Very Sad about the planes.
It came through here (2mi N of Daventry town) about 17:20 and did a lot of damage in the village. Here's my front lawn:
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The rest of the tree is in the next field.
The trees appear to have sheared off in rotation, all about 6 or 8 ft above the ground, maybe suggesting a twister. My neighbour was there but said you could see nothing outside the window, just hear the terrific noise.
Is anyone re-considering their tie-down policy? It's regarded as chicken by a lot of instructor types to tie down in the UK, but with conditions like this....
Mind you, the skewer type would just uncoil and pop out of the ground and concrete blocks would behave like boleros. Only the tensioned steel cables favoured in the US would be any real use, IMHO.