http://www.nycresistor.com/2008/07/16/nyc-soldering-championships-july-29th/
Xavier: so. awesome.
"Fujita figured that since Britain has an average of 33 tornadoes every year in an area 38 times smaller than the USA, you're twice as likely to witness a tornado here."
SpaceHobo: With the amount of media coverage dedicated to American storm-chasers, you'd think the US had the monopoly on these twisters. It doesn't. It might come as a shock, but the United Kingdom is actually the world's most tornado-prone nation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/07/28/tornado_feature.shtml
SpaceHobo: Tornado hit Birmingham in 2005