Posted on 12/07/2006 5:31:00 AM PST by Mrs Ivan
A tornado has hit a North London street, injuring six people and severely damaging houses, cars and street furniture.
Eyewitnesses said it lasted only a few seconds, but it ripped off entire roofs and tore down the walls of houses.
Emergency services were sent to the scene in Harlesden, north west London, after reports came in at 11am.
Resident James Miles told Sky News the experience had been "very, very frightening".
Tornado was 'frightening' "I was talking outside with a friend when all of a sudden there was a flash of lightning and a huge big bang, then two minutes later this horrendous tornado shot right across," he said.
"Slates were flying everywhere onto people's houses and cars.
"It's really nasty. A lot of people are shaken up. It's not the sort of thing that happens in central London."
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There are some good pictures of the damage.
They were showing it on the news this morning here. The say it's been some 20 years since your last tornado.
oh please oh please oh please oh please
Love, Ivan
Did it drop a house on Red Ken's sister?
The FAQs on Torro (The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation) website suggest that an average of 33 happen each year. They also list (very generally) the most usual areas in which they occur.
I once saw a waterspout off the coast of Devon. Absolutely beautiful.
Glad you two are OK!
When land areas are taken into account, the United Kingdom actually has the highest frequency of reported tornadoes per unit area in the world. This was first recognised by an American meteorologist, Dr. T. Fujita, in 1973.
It wasn't a tornado. It was Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
I've read that tornados can occur pretty much anywhere but The USA and India are the most common places.
I do hope that the weird weather doesn't delay my flight home tonight.
I was in the UK in 1987 when they had a hurricane force windstorm. It did a lot more damage than this all over the country. Massive trees fallen all over (6 of the oaks at Seven Oaks went down, Kew Gardens was hit hard). Getting anyway the day after was a nightmare because of all the fallen trees. I don't recall anyone blaming global warming back then.
Tornadoes in England? What will they think of next?
What next? Dogs sleepin with cats?
I point out this recent article.
The UK has the highest number of reported tornadoes for its land area of any country in the world, experts say. Just last Tuesday, a mini tornado blasted through the village of Bowstreet in Ceredigion, west Wales, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to homes and other buildings and flattening trees and fences. Dr Terence Meaden, deputy head of the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (Torro), said about 70 tornadoes were reported across the UK in 2004 and 2005, with 40 this year.
Dr T Theodore Fujita, an American meteorologist, first recognised the UK as the top site for tornadoes in 1973, and Torro had confirmed his findings ever since, Dr Meaden said.
From http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=421156&in_page_id=1770
lol.
From the link....
Colin Brewer, who lives in nearby Trevelyan Gardens, told the BBC: "It was really, really incredible. All of a sudden I saw a swirl starting to form and then, it was amazing, but it then touched land.
"I then saw clumps of all sorts of things flying into the air."
Dawn Butler, the Labour MP for Brent South, said she believed the tornado was a sign that climate change was having an effect.
The left wing blogs are of course blaming this on global warming. It`s gotten to the point that any unusual weather event has to be caused by global warming. The weather must be absolutely normal (for a given time of year) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. No variation whatsoever permitted.
I wondered how long it wold be before someone blamed that!
Not long enough. :)
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