Tornado hits NW London

[honeybee]

Just saw this on news 24!!

[Susie]

I just saw it too on ITV - I am glad no one was killed. Unfortunately six people were hurt but from the damage caused to the properties it is lucky it wasn't much worse.

[flying red fox]

BBC NEWS | England | London | Six hurt as tornado hits London

Theres the link to it, very scary, the weather sure is wild this winter!

[Boddie]

You are not wrong Mark. What a strange year all in all. I am camping at the weekend, due to how mild it has been. Lets just hope I dont take off

[jonny.go.go]

A few extra beer cans would keep the tent securely on the ground


Jonny

[cherrybee]

Originally Posted by Boddie

You are not wrong Mark. What a strange year all in all. I am camping at the weekend, due to how mild it has been. Lets just hope I dont take off

Now that would be an interesting phenomenon.A flying body oops I mean Boddie

[chunkychambers]

Originally Posted by Susie

I just saw it too on ITV - I am glad no one was killed. Unfortunately six people were hurt but from the damage caused to the properties it is lucky it wasn't much worse.

Just seen this on Sky news.......Hope all our London members are ok and unaffected

[flying red fox]

To show how wild the weather has been over the past week, here are a few snapshots of Bognor seafront and the Park.




One short clip of the weather here, in 50mph gust wind i was a little crazy to go dog walking lol!

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[Bushcraft]

Sitting in Uni today, we noticed the weather change and gales kick up in a flash, we happned to joke it looked like a tornado was on the way. It was a huge shock to see one on the news after that! I was about 44 miles from London so it may have been the tail end of something.

[nightshade]

It had to happen they (tornadoes) have been in open country or offshore for the most part
they are more frequent than we realise and only when they hit an urban area do we get some sense of their destructive power

[Garden Carpet]

I read somewhere.. could have been the discovery channel (or Readers Digest) that we have more tornados per acre than America.

It is pretty gusty here just now. I have a tin roof on my cottage.. and boy is it flexing. It takes a lot to worry me but I have a feeling summat is gonna go tonight... and I have to put a weight on my chihuahua to prevent him being blown away

jaki

[Dan Salter]

I was in a uni minibus on route to a field trip at Kew Gardens....we didnt SEE the tornado but everything suddenly went black and we were in a fierce hail storm and wind..I was actually dozing and it suddenly woke me then we witnessed a large crane get struck by lightning which some initially thought was a flare or firework being let off?

As a result Kew was very very windy, wet and dark .


oh well....i shall return in the summer for a proper look. It was that bad that all the pea hens and peacocks kept making a beeline for the inside of the visitors shop and cafe we were sat in !