Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Stockport anymore....

Usually you hear of tornadoes whirling around the US and the Caribbean, ripping up trees and houses and hurling cows around.

But yesterday a tornado apparently 'tore' through Stockport (down the road from us here in Buxton).

A chimney and a few trees were knocked over, and one woman was taken to hospital with cuts and bruises (and not surprisingly shock), but nothing like the kinds of damage and stories you hear from around the world.

We're now just waiting for a hurricane to tear up Buxton.

Paul is boarding up the windows as I type.....