WORLD WEATHER THREAD

I think it's more likely that the UK will suffer from infrastructural problems rather than directly impacted by extreme weather (people dying from debris, drowning, hypo/hyperthermia), those Victorian sewers simply aren't up to the task of dealing with the sort of flooding that's coming.

Poopygeddon indeed.
 

Loads of tornados in Texas coming off the Beryl hurricane that going through, there one tornado that been on the ground for 50 mins! live coverage above if anyone interested.
 
But stone doesnt get blown down, the same thing in LA, they built everything from wood then complained it burnt. Of course it's cheaper to build iniitally, however not cheaper in the long run. I guess they are stuck in thier ways.
 
Blackbadger said:
Why do they keep building things from sticks ? Don't they tell the three wolfs story at pre school ?
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Their whole building industry has always built housing in this way, it would be a big and I suspect costly change to build differently. It is surprising they don’t do it in the areas frequently hit with storms though.
 
Blackbadger said:
But stone doesnt get blown down, the same thing in LA, they built everything from wood then complained it burnt. Of course it's cheaper to build iniitally, however not cheaper in the long run. I guess they are stuck in thier ways.
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How much of a house even if brick could survive a wildfire or strong Tornado though ? Maybe the structure survives but the insides, roof, doors, windows, etc will still be gutted
 
Most survie tornado's, you normally see brick buildings standing untouched amoungst the devistation after these storms. Although roofing needs to be up to spec for such things. Damage to an extent is unavoidable. That said many new builds in the uk leave a lot to be desired also.

Regarding the wildfires the houses/construction materials used were the fuel, and the cause of the problem. Appart from the buildings on the edge of the woodlands the vast neighbourhoods recently wiped out were the result of the construction materials used not some wildfire. We learnt this the hard way in the UK after the great fire of London. It's not just a matter of your building surviving it's ensuring your building doesnt cause the surrounding ones to be effected.

Wood can be a great constuction material, however not if in tornado valley and not for vast complex's in a arid climate.

I feel for the people as indiviuals who are/were effected, however as a society it is perplexing that that parts of the US dont make the needed changes. They seem supprised every time.
 
Not seen mention of it anywhere else. Hurricane Melissa is going to be passing over Jamaica late Monday into Tuesday, likely as a Cat 4 or 5. Going to cause a huge amount of damage and utimately going to be deadly.

www.bbc.co.uk

Hurricane Melissa to intensify into Category 5 storm as it barrels towards Jamaica

The rare highest-strength storm is set to hit Jamaica by Tuesday, having already caused two deaths in Haiti.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

 
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Quite an interesting one as it intensified quite rapidly and seems to be quite slowly moving while increasingly building but once it gets north of Bermuda looks like it will rapidly dissipate again and not really have much impact here - though given the behaviour I wouldn't rule anything out.
 
Nature is awesome, but I don't think that would be cool if it was heading towards me. They are going to get seriously battered if that hits. :(
 
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