We are SO British.
“Stormy weather forms funnel cloud!”
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7492301.stm)
I think this News article sums up Britain wonderfully. A funnel CLOUD (singular) was spotted in the sky: instantly warrants BBC News report. Quote:
Nigel Bolton, a weather forecaster with the Met Office added: “We have about 30 to 40 touchdown tornadoes a year in the UK and if this funnel cloud had touched down it could have badly damaged a tree or a shed roof.
Oh no: not a tree! What about that shed roof?! Watch out now.
Don’t have nightmares.
George
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