Brummie tornado.......
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dilbert

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7,741 posts

260 months

Thursday 28th July 2005
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What's going on?

Birmingham just had a T3-4 tornado. Rooves, trees and cars airborne.

Is the end really nigh?

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Thursday 28th July 2005
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Yes.. take cover

slinky

15,704 posts

278 months

Thursday 28th July 2005
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I've just driven through the aftermath of it...

Fecking hell... that's some really really big trees been taken down, and a lot of buildings damaged.. (a lot of which was around the road I used to live on)...

Things are chaos there at the mo...

Almost glad I moved to Worcester now!

slinky
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turbobloke

117,175 posts

289 months

Thursday 28th July 2005
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Pics from brummies posted on the local beeb site show the amazing dark clouds, the tornado forming and then the mature twister:







It did this:



also this



and this





mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Thursday 28th July 2005
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Brummin' 'eck....

Pickled Piper

6,452 posts

264 months

Thursday 28th July 2005
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I'm waiting for the "caused quarter of a million pounds worth of improvements" jokes. Where are they?

pp

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Thursday 28th July 2005
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On another thread. Do keep up.....

up-the-dubs

4,282 posts

258 months

Thursday 28th July 2005
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Wow, good shots there, especially the far away ones.

slinky

15,704 posts

278 months

Thursday 28th July 2005
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On the way out of Brum this evening I was gutted that we didn't have a camera with me, the sunlight was beaming down on a trio of tower cranes that were against a dark black background of cloud, it looked stunning...

slinky

munky

5,328 posts

277 months

Friday 29th July 2005
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Ah well. Brum wasn't known for the quality of its architecture.

chim_knee

12,689 posts

286 months

Friday 29th July 2005
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Is the punchline "It did 30 grands worth of improvements"?

munky

5,328 posts

277 months

Friday 29th July 2005
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It's YOU!!!

Scoobz

6,578 posts

277 months

Friday 29th July 2005
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chim_knee said:
Is the punchline "It did 30 grands worth of improvements"?


Its late, you're tired... got to bed, you cant keep up can you chief...


dilbert

Original Poster:

7,741 posts

260 months

Friday 29th July 2005
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This is nothing to do with the tornado, but it made me laff.

www.jonbounds.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jon/brum/brum.php

turbobloke

117,175 posts

289 months

Friday 29th July 2005
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dilbert said:
This is nothing to do with the tornado, but it made me laff.
From that site - Brummie Baywatch

jas xjr

11,309 posts

268 months

Friday 29th July 2005
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someone has to point it out... strange how it was mainly muslim areas that bore the brunt. around ladypool road and balsall heath. there i said it. retiring to a safe distance....

sparkythecat

8,097 posts

284 months

Friday 29th July 2005
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Eyewitnesses said it was the first 'turn I dhow' they'd seen.

docevi1

10,430 posts

277 months

Friday 29th July 2005
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turbobloke said:

dilbert said:
This is nothing to do with the tornado, but it made me laff.

From that site - Brummie Baywatch

That is fantastic, but not as good as bread from the same site