Hope all of our UK DUers are ok, hope no one was hit by the tornado they had in London.

[texas1928]

That is amazing that there was one. Very rare occurence for the British Isles.

[BarenakedLady]

1. What? When?

Where?

[texas1928]

2. Here is a link to the story.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16090571/

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. OMG! London DUers, please check in!

:scared: I had not heard that until I read your link. Thanks for posting that, texas1928. It happens so rarely in the UK that I'm sure it came as a total surprise.

[texas1928]

7. Saw the story on the weather channel this morning.

and thought of our fellows across the pond.

[Phillycat]

4. Billyskank?

[texas1928]

5. I see he posted a thread early this morning so he should be ok.

May have already gone to bed.

[Bunny]

10. Billy lives north of London.

So he should be okay.

[BarenakedLady]

12. He'd better be ok

I know he is though, I can feel it. He's just chanting atm. I'm psychic.



crap, those are just the voices in my head again. damn :banghead:

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. since when do tornadoes hit London?

that's friggen bizarre

on edit: the story references a tornado that hit London in 1091, so I guess that kind of answers my question

[texas1928]

8. They said that they usually get 20-30 a year.

but usually they are in rural areas. and do not really hit anything.

[Elidor]

26. British tornadoes are generally too genteel to hit things

They just grumble a bit and dissipate.

[T_i_B]

29. LOL!

There was one a few years ago in Birmingham that hit the headlines, and I can remember one in the late 90's just outside Sheffield but by and large they aren't exactly all that much to write home about over here.

[LaraMN]

9. Oh whoa! I hope they all check in!

:scared: :hug:

[texas1928]

14. I hope they do too.

Don't want anyone to suffer.

[T_i_B]

11. Oh I'm OK

I'm in North Essex. It's still very bizarre though. The weather here has been pretty grotty all day. Let's hope it improves for the weekend!

[texas1928]

13. That is good to hear.

Glad you are safe. Hopefully you will have a nice and sunny weekend.

[T_i_B]

16. Well I hope the weather's nice over the weekend too

Because I'm in Norwich on Saturday for the football!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. Here's the BBC link, showing, among other things, exactly where in

London the tornado touched down.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6217514.stm

[texas1928]

17. Near the center.

Man, that is very rare. They are lucky not more than 6 people injuried. I am surprised there are no deaths.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. Actually, not so near the center

London is huge and spread out, and the tornado hit about seven miles from the center, according to my tourist map.

Tornados are incredibly destructive, but fortunately, they have a small range.

[texas1928]

20. Well going off Texas distances...

7 miles is close to the center.

[radwriter0555]

19. I flew out of london at 12:45, didn't hear a thing about it.

How strange.

[billyskank]

21. Everything is fine here, thanks all.

I am many miles north of London. :hi:

[texas1928]

22. Good to hear.

That is one more of our UK DUers.

[texas1928]

23. Kick

:kick:

[billyskank]

24. Not so rare, apparently

The UK has the largest number of reported tornadoes for its land area in the world as cold air from the Arctic meets warmer, tropical air from the equator. Around 70 tornadoes were reported across the UK in 2004 and 2005, with 40 this year.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,,1967296,00.html

[texas1928]

27. They said on the weather channel here on average yearly...

it was 20 to 30 a year. I think any land mass can have one just depends on the conditions at the time. I just live in an area that we get them all the time.

[emmajane67]

25. I'm Okay

:hi:
Thanks for asking

[texas1928]

28. That is good to hear.

Glad you are safe.