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Haarp said:Thanks Rynner,
Did you like the cloud though?
Got to admit, if I saw one of those on the horizon I think I may start to worry.
Haarp said:Thanks Rynner,
Did you like the cloud though?
Two tornadoes rip through New York City
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19534104
The aftermath of the tornadoes in New York City
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Two rare tornadoes have hit New York City's borough of Queens and Brooklyn, damaging homes, causing blackouts and throwing debris into the air.
The first storm, with winds up to 70mph (113km/h), struck Breezy Point on Queens' Rockaway Peninsula.
The second tornado, with gusts reaching 110mph, hit Brooklyn's Canarsie area just minutes later.
No injuries were reported, but the storms forced the suspension of the US Open tennis tournament.
Police ordered the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows to be evacuated, halting the second semi-final in men's competition.
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We were all scared. It was really crazy”
Caitlin Walsh
Breezy Point Surf Club employee
The game, between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer, will restart on Sunday.
'Like a train'
Eyewitnesses in Queens reported seeing trees and electricity pylons uprooted and picnic benches and waste bins being thrown into the air. There were some reports of vehicles being lifted up.
Video posted on You Tube shows a large, dark tornado funnelling out of the skyline.
At the Breezy Point Surf Club, the storm tore off roofs of cabanas, scattering debris around.
"We were all scared. The windows on the whole building broke, the lights went out... Everything was shaking. It was really crazy," club employee Caitlin Walsh was quoted as saying by Reuters.
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In pictures: Tornado hits New York
"I was showing videos of tornadoes to my 4-year-old on my phone, and two minutes later, it hit," local resident Peter Maloney told AP.
"Just like they always say, it sounded like a train."
One person who became trapped in a flooded lift in the basement of an apartment was rescued by a porter, reports say.
The second storm hit the Canarsie area in Brooklyn, damaging several homes and trees.
Parts of New York were also lashed with heavy rains brought by the storms.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said thunderstorms were likely to affect parts of New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, with more tornadoes possible.
It said the severe weather was likely to continue overnight as a cold front from the west clashed with the warm, moist air.
Fire tornado towers over Queensland outback
Firefighters battling a huge grassfire in Queensland have witnessed a rarely seen destructive phenomenon - a fire tornado.
Crews fighting the fire near Thargomindah, in the state's far west, watched in awe as a massive fire tornado formed inside the inferno on Sunday.
Bulloo Shire Mayor John Ferguson says as the giant column of flame rose, it was photographed by a local woman.
"It went up about 300 metres in the air," he said. :shock:
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensl ... z2AHZ4U1F5
Well, one of those would have brightened things up around here! For the last two days it's been cloudy, with fog or mist, and damp and drizzly. Very depressing - 50 shades of grey!Zilch5 said:Pictures of a rare Fire Tornado from Queensland:
Fire tornado towers over Queensland outback
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensl ... z2AHZ4U1F5
rynner2 said:Meanwhile, back in UK:
Mini tornado spotted in Worcester car park
I myself captured one on a random trip Out Back one day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b4EcsK8ogQmarkrkingston1 said:rynner2 said:Meanwhile, back in UK:
Mini tornado spotted in Worcester car park
There is a technical difference between a tornado and a dust devil[1], and that little whirlwind was a dust devil I think.
It was interesting how it was leaving a well defined track on the ground.
The small size and very tight nature almost gives it a kind of 'personality'. Once upon a time people would have thought a thing like that was an evil spirit.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil
skinny said:I myself captured one on a random trip Out Back one day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b4EcsK8ogQmarkrkingston1 said:rynner2 said:Meanwhile, back in UK:
Mini tornado spotted in Worcester car park
There is a technical difference between a tornado and a dust devil[1], and that little whirlwind was a dust devil I think.
It was interesting how it was leaving a well defined track on the ground.
The small size and very tight nature almost gives it a kind of 'personality'. Once upon a time people would have thought a thing like that was an evil spirit.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil
There it was. Tall, isn't it.
Brown trousers time!rynner2 said:English weather may be interesting, but foreign weather is diabolical!
The dual tornadoes were unusual because both appeared to have roughly the same strength. In most cases, one tornado tends to be larger and more powerful than the other, and the bigger cyclone grows stronger as the smaller one weakens.
"It's less common for two tornadoes to track together for so long, especially with that same intensity," said Barbara Mayes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Valley. "By no means is it unprecedented. But we don't see it often."
via BBC CornwallCornwall 'tornado' throws wreckage 300ft
A suspected tornado threw a summerhouse roof some 300ft (90m) through the air and left a trail of destruction.
The freak weather ripped the guttering and tiles from roofs in Park Bottom, Illogan, in Cornwall and left them in a nearby field on Tuesday night.
You're welcome you grumpy old sod !You time-wasting pillock!
Well well, Austin is one of Adelaide's sister cities and it must be our turn. This was taken 30ks east of me in hilly territory. Very rare indeed. Not so rare the tropical feed-in during November. I get the feeling our climate is shifting to a more northerly pattern.While it had become hot and sunny again after my previous post above (and the FI race did go on after all) sudden storms flooded the area this morning. There was something like 9 inches of rain. We're currently trapped in our neighborhood due to low water crossings on both sides.
The flood sirens have been going off all day. The siren itself is disturbing enough (as it's meant to be) but it's the huge booming voice saying "Warning! Warning! Move to higher ground" that freaks me out - sounds like an alien invasion or something.
More rain is predicted and there's also a tornado warning out. There have been a couple of tornados outside of town but hopefully it's too hilly for one to touch down here. It's not as if we have anywhere to run if one did touch down, anyway. I guess it will be the old "everyone hide in the bathtub" drill if it comes to that.