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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by Winterwords
Yes and no (not necessarily I guess). There was a tornado in Birmingham (that's the REAL Bham, in the West Midlands) recently that tore the roofs off houses.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/cont..._feature.shtml Most of the houses damaged were Victorian & apparently it damaged one type of roof in particular. Most houses could be saved, but as far as I know they have condemned a few all in one street because the damage was so severe. (BTW, it reminds me of the Bible story about building your house on the rocks as opposed to sand...). |
Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by krizzy
We have family in a town near the sea down in Southern England.........its been hit a few time by twisters...and each time houses lost walls and roofs.......I remember reading that Southsea was hit by a large twister in the early 1900s and a lot of buildings just fell down.......
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
That'll be Selsey then! :) Never buy a caravan there :o
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by krizzy
Thats the place.......I can never remember the name.....I was going to ask hubby when he came in........the damage was bad with the last one we saw.....
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
I have a mate that lives there, odd that it's always Selsey, must be the geography :confused:
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by Winterwords
It is. They think that the area the tornado hit in Birmingham is literally an "alley", because the same area has been hit before.
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by AdobePinon
Said plan came from a certain guy in Albuquerque. He's still pushing his plan. Apparently radioactive fallout is non-toxic. :rolleyes:
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
I have a mate that lives there, odd that it's always Selsey, must be the geography :confused:
http://www.tornadoes.org.uk/sample/e..._tornadoes.htm |
Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by krizzy
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
There is a really bad Birmingham joke there, but I mustn't :rolleyes:
No you mustn't! :mad: :D |
Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by cindyabs
No you mustn't! :mad: :D
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Is he sand-blinded by too much time at Los Alamos? :rolleyes:
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Wow I never knew they were that frequent :eek:
England has about 40 a year........the biggest hitting Plymouth in 1810...213 mile an hour winds.........I was also told that one hit Southsea....but I've never found any info on it ......... my interest went back to Hurricaines after moving to the Cape........ Just found out I had the wrong dates and the wrong place......it was 1810 14th December: A tornado left a trail of havoc. Portsmouth. (Hampshire) |
Re: Hurricaine Rita
Originally Posted by krizzy
A tornado left a trail of havoc. Portsmouth. (Hampshire)
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Re: Hurricaine Rita
I can't get that Golden Triangle link to work now - has the page been taken down, or am I doing something wrong :confused: shame, it was a good page..
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