Tornadoville
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50 pence (iN Da Pod)
I started my blog as a continuation of the daily write-up that I did when I got 500 people to give me 50p so that I could buy an iPod.
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There's a lot of tube related stuff on this site due to me being a former World Record Holder for travelling around the entire network (275 stations) in the fastest time possible back in May 2004.
Living in the USA
After living in London for the first 33 years of my life and working for the BBC News website I moved to Charleston, South Carolina in the USA in May 2006 for three and a half years before moving back to England and back to work for the BBC in November 2009.
Underground : USA
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It’s hard to see that, isn’t it? One of the tornadoes from that night touched down quite close to where I live. I’m just outside the Moncks Corner limits and I’m sure you heard of the damage in Strawberry. I’ve been watching the clean up as I go about my errands, stunned at my own inaction.
There but for the grace of God I go.
Ugh, tornadoes. I’m a teacher and we had a tornado drill today, because they’re quite common around where I live. The kids all think it’s stupid, but I’ve tried to explain why it’s not.
I remember very clearly the Jarrell, TX tornado of 1997, which killed dozens. That same spate of storms ripped a local supermarket in half (people survived because a quick-thinking manager led them to a meat-locker). I saw the horrid yellow sky and went to my grandparents because their house was more stable and more central.
My dad had a tornado rip out his swimming pool a while back, but leave his house untouched. It was a close call.
Hello Geoff,I thought you were going to get run over by one of those cars passing by, and we would all get to see it! It does get a bit windy here around the old Tower Block tho, but the roof’s stayed on so far!