cupra wrote:

Brian Blair wrote:
I must say I was far more impressed with the stats, if correct, than
the semantics.

brian
aberfeldy


Therein lies the problem - the use of the word 'mini' doesn't relate to
anything quantifiable. The 'public' would probably give a dozen different
interpretations of a 'mini' tornado.....


On Radio 5 Breakfast programme this morning, they had someone on who'd
experienced the tornado. He said the wind had started NE and then switched
to SW. He went outside and saw the funnel cloud moving away and
dissipating. He mentioned the Fujita scale and said this was an F1 tornado.
He also pointed out how common tornadoes are in the UK compared with the
US.

I can't guarantee I've remembered what he said correctly, or who he was, as
I hadn't been paying much attention at the start but I think he was a
teacher.

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Graham Davis
Bracknell