We're not in the Norf of London anymore, Toto ....

Football_Bat · Dec 7, 2006

Tornado hits London.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,,1966688,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1

A FACT I had no idea of:

UK hit by dozens of tornadoes each year

The tornado is the latest to hit Britain in recent months, sparking warning that such weather events are likely to increase in frequency because of global warming.

In July last year, a tornado in Birmingham damaged 1,000 buildings, causing millions of pounds of damage, while a tornado was reported just off Brighton, on the Sussex coast, this October.

A mini tornado swept through the village of Bowstreet in Ceredigion, west Wales, last Tuesday.

Terence Meaden, the deputy head of the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation, said the UK has the highest number of reported tornadoes for its land area of any country in the world.

Mr Meaden said around 70 had been reported across the UK in 2004 and 2005, with 40 being logged this year.

He added that the UK was especially susceptible to tornados because of its position on the Atlantic seaboard, where polar air from the north pole meets tropical air from the equator.

"This is a region where there is often mixing of air, giving rise to the very unstable conditions that cause a tornado," he said.
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Bloody tornadoes! Makes me want to move back to Oklahoma.

Inky_Wretch · Dec 7, 2006

So when a tornado hits in England, do they find rednecks to go on TV and say "It sounded just like a freight train"?

Freelance Hack · Dec 7, 2006

Are there trailer parks in jolly old England?

Platyrhynchos · Dec 7, 2006

Inky_Wretch said:

So when a tornado hits in England, do they find rednecks to go on TV and say "It sounded just like a freight train"?
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What did tornadoes sound like before freight trains — a shit load of wagon trains?

statrat · Dec 7, 2006

Platyrhynchos said:

Inky_Wretch said:

So when a tornado hits in England, do they find rednecks to go on TV and say "It sounded just like a freight train"?
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What did tornadoes sound like before freight trains a shit load of wagon trains?
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My afternoon cup of coffee just about found itself all over my screen when I read that. Good question though.

JR · Dec 7, 2006

Inky_Wretch said:

So when a tornado hits in England, do they find rednecks to go on TV and say "It sounded just like a freight train"?
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Nope.

Eyewitnesses said it lasted for up to 40 seconds; one man said he heard a sound "like standing behind a jetliner".

Inky_Wretch · Dec 7, 2006

JR said:

Inky_Wretch said:

So when a tornado hits in England, do they find rednecks to go on TV and say "It sounded just like a freight train"?
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Nope.

Eyewitnesses said it lasted for up to 40 seconds; one man said he heard a sound "like standing behind a jetliner".
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JR, down here below the Mason-Dixon Line, it's common knowledge that whenever a tornado hits the local TV crew will find the biggest hick to interview. Invariably, this person will be shirtless and will describe how the tornado destroyed his double-wide mobile home.

So, I was wondering if the Beeb found an English hick to interview on the telly.

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