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Qp10qp
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:03 pm
Post subject: Re: English tornado: memorial on Reading Station |
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I sat there reading this whole message, wondering, "what the HELL does
this have to do with tomatoes?"
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If this is a quiz question, the answer is surely that this guy's grave, in St
Lawrence's churchyard, is next to where Reading's old market used to be held,
where tomatoes were sold on Saturday mornings in the olden days (my childhood).
Peasemarch.
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Paul Wolff
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:34 am
Post subject: Re: English tornado: memorial on Reading Station |
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In message <20041117051951.08274.00000793@mb-m05.aol.com>, Qp10qp
<qp10qp@aol.com> writes
| Quote: | Subject: Re: English tornado: memorial on Reading Station
I sat there reading this whole message, wondering, "what the HELL does
this have to do with tomatoes?"
If this is a quiz question, the answer is surely that this guy's grave, in St
Lawrence's churchyard, is next to where Reading's old market used to be held,
where tomatoes were sold on Saturday mornings in the olden days (my childhood).
Apparently England is no stranger to tomadoes. |
From http://www.weather-wise.org/anmviewer.asp?a=50&z=1
"One corner of Europe, the British Isles, sees tornadoes
aplenty. The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO)
[www. torro.org.uk] has documented more than 2,000 twisters in
the United Kingdom. As in California and Australia, most British
and Irish tornadoes strike during the winter months, when the
Gulf Stream helps bring mild air unusually far north.
TORRO estimates that England and Wales average 33 tornadoes a
year. That’s surprisingly close to the frequency per square
mile in the U.S. Tornado Alley, although most British twisters
are on the mild side. The earliest one in TORRO’s database,
however, is a doozy. It struck London on October 23, 1091.
Retroactively rated a T8 on TORRO’s own intensity scale
(roughly an F4), this medieval monster plowed across town,
reportedly destroying more than 600 houses and several
churches."
From http://www.torro.org.uk/research/whirlextreme.htm
"Two tornadoes in Britain are known to have reached T8; their
antiquated nature (especially of the one) necessitated great
caution in assigning intensities, so it is possible that they
may have been even stronger. The first, also Britain's earliest
known tornado, occurred on October 23, 1091. The church at St.
Mary le Bow in central London was badly damaged, with four
rafters - each 7.9 m long (converted from the reported 26 ft) -
being driven into the ground (composed of heavy London Clay)
with such force that only 1.2 m (converted from the reported 4
ft) protruded above the surface. Other churches in the area were
demolished, as were over 600 (mostly wooden) houses."
--
Paul
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:34 am
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"Paul Wolff" <bounceme@two.wolff.co.uk> wrote...
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Apparently England is no stranger to tomadoes.
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I like the cherry ones myself.
Matti
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Qp10qp
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:01 pm
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| Quote: | Subject: Re: English tornado: memorial on Reading Station
From: Paul Wolff
Apparently England is no stranger to tomadoes.
From http://www.weather-wise.org/anmviewer.asp?a=50&z=1
"One corner of Europe, the British Isles, sees tornadoes
aplenty. The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO)
[www. torro.org.uk] has documented more than 2,000 twisters in
the United Kingdom. As in California and Australia, most British
and Irish tornadoes strike during the winter months, when the
Gulf Stream helps bring mild air unusually far north.
TORRO estimates that England and Wales average 33 tornadoes a
year. That’s surprisingly close to the frequency per square
mile in the U.S. Tornado Alley, although most British twisters
are on the mild side.
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An impressive one was filmed off South Wales last year. I've never seen one
myself but grew up with the legend of the Reading Station matey.
There are few weather types Britain doesn't experience, but in doses so small
that most of them fail to register on the 6 0'clock news. For example, my
partner suffers from an occasional glacial condition in her right eye, which
sometimes spreads to the eyebrow.
Peasemarch. |
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