Thursday, December 07, 2006

Tornado in London

This morning as I was getting ready to depart at approximately 11:30 am, a sudden down pour of rain, lightening and thuder struck! Sudden darkeness decended and a massive thunderstorm erupted! Was I back in the Caribbean and a hurricane struck??
I got worried that I wouldn't make my meeting, so I started looking for my supervisor's number to call. By the time I found the number and looked outside the sky was bright! Sun shinning! It was as if nothing happened! Did I imagine it all??
Anyway, I quickly ran to the train station and went to my meeting. My supervisors were marvelling about the same experience.
When I got home I saw on the news that a Tornado had erupted in North West London. 6 people were injured and several homes destroyed. The "attack" lasted less than a minute , they say, but the winds were in excess of 100 miles per hour.
The area was quarantined and so many people can't even get into the area to go investigate their homes.
I will try to get some shots later. In the meantime here are some highlights!




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