Shucks! I entice you with one thread then blow it with another. OTOH, I survived the 1987 hurricane here (15 million trees felled, et al) with nowt more than a knocked over plastic plant pit (empty) in my back garden, and a 1' thick pile of autumn leaves covering my basement steps. Since then the was a minor small tornado a few years bcak, in Patrick Moore' home town, but nowt to write home about.

>Guess I won't be visiting any time soon then :o) (I've seen too many tornadoes in my lifetime already!)
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>>>About 3:30 AM the wind was blowing at a constant speed of about 70mph. Loud whining noise was coming from outside. The rain drops were smashing against our windows. Lightening flashing every two seconds, but no thunder... couldn't hear it. Lights were going on and off. TV service was knocked out. Then after about 8-10 minutes, it became completely silent.
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>>>People on our side of the street were spared from damages to our houses and cars. But some of our neighbors weren't so lucky. Down trees on top of cars and fences blown to pieces. Tree limbs and parts of homes everywhere.
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>>>Was it a tornado or just high-speed straight line wind?
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>>>the good news is we're expecting great spring weather for the next few days.
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>>Did you know that the UK gets more tornadoes than Kansas, per area. Luckily most of ours are small but some do great damage
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>>http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Resources/Weather/Severe/tornado.html
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>>"The UK experiences an average of 32 tornadoes each year - and has the highest frequency of reported tornadoes per unit area in the world"
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>>This says 100 per year:
>>http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/research/archives/2004/unexpected_twists6899.cfm
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>>Youtube: UK Tornado Touchdown in Cheshire. (Thunderstorm #0014)
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ulniqUe86U
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>>This one in Birmingham left a tack of destruction:
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>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/07/28/tornado_feature.shtml
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>>I guess we don't see as much damage as it's harder to flatten brick buildings.

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