Once in 50 year storm coming this way

[bigbird]

According to Nasa - once in 50 year storm heading to southern England overnight - rain hats on fellow southerners - its gonna get wet

[cijababe]

Since when did NASA predict the weather?

[bigbird]

its just released some satelite pics and described it that way

[milltek]

worse than 1987 ?

[cijababe]

I guess it's a bad time to be living down south

[michael saint]

Just been on the news, NASA have been tracking the storm.

Just starting here and my Roof isn't in the greatest shape ever...

Nevermind I was going to replace it this year anyway.

[bigbird]

i'm guessing i'm gonna be replacing a shit load of fence panels tomorrow

[richief]

Well it is raining here, but that is normal weather for us Brummies.

[cijababe]

I see it on the Daily Mail site, yet to see it elsewhere as BBC News 24 is broadcasting sports news

[richief]

Try the weather channel.

[cijababe]

Bah what do NASA know, we Brits have been dealing with wet and cold since the year dot. BBC weather have only issued a yellow alert

[Lurch]

Originally Posted by bigbird

According to Nasa - once in 50 year storm heading to southern England overnight - rain hats on fellow southerners - its gonna get wet

I hope Stephanie Abrams from the Weather Channel gets assigned to cover the story there.

She looks great in a wet T-shirt.

[N.E. Woman]

Originally Posted by bigbird

According to Nasa - once in 50 year storm heading to southern England overnight - rain hats on fellow southerners - its gonna get wet

Does Britain get hurricanes and tornados or just really bad rain storms. BTW- I am not minimizing rain storms.

[smcaaphd]

Originally Posted by N.E. Woman

Does Britain get hurricanes and tornados or just really bad rain storms. BTW- I am not minimizing rain storms.

I think we actually get more tornadoes than the States, they're just not very big ones

[mo.bil]

who has to go out in the storm there, like Al Roker, does on NBC?

[richief]

Birmingham.

Currently
9.0 °C
Rain
Humidity: 103% Wind: 8.5 km/h from the North Visibility: 9.0 kilometers Dew Point: 9 °C Pressure: 1010 hPa UV: 0


Update.

Birmingham, West Midlands


10°C
Current: Rain
Wind: E at 24 km/h
Humidity: 94%

[cijababe]

The Midlands are often hit by tornadoes, but as SMC says, they are very small in comparison to those in the US

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

[N.E. Woman]

Originally Posted by smcaaphd

I think we actually get more tornadoes than the States, they're just not very big ones

Does that mean not much damage is done to the area it hits or that the storm only hits a small area?

That question makes sense in my head, but I'm not sure if it does to you....?

[N.E. Woman]

Originally Posted by cijababe

The Midlands are often hit by tornadoes, but as SMC says, they are very small in comparison to those in the US

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

Sorry, I seem to be typing over people a lot today.

[smcaaphd]

Originally Posted by N.E. Woman

Does that mean not much damage is done to the area it hits or that the storm only hits a small area?

That question makes sense in my head, but I'm not sure if it does to you....?

Err, umm - I'm not sure!! Richie could answer that one, he's in the Midlands *titter*

Originally Posted by N.E. Woman

Sorry, I seem to be typing over people a lot today.

That happens more than you know - no need to apologise, I'm sure Seeya won't take umbrage

Words!! I love em!!

[richief]

Originally Posted by cijababe

The Midlands are often hit by tornadoes, but as SMC says, they are very small in comparison to those in the US

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

We had a nasty one go through Kings Heath, Moseley and Sparkbrook a few years back, I actually saw it flash through the local park as I sheltered from the rain. Then I had to get home, shower and rush up to make sure my Local had survived, luckily it had.

[cijababe]

As I was typing the word 'Midlands' I had a slight malfunction with the interface between varifocals and brain, so for a moment I saw 'milflands'

[michael saint]

Originally Posted by smcaaphd

Err, umm - I'm not sure!! Richie could answer that one, he's in the Midlands *titter*

I will have you know that if a Tornado rips through the center of Birmingham it could literally do hundreds of pounds worth of damage.

[cijababe]

Originally Posted by smcaaphd

Err, umm - I'm not sure!! Richie could answer that one, he's in the Midlands *titter*

That happens more than you know - no need to apologise, I'm sure Seeya won't take umbrage

Words!! I love em!!

Umbrage is indeed a magnificent word

[richief]

Originally Posted by michael saint

I will have you know that if a Tornado rips through the center of Birmingham it could literally do hundreds of pounds worth of damage.

fuck off you fool, everyone knows that joke is referring to the Dudley earthquake.

@NEW most of the tornadoes that come through the Midlands hit in rural areas, so a few sheep get disturbed and the odd milk maid, occasionally they hit the cities and cause what would be classed as minor damage compared to the town killers you get over there.

[Eve8Air1]

Better bunker down luv.

[michael saint]

Originally Posted by richief

fuck off you fool, everyone knows that joke is referring to the Dudley earthquake.

Yes, sorry I was mistaken.

