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Post by Mistress Rell on Dec 7, 2006 10:19:12 GMT -5
LONDON (AFP) - Six people were injured when a mini-tornado hit a London street, ripping roofs off houses and sending debris showering down onto cars, witnesses and emergency services have said At least one house in Kensal Rise, in the north-west of the capital, had its side pulled off by the freak 30-second twister Thursday, while trees were also knocked down. Eyewitness James Miles told Sky News television that the sky went dark and there was thunder and lightning immediately before the tornado struck. Describing the event, he said: "Everything just goes round and round for about 20 seconds until it skips over you and then all of a sudden it's silent and then the debris is all over the place." Police and paramedics rushed to the scene, and one man was taken to hospital with a head injury while five others were treated at the scene for minor injuries and shock, emergency services said. "I think a lot of people are shaken up because it's not the sort of thing that would happen in the centre of London," said Miles. "It's global warming I suppose, isn't it?" he added. Another eyewitness, Sally Johnson, said she thought she was going to die. "All the cars and the windows, everything (was) smashed in," she told Sky. "There's debris everywhere, you can hardly walk." [green] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [/green] I don't care what you say, things like this are a sign that something serious is happening to the climate of this planet.
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Post by Shooshoo on Dec 7, 2006 15:40:01 GMT -5
We get about 130 twisters a year here in the UK , its just that not all of them are seen and some are out on the coast amids storms, there was a twister hit a town in Wales last week causing property damage and about 3 years ago we witnessed one just off the coast from were I live, we saw it from the local supermarket as we were leaving, it looked pretty impressive but thankfully it dissipated as it drew near the land (I think those that form out at sea are called water spouts)
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Post by Mistress Rell on Dec 7, 2006 16:25:53 GMT -5
You know what, I did not know that. Every show I"ve watched on tornados basically says that they only form in North America and rarely form other places in the world.
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Post by Shooshoo on Dec 7, 2006 20:15:37 GMT -5
I think because the tornado's/twisters are not as large as the ones in America they are often discounted or not logged, but now that London has been hit I think we might see more and more of them being reported. Britain gets more Tornado's than any other country in Europe.
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Post by heavyweaponsmaster on Dec 7, 2006 20:21:31 GMT -5
I think because the tornado's/twisters are not as large as the ones in America they are often discounted or not logged, but now that London has been hit I think we might see more and more of them being reported. Britain gets more Tornado's than any other country in Europe. maybe the people are just to lazy to logged them in the system
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Post by Shooshoo on Dec 7, 2006 20:25:16 GMT -5
I don't think its so much that HWM but more a case of people don't expect to see a tornado in Britain so often don't understand what one is when they see it. I love watching national geographic and other such channels as they have the tornado chasing TV shows on lol...
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Post by heavyweaponsmaster on Dec 7, 2006 20:30:18 GMT -5
I don't think its so much that HWM but more a case of people don't expect to see a tornado in Britain so often don't understand what one is when they see it. I love watching national geographic and other such channels as they have the tornado chasing TV shows on lol... I dont watch that show too much. I usually watch anime or something that involves fighting and killing and such.
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Post by Shooshoo on Dec 7, 2006 20:33:10 GMT -5
Oh I love learning new things so tend to watch a lot of shows like that, although I do enjoy the Anime too lol...
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Post by Mistress Rell on Dec 8, 2006 8:29:36 GMT -5
It's funny, I just saw a show last night about how rare and infrequent serious storms like the one that spawned the tornado, are in England. But you must get some weather that we would find unusual. I've seen picutes of Ice Fog.
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Post by Shooshoo on Dec 13, 2006 6:39:43 GMT -5
we also get horizontal rain...lol
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