Tornado in Birmingham
28-07-2005, 05:22 PM
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Tornado in Birmingham
fook me, its done some propper damage, just been watching it on tv
130mph winds, cars have been literally picked up and smashed into houses.. a school roof blew about 100 yards away
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...ds/4725279.stm
and i was pissed off about having a fence panel blown out
28-07-2005, 05:46 PM
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it was very bad
Kings heath/ Mosley/ Sparkbrook/ Sparkhill /Balsall Heath, trees have been up rooted
tiles of roofs cars crushed with trees falling ont them
it took me 1.5 hours to get home from fooking work thats noramly a 5 min journey
Mike
martins place is at strichley which is not far from kings heath
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Kings heath/ Mosley/ Sparkbrook/ Sparkhill /Balsall Heath,
trees have been up rooted tiles of roofs cars crushed with trees falling ont them
it took me 1.5 hours to get home from fooking work thats noramly a 5 min journey
Mike
martins place is at strichley which is not far from kings heath
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28-07-2005, 05:50 PM
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the noise was far worse than anything i heard before! windows breaking...alarms going off...people shouting and oh a roof on a restaurant flying completely off and smashing onto the cars!
28-07-2005, 05:52 PM
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Tornado injures 12 in Birmingham
Some buildings have been badly damaged
More than 50 ambulances are at the scene of a tornado in south Birmingham that left at least 12 people injured.
The sudden storm damaged buildings, uprooted trees and trapped people in their homes.
The Met Office estimates the wind speed may have reached 130mph.
One man is believed to have been badly injured during the storm.
Casualties were later taken to hospital.
One sq km of damage was caused in Kings Heath, with "hundreds" of properties affected, council officials said.
West Midlands Fire Service said the areas affected included Kings Heath, Moseley, Quinton, Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook.
The Met Office explained tornadoes were especially rare in built-up areas and that this was the worst seen for years.
It looks like something from a film set
Julia Banner
Eyewitness
Caroline Ward, from the Jon Carrie Nursery in Moseley, said the tornado ripped out fences and toys were whipped into the air.
"Luckily we got the children all inside but they were very frightened," she told BBC News.
Julia Banner, who works in a care home in Moseley, said: "All of a sudden it got dark, the front door blew open and all the notices blew off the notice board.
"The kitchen window was open and all the crockery smashed to the floor.
The storm hit with very little warning
"It all happened in just a couple of minutes. There is a tree through a car and trees on houses - it looks like something from a film set."
A Met Office spokesperson said: "From the reports we have heard we would estimate that this is a tornado with a rating of T3-T4, that would mean it had wind speeds of between 93-114 mph for T3 and 114-130 for T4.
"A typical description would be that motorcars were lifted and destroyed, roofs removed from buildings and weak buildings destroyed.
"We have an average of 33 reports of tornadoes in the UK each year but these are especially rare in built-up areas and there has not been one of this strength in many years.
"City centres are not the natural habitat of a tornado; the tall buildings would normally stop their formation."
Tornado injures 12 in Birmingham
Some buildings have been badly damaged
More than 50 ambulances are at the scene of a tornado in south Birmingham that left at least 12 people injured.
The sudden storm damaged buildings, uprooted trees and trapped people in their homes.
The Met Office estimates the wind speed may have reached 130mph.
One man is believed to have been badly injured during the storm.
Casualties were later taken to hospital.
One sq km of damage was caused in Kings Heath, with "hundreds" of properties affected, council officials said.
West Midlands Fire Service said the areas affected included Kings Heath, Moseley, Quinton, Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook.
The Met Office explained tornadoes were especially rare in built-up areas and that this was the worst seen for years.
It looks like something from a film set
Julia Banner
Eyewitness
Caroline Ward, from the Jon Carrie Nursery in Moseley, said the tornado ripped out fences and toys were whipped into the air.
"Luckily we got the children all inside but they were very frightened," she told BBC News.
Julia Banner, who works in a care home in Moseley, said: "All of a sudden it got dark, the front door blew open and all the notices blew off the notice board.
"The kitchen window was open and all the crockery smashed to the floor.
The storm hit with very little warning
"It all happened in just a couple of minutes. There is a tree through a car and trees on houses - it looks like something from a film set."
A Met Office spokesperson said: "From the reports we have heard we would estimate that this is a tornado with a rating of T3-T4, that would mean it had wind speeds of between 93-114 mph for T3 and 114-130 for T4.
"A typical description would be that motorcars were lifted and destroyed, roofs removed from buildings and weak buildings destroyed.
"We have an average of 33 reports of tornadoes in the UK each year but these are especially rare in built-up areas and there has not been one of this strength in many years.
"City centres are not the natural habitat of a tornado; the tall buildings would normally stop their formation."
28-07-2005, 06:32 PM
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Yeh i work in Coteridge,and we heard about it!!!!
I came back towards Woodgate Valley,and there was a puddle 40ftlong,and 2 ft deep!!!!!
I saw news cameras there,so it must be on Central,or Midlands today,it was that big,a bus was side on in the street,to block it off,and there were kids SWIMIN IN IN IT!!!!!
Fuckin idiots!!!!
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I came back towards Woodgate Valley,and there was a puddle 40ftlong,and 2 ft deep!!!!!
I saw news cameras there,so it must be on Central,or Midlands today,it was that big,a bus was side on in the street,to block it off,and there were kids SWIMIN IN IN IT!!!!!
Fuckin idiots!!!!
Pete....
28-07-2005, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by warleydaddy
Yeh i work in Coteridge.
Id have said hello if I knew it was defo you mate
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