I did hear that an entire street burned down, a local estate agent said that the property values had increased by 20%

[ejls]

Good luck to all of you across the pond. I happen to live in an area that rarely gets storms like that. Our ravages usually come in the winter. Please make sure you've thought to get what you need before the power goes out. We'll be thinking of you.

[N.E. Woman]

Originally Posted by michael saint

I will have you know that if a Tornado rips through the center of Birmingham it could literally do hundreds of pounds worth of damage.

Does England have a warning system? I don't live in "tornado alley" it's in the Midwest, but I do know they have sirens specifically to warn residents.

[x__orion]

Originally Posted by michael saint

I will have you know that if a Tornado rips through the center of Birmingham it could literally do hundreds of pounds worth of damage.

Tens of thousands of pounds worth of improvements!

If a tornado ripped through, say, Easterhouse in Glasgow it would be given a Nobel Peace Prize for services to humanity.

[michael saint]

Originally Posted by N.E. Woman

Does England have a warning system? I don't live in "tornado alley" it's in the Midwest, but I do know they have sirens specifically to warn residents.

No warning system here Lady.

Our stiff upper Lips are more than sufficient to ward off minor tomfoolery by mother nature.

[cijababe]

redundant post

[Rexxracerr]

since ya'll were ta;ling about tornadoes,
i was in wichita falls, texas. april 10 1979, and seen this live,
killed 53 people i believe, knocked out power for a week, was 1/4 mile wide, f5, stayed on the ground for around 15 miles, started at the edge of town, and lifted on the other side.
an extremely bizarre day. there are more on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr2nw9qXuG0

[Heyesey]

Originally Posted by milltek

worse than 1987 ?

The storm of 1987 was a once-in-five-centuries event.

What people forget is that those "once-in-how-often" statistics are about how often on average we'll get them, over a long period of time. They assume that because we had one in 1987 there won't be another until 2487, which is stupid. We could have one next week.

[Heyesey]

Originally Posted by N.E. Woman

Does England have a warning system? I don't live in "tornado alley" it's in the Midwest, but I do know they have sirens specifically to warn residents.

Large, dangerous tornadoes are so rare in England, that the cost of repairing the damage they cause when they do happen, is far less than the cost of building and maintaining a warning system.

We don't have measures in place to last for bitterly cold winters or very heavy snowfalls, for the same reason. It's cheaper to deal with two or three random days' of disruption, than to have systems in place that would prevent that disruption. (Particularly since in England, heavy snow might fall in late November, early April, or anywhere in between!)

[RandyKnight]

Originally Posted by Heyesey

The storm of 1987 was a once-in-five-centuries event.

What people forget is that those "once-in-how-often" statistics are about how often on average we'll get them, over a long period of time. They assume that because we had one in 1987 there won't be another until 2487, which is stupid. We could have one next week.

We have areas in the US that are flood areas....they are rated as 50 year flood, 100 year flood and 500 year flood....

what this means is NOT...every 100 years there is a flood...BUT every year there is a 1 in a 100 chance it will flood....

seems the same as you posted about storms...

[Heyesey]

Originally Posted by RandyKnight

We have areas in the US that are flood areas....they are rated as 50 year flood, 100 year flood and 500 year flood....

what this means is NOT...every 100 years there is a flood...BUT every year there is a 1 in a 100 chance it will flood....

seems the same as you posted about storms...

Exactly so; but in the UK just as in the USA, stupid people will think that it does mean the former, and that if a 1-in-100-year event occurs today, there won't be another one for the next 100 years.

We do have the same system for flood areas, but I don't live in one.

[RandyKnight]

Originally Posted by Heyesey

Exactly so; but in the UK just as in the USA, stupid people will think that it does mean the former, and that if a 1-in-100-year event occurs today, there won't be another one for the next 100 years.

We do have the same system for flood areas, but I don't live in one.

LOL...when I have tried to explain it to some people they think I am nuts and they say...

"That's not what it says".....

[chris4sylvia]

Originally Posted by cijababe

As I was typing the word 'Midlands' I had a slight malfunction with the interface between varifocals and brain, so for a moment I saw 'milflands'

Surely you are not thinking that only M.I.L.F.'s live in the Midlands.

[richief]

Originally Posted by N.E. Woman

Does England have a warning system? I don't live in "tornado alley" it's in the Midwest, but I do know they have sirens specifically to warn residents.

I think the only warning system we have is the "Broadmoor" alarms to let locals know if a dangerous psychotic as escaped the hospital.

[Old Tool]

Originally Posted by cijababe

As I was typing the word 'Midlands' I had a slight malfunction with the interface between varifocals and brain, so for a moment I saw 'milflands'

Tried to book tickets on Orbitz . . . no results for Milflands

[cijababe]

This thread has gone a little wonky - on my subscription feed, it tells me there's a new post by Old Tool that remains unread - but when I click on the thread, there's nothing

Edit - found it after I posted. The way I'm set this was a new page, but I couldn't see it when I scrolled to the bottom of the previous one. Strange.......