|
W is
for weird weather and Norfolk has certainly had its fair share.
It
frequently rains "cats and dogs" but in Great Yarmouth it has actually
rained fish!
It's raining fish! |
On
Sunday August 6, 2000 the skies opened and down fell a shower of
dead sprats.
A
mini-tornado swept up the tiny silver fish from the North Sea and
carried them two miles before depositing them on the seaside resort.
Another
tornado swept through the village of Long Stratton on December 14,
1989.
This
one left a trail of total devastation and around Β£1 million
worth of damage.
Chimneys
and roof tiles were ripped off buildings, car windows were smashed
and a caravan was tipped on it's side.
Weather
presenter Julie Reinger |
Remarkably
only one person was injured.
The
Fen Blows
Residents
of the Norfolk Fenlands have been known to find their washing and
windows covered in a thick black dust.
It's
the result of a weather phenomenon known as the "Fen Blows".
If
we have a lot of rain followed by very dry conditions, the ground
becomes cracked and dusty. If it is then whipped up by a keen wind
it can result in a soilstorm.
Unusual
and rather messy, it's the equivalent of a sandstorm in the Sahara
Desert.
|
Recommended reading
By Sheila McKeown, a librarian at the Millennium Library in
Norwich.
Story Weather: Horrible Geography, by Anita
Ganari. Hippo 1999, ISBN 0439011213.
Forecasting the Weather by Alan Rodgers.
Heinemann 2002, ISBN 0431038449.
You can get hold of these books through
your local library.
|
Μύ
See
more: Β»
More
A-Z: Go to X Β»
Μύ
|
View 
