Tornado in Brum!!!

[Donut]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/07/28/tornado_feature.shtml

:yikes:

Our weather is getting very very weird


[small]M42 is at a stand still....

Oh well I'll have to go to the pub :drink:[/small]

[diddyman]

Fantastic quote on the web page:

Sean Keeney on Beeb site said:

This is amazing. Just how many millions worth of improvements to Birmingham did that tornado cause?

[vetteheadracer]

Devine retribution for harbouring terrorists no doubt...........

[lazyitus]

Nature begins mission to destroy Birmingham?

[zaktoo]

Guys, in all seriousness - was anyone killed or injured? My mom's in Brum and I'd very much apppreciate a non-flippant update please...

It's not going to be easy getting any other info from where I am (South Africa).

Thanks

Ciao

Zak

[liszt]

Some class comedy quotes, tho.

Soounds like a spoof.

[TeamD]

Have you read the feedback!

A Fruitbat said:

my heart started pounding as the wind start circling the sky my mum said to call allah and i thought the world was over and we were all going to die i was scared

Another Fruitbat said:

I saw a cow, then another cow. It was the same one ...

Phew! I live in London most of the time and all we have to deal with is exploding nutbuckets, not real live day to day ones!

[lazyitus]

zaktoo said:

Guys, in all seriousness - was anyone killed or injured? My mom's in Brum and I'd very much apppreciate a non-flippant update please... It's not going to be easy getting any other info from where I am (South Africa). Thanks Ciao Zak

Chill Zak! I'm sure your mum is fine.

We're not talking Tsunami here. There's been a gust, a couple of twigs have snapped and a tile fell off a kebab shop. Probably.

No reports of injuries to people so far.

I hope your mum is well. And the rest of your family come to think of it.

Top one.

[zaktoo]

lazyitus said:

Chill Zak! I'm sure your mum is fine. We're not talking Tsunami here. There's been a gust, a couple of twigs have snapped and a tile fell off a kebab shop. Probably. No reports of injuries to people so far. I hope your mum is well. And the rest of your family come to think of it. Top one.

Yeah, OK, you're right. I'm sure she's fine.

Thanks mate.

Ciao

Zak

[Donut]

diddyman said:

Fantastic quote on the web page: Sean Keeney on Beeb site said: This is amazing. Just how many millions worth of improvements to Birmingham did that tornado cause?

Must live on Kings Heath high st

[FunkyNige]

zaktoo said:

Guys, in all seriousness - was anyone killed or injured? My mom's in Brum and I'd very much apppreciate a non-flippant update please... It's not going to be easy getting any other info from where I am (South Africa). Thanks Ciao Zak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4725279.stm

says

One man is believed to have been badly injured during the storm. Casualties were later taken to hospital.

[Rude-boy]

Bru Miscum said:

Man, this was a bostin' storm! I was in Greggs havin' a double pasty then b4 I knew it, my missus almost had her earrings blown out - there was sausage rolls flyin down the street and pies hittin the window and everythin. BOSTIN!

For anyone who has ever lived/worked or still does in Brum this is class when read in the correct accent

[Donut]

Rude-boy said:

Bru Miscum said: Man, this was a bostin' storm! I was in Greggs havin' a double pasty then b4 I knew it, my missus almost had her earrings blown out - there was sausage rolls flyin down the street and pies hittin the window and everythin. BOSTIN! For anyone who has ever lived/worked or still does in Brum this is class when read in the correct accent

Yam awright!

Bostin!

[turbobloke]

Glad there were so few casualties (at the last update). It's one of those Michael Caine things but there are more tornadoes in the UK than the USA pretty well every year, but trust the yanks to have bigger ones.


>> Edited by turbobloke on Thursday 28th July 17:55

[Nuggs]

Kipper tie?

[zaktoo]

FunkyNige said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4725279.stm says One man is believed to have been badly injured during the storm. Casualties were later taken to hospital.

Thanks for that, Nige. I'm less worried about my mom now... let's hope the guy is OK too.

Ciao

Zak

[philthy]

Nuggs said:

Kipper tie?

......two sugars please!

[Eric Mc]

Yep, tornadoes are not unknown in the UK. A few years ago Patrick Moore's garden observatory was wrecked by a tornado that ripped through Selsey. He was in an Indian Restaurant at the time and the frontage of the restaurant was ripped off.

>> Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 29th July 08:57

[munky]

Eric Mc said:

Yep, tornadoes are know unknown in the UK. A few years ago Patrick Moore's garden observatory was wrecked by a tornado that ripped through Selsey. He was in anIndian Restaurant at the time and the frontage of the restausrant was ripped off.

Are you drunk?

[munky]

TeamD said:

Have you read the feedback!

I hadn't until you mentioned it, but oh how glad I am that I did!!

BBC news feedback said:

Ivor Nardon Very scary - The dog howled for ages.

PMSL!