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OMG! A tornado hits North London!; doesn't happen every day
Topic Started: Dec 7 2006, 04:34 AM (351 Views)
Mikhailoh
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I'm watching the news, and listening to eyewitnesses of a tornado hitting the north end of London.. wild!

Check out Sky news.
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jazzyd
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Well I'll be blowed.
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That's twisted!
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John D'Oh
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I think it was probably due to global warming.
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John D'Oh
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I think it's actually a message that gay marriage is a crime against God. In the old days, before the Democrats abolished him, he would have flooded a continent for less. Nowadays, all he can manage is a twisted little breeze in a country once known as Great Britain. How have the mighty fallen.
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AlbertaCrude
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About 17 or 18 years ago I flew into London from NA on a business trip. During my taxi ride in form Heathrow the cabbie asked me if I knew about the the wind storm. London and area had been hit by hurricane force winds during the night that had caused extensive damage throughtout the city- particularly the city centre. I was shocked as we drove by the numerous parks to find huge chestnut and other trees uprooted and cast about as if they were toothpicks. The streets too were littered with branches and signage. Numerous buildings had broken windows and several Underground Stations and lines were closed owing to damage to street level entrances and debris scattered over the above ground tracks. A real mess.

The instance of a Tornado in Britian is odd, being that the geographical and climactic conditions that create tornados are not present. It is my understanding that tornados are pretty much limited to North America west of the Mississippi and parts of the Indian subcontinent particularly Bangladesh. Incidents elsewhere are regarded as anomalies.
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John D'Oh
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There were a few small tornados reported in the UK last year, one hit Birmingham if I remember correctly. They're relatively unusual, but not as rare as might be thought.
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AlbertaCrude
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Interesting. They certainly don't any notice outside of the country.
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John D'Oh
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AlbertaCrude
Dec 7 2006, 11:51 AM
Interesting. They certainly don't any notice outside of the country.

Oh you know us Brits, we don't like to complain. :lol:

That storm you remember in London was a real once in a lifetime event. It wiped out hundreds, possibly more, of these wonderful old trees, some of which were hundreds of years old.. The town of Sevenoaks in Kent, became no-oaks, although I think they've since replanted. It was also almost completely missed by the weather-forecasters, which added to the chaos.
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AlbertaCrude
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All I know is that the city was in near chaos for the Friday and Saturday following the event.
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John D'Oh
Dec 8 2006, 01:06 AM
I think it was probably due to global warming.

i think one of the signs of global warming is more and more unpredictable weather- we had floods this time last year(summer) and Melbourne or Sydney had snow recently!
we also see violent twisters that i dont remember occurring so frequently
where i grew up in the centre of Australia the summers were very hot and dry
now they are very hot with rain almost every day and everywhere is green
something is definately happening with our climate!
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Mikhailoh
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Well, since you know f**k-all about everything else you post about, I guess it would figure that you would associate a random weather event like this with global warming.
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mmmaestro007
Dec 7 2006, 01:30 PM

where i grew up in the centre of Australia the summers were very hot and dry
now they are very hot with rain almost every day and everywhere is green
something is definately happening with our climate!

So what are you complaining about? Just buy land that is now desert and soon will be tropically lush resort areas. Global warming is GREAT for the economy, and we can all get rich!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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ivorythumper
Dec 7 2006, 04:16 PM
So what are you complaining about?  Just buy land that is now desert and soon will be tropically lush resort areas.   Global warming is GREAT for the economy, and we can all get rich!!   :thumb:  :thumb:  :thumb:

Agreed. My dock is 400 feet from the house. When the sea level rises 15 feet due to global warming, my *new* dock will be 25 feet from the house and the property value will skyrocket.

