12-2006, 22:02

Apparentely a couple of hundred people have been left homeless but our media love to over react so you never know.

heresmo · 07-12-2006, 22:05

Good evening (afternoon) Silber Igel

We have our fair share though nothing like the ones that arrive around your south east coaat. The TV will show pictures of "devastation" though it was fairly limited (no comfort to those affected though). What is perhaps more surprisiing is that we have earth quakes. Who'da thunk it?

Hope you are keeping well?

Regards
Mo

sharkrider · 07-12-2006, 22:10

mm our tornado's arn't the same scale as Texas

but we still have 'em ripping a few houses up every now and then

Dr Zoidberg · 07-12-2006, 22:12

We do get them over here , but only on a fairly small scale and most of them touch down in rural areas.

That said there was one in Birmingham last year that did a good job of destroying a residential street or two.

BBC - Birmingham - Features - Tornado hits Birmingham

Kandy · 07-12-2006, 22:56

My childhood bedroom looked out over the south coast from the foot of the downs and I saw several waterspouts - you could just tell when the conditions were right. My Gran's garage/shed etc. was wrecked by one in the 80s. They tend to be very short lived and very localised in the UK.

**tfboy** · 07-12-2006, 23:10

I was reading the Londontonight paper on the train on the way out from Paddington and first page was a photo of a london house which no longer had a wall and half the roof. The poor car parked by the side didn't stand a chance

Silber_Igel · 07-12-2006, 23:13

I'm impressed!!! I never dreamed you guys had 'real' tornados.... The Birmingham photos look just like what you would see in the eastern half of the US. They hit one building and skip the rest... moving on to destruct somewhere else.

They are amazing!!!

I've always wondered why the Panavia fighter was called a Tornado.... couldn't understand why they'd name it after a typical 'American' storm... a second learning event for me today!

And did someone mention EARTHQUAKES?? Really? Like California earthquakes?

Dr Zoidberg · 07-12-2006, 23:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silber_Igel

I'm impressed!!! I never dreamed you guys had 'real' tornados.... The Birmingham photos look just like what you would see in the eastern half of the US. They hit one building and skip the rest... moving on to destruct somewhere else.

They are amazing!!!

I've always wondered why the Panavia fighter was called a Tornado.... couldn't understand why they'd name it after a typical 'American' storm... a second learning event for me today!

And did someone mention EARTHQUAKES?? Really? Like California earthquakes?

We had a richter 4.8 earthquake where I live in 2002 in the middle of the night.
It woke me up and felt quite eerie , but that was about it. People close to the centre had some very minor damage but nothing to worry about

Dr Zoidberg · 07-12-2006, 23:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by tfboy

I was reading the Londontonight paper on the train on the way out from Paddington and first page was a photo of a london house which no longer had a wall and half the roof. The poor car parked by the side didn't stand a chance

Only a clio , nothing to worry about.

**tfboy** · 08-12-2006, 00:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Zoidberg

Only a clio , nothing to worry about.

That's the one

apd007 · 08-12-2006, 11:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Zoidberg

We had a richter 4.8 earthquake where I live in 2002 in the middle of the night.
It woke me up and felt quite eerie , but that was about it. People close to the centre had some very minor damage but nothing to worry about

Yeah remember that well. I was awake, just getting ready to go to bed and everything seemed to wobble slightly (well, I guess it did!), very strange feeling.

The UK doesn't have more tornado's than anyone else in terms of actual count, but IIRC its more tornados to land size than anywhere else.

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Silber_Igel Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Kerrville, Texas Posts: 234 Members Car: Silver '01 Turbo Beetle GLX, Desert Sand Mica Toyotoa Sienna XLE LTD Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Tornado in London??????? I'm impressed!!! I never dreamed you guys had 'real' tornados.... The Birmingham photos look just like what you would see in the eastern half of the US. They hit one building and skip the rest... moving on to destruct somewhere else. They are amazing!!! I've always wondered why the Panavia fighter was called a Tornado.... couldn't understand why they'd name it after a typical 'American' storm... a second learning event for me today! And did someone mention EARTHQUAKES?? Really? Like California earthquakes? __________________ Silber Igel & "Ziggy the Turbo" 2001 New Beetle 1.8 Turbo GLX, Silver w/ Grey Leather, Sunroof & Monsoon Last edited by Silber_Igel; 07-12-2006 at 23:31.

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