Twister!

Here is the front page of today's Bristol evening Post:



Note the dramatic headline, "TWISTER", implying imminent terrifying danger from the horrific tornado pictured above it. Scary, scary stuff.

The fact that this demonstration of the awesome and terrible power of mother nature went entirely unnoticed by the majority of the citizens of Bristol seems to have been disregarded in the scramble to create a sensational headline.

The fact that, on closer examination of said photo, this demonstration of the awesome and terrible power of mother nature appears to be... well... very small and very high also appears not to be a factor in the selection of the main news item of the day.

My considered opinion is that by simple chance, someone with a camera happened to be looking up at the time and was lucky enough to have snapped off a decent photo of this demonstration of the awesome and terrible power of mother nature and e-mailed it in to the Evening Post. Due to a lack of the usual agricultural issues to report (normally in the vein of 'MAD COW HORROR: Famer Giles left the gate to his field open and one of his cows escaped, causing a three car tailback on a minor country lane' or 'TRACTOR TERROR: A slow moving tractor causes minor delays of B-Road') this quality paper decides to use the front page to report... THE WEATHER!

The byline can't be read on the image above, but I suspect it goes something like this: "TWISTER: Freak weather phenomenon of Bristol causes no problems and goes largely unnoticed by residents." Pretty sharp reporting right there!
Our American friends could learn a thing or two about Twisters. Those Floridians make such a fuss about 'em, but we know the truth! Have another cup of tea.

This is the same newspaper that a few months ago headlined with "OUR BED IS TOO HOT!" A moving human interest piece about a couple who found their bed to be too warm and had to spend the night in their armchairs.