Dave Freeman Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 This afternoon we were hit by a small tornado, ice balls 20mm diameter shredded trees, one branch down, could not get out of back door 6 inches of ice blocking it. Roof tiles damaged, garden trashed. 10 mins before it kicked off I put the lotus back on the garage, good job I did. Anyone else have an issue Land slide in village and now no bloody power, beers gone warm as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Sparky Posted July 20, 2021 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 I was on the A414 westbound from Chelmsford around 1530, and the sky to my north was cataclysmic. Got hit by a 5 minute monsoon, but drove out of it. Looked pretty nasty up the M11. British Fart to Florida, Nude to New York, Dunce to Denmark, Numpty to Newfoundland. And Shitfaced Silly Sod to Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Sorry to hear that Dave,hope garden not too bad hindsight: the science that is never wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Freeman Posted July 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 The storm was horrific, scared the poo out of me. The house and garden look trashed, still cannot believe it took paint of of one of the walls. Even Jamie Oliver just up the road posted his bbq being trashed. We even had floods in the village and a landslide, biblical, global warming even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Similar to the day job then Just saw great sampford on Anglia news hindsight: the science that is never wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eds Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 That's dry ice Pete.... Plenty of cold drinks on the 28th Dave... Hope you're both ok mate Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Bling Posted July 21, 2021 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 Wow Dave. Hope everyone is OK. I am no meteorological expert but makes me wonder how you can have ice balls in a heatwave !! Long time Lotus admirer, recent owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Sparky Posted July 21, 2021 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 Because it's still bloody cold a few miles up! The hail creation process is fascinating. British Fart to Florida, Nude to New York, Dunce to Denmark, Numpty to Newfoundland. And Shitfaced Silly Sod to Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Bling Posted July 21, 2021 Gold FFM Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, Sparky said: Because it's still bloody cold a few miles up! The hail creation process is fascinating. Hadn’t given it much thought but yes, you are right, temperature drops the higher you go ! Long time Lotus admirer, recent owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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