O/T Spring Tornados.

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

Amazing photos of the recent hurricane damage in the US, and there is more to come tonight apparently. :-S

If terrorists had any brains they would realize that people who can rebuild their lives from events like this are not going to be overly concerned with their efforts up to now. - view external link

[Woking88]

Looks a bit grim, Woody. I prefer spring onions myself, like!

[TundraWolf]

In many ways England is fortunate to not have the extremes of temperatures and weather related catastrophes that are experienced in many parts of the world. Even here in Vancouver the only major concerns are earthquakes, none of which have made an appearance of sizeable note for over 100 years.

Good luck, Woody, don't go all "Wizard of Oz" on us!

For those too young to know or don't remember, a strong hurricane carried Dorthy Gale (get it), of Kansas, and her house to the Land of Oz!

[Delboy12]

Makes a chap feel quite insignificant in the scheme of things.

[Robus]

That time of year again. There's always that little worry in the back of your mind when a line of storms rolls through. We're down in the basement with the dogs at least once a summer when a tornado warning goes up.

That said, we've lived in the Midwest since 1988 and have never seen a tornado. The nearest that came to us was several years ago, one passed about five miles south of us and went on to tear up the northwest corner of Indiana. We would probably have seen that one but it was concealed by the storms around it, as often happens.

[TundraWolf]

Canada ranks as the second country in the world with the most tornadoes per year, after the US. Fortunately, they are mostly non-existent along the coast, most often happening in the interior of the country in the summer months.

Here a major Canadian city is threatened by one:



Hope you stay "Tornado Free" for a long time yet, Robus!

[MichiganWolf]

Not too bad in Michigan. Get several tornados every year, but nothing too disastrous. A few power outages each summer and some sleepless nights trying to calm the dogs down.

My friend had an internship in Kansas a few summers ago and worked in a town ravaged by terrible tornados. Almost all the homes in the city were ruined and had to be built up from scratch. All the elderly moved to Florida or Arizona instead of waiting around to rebuild their homes. Average age in the town was like high 20s. Started the town up from scratch and operated it much like a commune and had lots of community gardens and such.

[Robus]

Tundra, which city is that?

[tony]

In many ways England is fortunate to not have the extremes of temperatures and weather related catastrophes that are experienced in many parts of the world.

You're right of course Tunds - but you may be surprised to know that the UK apparently has more tornadoes per area than anywhere else in the world... not the monsters which ravage America's mid West of course, but from little whirlwinds to waterpouts, the UK has a high density of these and my wife witnessed one in our back garden last Summer. It was VERY brief, but strong enough to flatten two fence panels, blow over three items of garden furniture and snap our metal rotary dryer off at its base. Had our little terrier been outside and in its path at the time it would certainly have swept him clear up off the ground.

Cue jiltedjohn with more evidence that the end is nigh!!!

[Evewolf65]

We do actually have more than the odd one or two Tornadoes a year here not as devastating as in North America granted but still they have often cased structural damage over here , they fascinate me!! The picture below is a Twister about to touch down near Bicester,Oxfordshire,also see the link below...



- view external link