Tornado in London

[dotinthesky]

Holy Macaroni!

A tornado has struck North West London. The tornado went down Chamberlayne Road, not too far from Kilburn Lane, where I lived for a year and a half [full story here - thanks for the heads up sparklielizard].

I know that road well. We walked down it every time we visited Sainsburys or wanted to rent a movie. We also used it for reaching Queen's Park or going to our local pub. Incredible.

London looked horrible this morning, with rain and darkness everywhere. The downpour disappeared on my way to work, then returned with a few thunderstorms and black clouds. An hour later, the sky was blue.

Question for any Brits reading this: have tornados ever appeared in London before?

Comments

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I read recently that Wales had seen one or two tornadoes, but I never thought they actually appeared in London -- one of those things where I've always imagined the city as not really prone to tornadoes unless it's in a disaster movie. I'd like to see one too, but without anyone getting hurt or anyone's home destroyed.

[sparklielizard.livejournal.com]

There was hail and stuff down my part of the world - thunder right overhead! It was great!! :-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

We had hail over at ours too. Made for a very uncomfortable wake up alarm.

[blu-bear.livejournal.com]

God my sister lives in Kilburn, near Queens Park station. I spoke to her today and she didn't mention anything about it?? I'll have to ask her when I see her tomorrow.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I hope she's not one of the people who lost a roof.

[blu-bear.livejournal.com]

I doubt it. I'm sure she would've told me that much!

[theairwebreathe.livejournal.com]

How crazy! I grew up in one of the most tornado-prone areas of the world, and I think they're totally cool. Do you know how big it was? Are there pictures somewhere?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

From what I've read, it came and went too quickly. I imagine one or two people managed to point their mobile phones at it, and maybe it will be in the news tonight.

[theairwebreathe.livejournal.com]

I just saw on a Reuters article that it was categorized as a T04 - I'm not familiar with that scale but it's 0-10, so 4 is pretty decent. I went through this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andover,_Kansas_Tornado_Outbreak) when I was 12. I've been in countless smaller ones, huddled in basements and crawlspaces. They're scary but they seriously indoctrinate the people there on disaster preparedness starting in grade school.

I was always more scared of the sounds of the sirens - in Kansas they just reassigned the old air raid sirens for the tornadoes. They go off when one has been sighted on the ground.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Photos after the fact (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6217898.stm)

[kevyn-kronycles.livejournal.com]

Yikes

[redcountess]

Birmingham had a tornado last year.

[idioticpoet.livejournal.com]

I wonder if global warming plays any role in this.

[saint-narcissus.livejournal.com]

when I was a mere child in country-side minnesota we had tornadoes all the time. some severe. my father and older brothers were members of local civil defense group. when storm clouds appeared they would be paged and have to go to the edges of the small town (under 2000 residents) and watch for tornadoes so the alarm could be sounded as needed. when I was a teen we use to go to the small hills south of the town and watch for tornado also, saw quite a few, makes one feel the insignificance of humanity....

[meemeedarling.livejournal.com]

A tornado in London?
How odd!

[kevyn-kronycles.livejournal.com]

A tornado in London in December eh? How bizarre

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Won't be a good Christmas for those families.

[la-mascherina.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard of any ones on this scale before, but apparently there have been. : /
I was listening to the news and the interviews with families returning to their cordoned off homes to collect personal belongings. Not that I remember this, but it sounded like a moment from the blitz.
I hope you are keeping warm and safe from the winter weather, lovely.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

We are fine, up on our concrete tower block. No amount of drizzly, grimy London weather can reach us. :-)

I hope NYC's blizzards are keeping well away from you. xo

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

Whoa, are you fine? *_*
I hope so, babe Ollie.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, we are fine. It was far from us. :-)

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

I know ^^
I was just checking... you haven't posted lately, so I was wondering if you were ok :D

thanks for all

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