http://uk.news.yahoo.com/19092006/325/hurricane-gordon-set-drench-west.html
When was the last time a hurricane hit Britain and Europe. Is this proof that this extremely unusual weather could not be just natural climate change but human induced
2006-09-19 07:16:44 · 14 answers · asked by what's up 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
In 1987 the worst hurricane i have ever seen in England. Trees uprooted, cars flipped, windows smashed. Was real carnage in the morning. Schools were shut.
there was another one in 1989 or 1990 which was during the day and was quite bad as well.
Lorraine what a load of crap English people always make a big deal of the weather! its either too hot, too cold, too damp, too close, too wet , too windy etc etc etc! LOL what about when it snows lightly the whole country comes to a halt! what planet are you on!!!!??
2006-09-19 07:20:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is probably not the result of any human-induced climate changes.
http://www.geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~tbw/wc.notes/3.temperature/ocean_currents.htm
(map of ocean currents)
Since most hurricanes form in tropical climates, they tend to move from east to west, in the same direction as the ocean currents and trade winds. However, if the winds changed just a little and pushed the hurricane a little northwards, it would get caught in the gulf stream and the windbelt known as the westerlies, which would take the hurricane straight to England.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/130156.shtml?swath?large
(Gordon's wind history track)
As you can see, Gordon formed in the tropics just east of Puerto Rico, moved north, and got caught in the gulf stream.
2006-09-19 07:32:54 · answer #2 · answered by wdmc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1967 along the South Coast East Sussex was badly hit
All the old Oak trees around the Brighton Pavilion where uprooted
A lot of houses where damaged miraculously no one was killed !
2006-09-19 07:30:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
October 1987 Boy that was a blast!
Early 1989 (Jan-Mar) not as powerful as the previous one.
BTW FOLKS....... we gonna get the leftovers from Hurricane G as it cross the pond in this direction LOL.......thats due later this week!
2006-09-19 10:03:33 · answer #4 · answered by lollipoppett2005 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think a hurricane hit england in 1987. i think that these sorts of disasters are increasing because of global warming which is happening more and more because of humans.
2006-09-19 07:27:50 · answer #5 · answered by k2da_i 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we always get the tail end of the hurricanes from the atlantic,its just that we think of it as a windy wet day.i wouldnt worry too much.
2006-09-19 07:19:49 · answer #6 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when my big brother was about 1 (he is 19 now) there was a HUGE hurricane. my dad slept through it but my mum was up all night!
2006-09-19 07:27:33 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Bella♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nov 1987
2006-09-19 07:25:58 · answer #8 · answered by p.xx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hurricane's are not at all rare to Britain, we just don't make a fuss about it!
2006-09-19 07:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by Lorraine R 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actuallly the 1987 great storm wasn't actually a hurricane, it was just a big storm, hence the name " great storm" duh. hurricanes are highly unlikely in uk due to colder waters near england, which causes a hurricane to lose its intensity.
2006-09-20 08:03:34 · answer #10 · answered by GANGSTA PANGSTA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