A Question for all the European Folks

[kriadydragon]

Actually it's my mom's question. She's been curious as to whether or not tornadoes happen anywhere in Europe. I'm curious to know where else besides the US tornadoes happen. I know they occur in Australia but where else? Who else has to suffer tornado warnings, wall clouds, huddling in basements and leaky cellars and the terror of storm chasers screaming about how a tornado is heading right down the street you happen to live on? I hate tornado season :S

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[swanpride.livejournal.com]

In Germany, Tornadoes are a very rare thing compared to the US, especially F4 or F5 tornados. And european windstorm is more likely, but even then we just go to our homes until the storm is over, no need to go into the cellar. (the way most houses are build, you are not that much more protected in the cellar either way...after all, we tend to build our homes like fortresses, nearly every house has a cellar, and nearly all of them are build out of stone rather than wood or other materials.)

We are really lucky here. We don't get this really extreme weather (or strong earthquakes, or have active vulcanos), but yes, the last two winter, when the snowfall became heavier than usual, it put nearly everything out of comission, especially at places where normally isn't snow at all.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of the cold but I'll take a major snowstorm over a tornado any day. Not that I think snow storms are any less dangerous, but at least you know what to expect. With tornadoes it's like playing Russian Roulette since you never know if, when and where one will come down or how big it's going to be.

[swanpride.livejournal.com]

I agree...it's one of the peaks living here.