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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:09 pm
by Dog
All joking aside, there was a lot of damage and it's lucky it wasn't more serious...
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:40 pm
by chemical_si
i heard the thunder in TAMWORTH about 3pm when the tornado was happening!
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:57 pm
by Loopz
Yep you are right Dog especially as the Tornado has been now classed between a T3 and T4. Thats huge for the UK.
p.s. Looks like there was another two smaller tornados in Moulton and Peterborough yesterday as well.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:43 pm
by Loopz
i will stop posting about this one day - i promise.
Here is a link to a cool pic on the Birmingham Post.
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/docs/icBi ... 1BF814.jpg
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:34 pm
by Miss Behavin
Oooh, I watched the footage... kinda scary watching ppl's roof's get blown off!
Dem - did u save any of those pasties? I quite fancy one!

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:01 am
by Dog
Just nice to see that all the Brum contingent are OK, especially as some of them were sending messages down our way when all the shit was kicking off in London...
It's a shame there was so much devastation, because as Loopz said, tornados are cool!
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:41 pm
by stargurl
Loopz wrote:p.s. Looks like there was another two smaller tornados in Moulton and Peterborough yesterday as well.
Peterborough? That's about 2.5 hrs from here... Oh wait, you mean the
real Peterborough
Ah, Canada, home of stolen place names.
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:46 pm
by Dog
They've nicked quite a few of ours in New England too... Even got an Uxbridge!
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:30 pm
by stargurl
We've got an Uxbridge north-east of Toronto.
I'd make a list but there are far too many.
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:25 pm
by Loopz
Someone posted these comments on the Beeb website which i thought was amusing
"Nitin Gupta
STUNNED!Birmingham in the headline twice in the last week for the wrong reasons.Come on Villa Win the premiership "
There is two new videos of the tornado on the
http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham website.
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:47 pm
by Dog
Now thats funny!
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 1:05 am
by usernick
Loopz wrote:Someone posted these comments on the Beeb website which i thought was amusing
"Nitin Gupta
STUNNED!Birmingham in the headline twice in the last week for the wrong reasons.Come on Villa Win the premiership "
Well, you can have a freak tornado, but you sure as hell won't be able to see Nitin's dreams come true - that's too bizarre!
Seriously, glad you're all okay - I was in Telford when the storms happened, so not *that* far away, and some of the brummies who were at the hotel were flabbergasted that a tornado could have happened in Brum!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:09 am
by stargurl
Here's one for you, Steve:
Tornado and Rainbow Over Kansas
Credit & Copyright: Eric Nguyen (Oklahoma U.),
http://www.mesoscale.ws
Explanation: The scene might have been considered serene if it weren't for the tornado. Last June in Kansas, storm chaser Eric Nguyen photographed this budding twister in a different light -- the light of a rainbow. Pictured above, a white tornado cloud descends from a dark storm cloud. The Sun, peeking through a clear patch of sky to the left, illuminates some buildings in the foreground. Sunlight reflects off raindrops to form a rainbow. By coincidence, the tornado appears to end right over the rainbow. Streaks in the image are hail being swept about by the high swirling winds. Over 1,000 tornadoes, the most violent type of storm known, occur on Earth every year, many in tornado alley. If you see a tornado while driving, do not try to outrun it -- park your car safely, go to a storm cellar, or crouch under steps in a basement.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050613.html
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:12 am
by Loopz
Cool. Amazing photo.

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:40 am
by Timbob
wow, that's a really cool picture
i made this one a while ago at my place:
*click for a larger picture