I can't wait. :woot:
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ivorythumper
Dec 7 2006, 01:57 PM
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"

well I am dammit!
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...don/6218562.stm
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 16:20 GMT
BBC NEWS
Tornado was like 'Wizard of Oz'

Thunder, lightning, skies turning black, being bombarded by bricks and feeling like they were in The Wizard of Oz... many people in north-west London were shocked to find themselves in the middle of a tornado on Thursday.

Kensal Rise residents spoke of being plunged into darkness, some saying it was so thick they thought they were trapped in smoke from a fire.

But seconds later the gloom lifted to reveal the damage.

"It literally was The Wizard of Oz," a shopkeeper, identified only as Amanda, said.

"It was just sucking things up into it. There were tiles. There were bits of wood. There were trees."

'Shrieking'

Actress Maya Sendall said she was "absolutely shrieking with shock" on the telephone as the tornado neared her home.

She said: "It sounded like a train going by and it shook the house. I saw the rubbish bin going by and my hedge flattened by about two or three feet. "I did not hear too much of the crashing because the sound of the wind was astonishing."

Student Julia Haughton, 22, who heard the tornado, said: "There was a thunder clap and it felt like the house was falling in on us. It was really frightening.

"My boyfriend ran out just as it had gone through our back yard and pulled down our neighbour's tree. When I came out, all the windows were smashed."

'Jetliner' sound

Local resident Daniel Bidgood told BBC London 94.9FM: "I was in my living room and I heard a big crack of lightning and thunder, then as I went to the window I heard a sound which was like standing behind a jetliner.

"I could see a huge cloud rolling up the street, making this tremendous sound. I went to try to take a picture of it but a shower of debris smashed all the windows of my house."

Colin Brewer, who lives in nearby Trevelyan Gardens, saw "a swirl starting to form" and then "clumps of all sorts of things flying into the air".

He had seen trees collapse in the road and people being hit on the head by flying objects.

Kevin O'Leary, 56, said: "When the hailstones started coming down I told everyone to get in the lorry and as we were doing that I heard this great roar and almighty bang.

Frank Hewetson

"Then we got bombarded with bricks and God knows what."

Frank Hewetson, a Greenpeace logistics coordinator, was buffeted by the tornado as he cycled near his home in Chevening Road.

He said: "The sky was dark, I heard a noise like a jet engine and then I saw this column of debris.

"There was debris flying around and I was lucky not to be hit.

"I work on climate change at Greenpeace and here was evidence of it on my own doorstep.

"Some people will say it's not climate change, but I don't think we've had too many twisters in Kensal Rise."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_n...don/6218562.stm

Published: 2006/12/07 16:20:30 GMT

© BBC MMVI

We will probably never know the extent of some of the tremendous weather changes from the first few centuries in our common era to about the twelfth century. At the beginning of the period it was common for people to sleep out of doors in all parts of Great Britain for most of the year. Changes in the weather brought other changes as well. Wine had been grown in England from Roman times, but as climate grew colder, yields dropped and vineyards were abandoned. Just now there is once more renewed interest in winegrowing in Southern England.
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"I work on climate change at Greenpeace and here was evidence of it on my own doorstep.

"Some people will say it's not climate change, but I don't think we've had too many twisters in Kensal Rise."


Oh yeah, global warming. That's the ticket.
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Mikhailoh
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It would be interesting to know how many of the folks who jump on the GW wagon, like the guy above, are atheist or agnostic.

I guess it just depends which faith appeals to you.
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AlbertaCrude
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I don't think it would be interesting in the least.

Frankly speaking, I think it would be totally irrelevant.
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It would be interesting to know how many of the folks who jump on the GW wagon, like the guy above, are atheist or agnostic.

I guess it just depends which faith appeals to you.


What the hell are you talking about?
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Mikhailoh
Dec 7 2006, 04:37 PM
It would be interesting to know how many of the folks who jump on the GW wagon, like the guy above, are atheist or agnostic.

I guess it just depends which faith appeals to you.

Did nobody realise I was joking?
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Why no, we didn't John. You're always so dead damn serious about things. :wink:
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