Freak Hurricane in Goole at 4pm today

[sedith 19]

Friend of mine just rang, he's lost his roof due to a freak hurricane in Goole at about 4pm today. It ripped through the road and took the roof of several houses and lifted a shed off its base and dumped it in the road! I didn't realise it was that windy??

[Albet 10]

Friend of mine just rang, he's lost his roof due to a freak hurricane in Goole at about 4pm today. It ripped through the road and took the roof of several houses and lifted a shed off its base and dumped it in the road! I didn't realise it was that windy??

 

Tell him that he must get a new roof. They are quite important in keeping the rain out.

[Tripitaka 10]

I can believe it. Same thing happened over here near Manc.

 

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1466383_video-woman-injured-as-mini-tornado-strikes-heaton-moor

[HeadingNorth 11]

Friend of mine just rang, he's lost his roof due to a freak hurricane in Goole at about 4pm today.

 

There was no hurricane today; there has not been a hurricane in Britain for at least ten million years. It's physically impossible for any hurricane ever to survive and reach these latitudes.

[janie48 95]

i heard on calander news they had tornadoes in parts of east yorks.

[HeadingNorth 11]

i heard on calander news they had tornadoes in parts of east yorks.

 

Ah .. that could be true, although I'd expect a tornado to do more damage.

 

I did rather casually assume that it was just another idiot referring to "a hurricane" when he meant a gale, or a storm.

[andyofborg 11]

Ah .. that could be true, although I'd expect a tornado to do more damage.

 

I did rather casually assume that it was just another idiot referring to "a hurricane" when he meant a gale, or a storm.

 

it might have been a little tornado

[some guy 10]

Don't think it could have been a hurricane as they're more tropical. Tornado possibly.

[Longcol 596]

Ah .. that could be true, although I'd expect a tornado to do more damage.

 

I did rather casually assume that it was just another idiot referring to "a hurricane" when he meant a gale, or a storm.

 

Hurricane force winds (rather than a "hurricane" as in a tropical cyclone) are just a measure of wind speed (as are gales and storms) on the Beaufort Scale - although exceedingly rare in this country.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale

 

A tornado (or twister) would, as you say, cause even more damage - but again pretty rare over here.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado

[Saffy 10]

Iiw was a big gust, that's what he had.

[janie48 95]

i heard on calander news they had tornadoes in parts of east yorks.

 

unfortunately the r and m together make it look like TOMADO on my small screen.

 

Iiw was a big gust, that's what he had.

 

it was very gusty where i live Saffy thankfully didn't last.

colder now though.