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2006-12-07 Britain

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-07 10:28|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said it was too early to estimate the cost of the damage, but the Birmingham tornado in 2005 ran into "tens of millions of pounds".

They have these things regularly over there, and still permit clay tile roofs? They have these things regularly and still think of tornados as a freak event? My goodness.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-07 11:02|| 2006-12-07 11:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Another reason Gwyneth likes England. No trailer parks...

Posted by tu3031 2006-12-07 11:06|| 2006-12-07 11:06|| Front Page Top

#3 > They have these things regularly over there

Er no!

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-12-07 11:55|| 2006-12-07 11:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Will you guys stop playing/tweaking with the Haliburton-Tsunami Division toys , or at least get the correct GPS co-ordinates .. jeez

:)

Posted by MacNails 2006-12-07 12:52|| 2006-12-07 12:52|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't think we're in SoHo anymore, Toto...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-12-07 14:51|| 2006-12-07 14:51|| Front Page Top

#6 TW, a lot of houses still have slate tiles, which have sharp edges. Imagine a 10 pound razor edged frisbee.

Posted by phil_b 2006-12-07 17:04|| 2006-12-07 17:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Heh.

Posted by .com 2006-12-07 17:45|| 2006-12-07 17:45|| Front Page Top

#8 My first house (a turn of the century fixer upper, upon which I first wielded a hammer and paint brush) had slate roofs, phil_b. Nasty buggers, especially three stories up. One of my cats used to love climbing out the attic window and wandering along the ridges of the top peak.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-07 18:05|| 2006-12-07 18:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Oh, the wind storm kind of tornado. I thought you meant a Tornado GR4 and figured the RAF boys were out for some low-level fun.

Posted by SteveS 2006-12-07 19:49|| 2006-12-07 19:49|| Front Page Top

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