A rare early November tornado hit the Hampshire area of SE England around lunchtime on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd.  The twister knocked down dozens of trees, tore the roof off several buildings and downed power lines.  At least two injuries were reported.  The tornado’s path appears to be several miles long.  The entire United Kingdom gets about 35 tornadoes per year.  Most are small and do little damage.  On July 28, 2005 a tornado rated EF2 caused 30 injuries in Birmingham.   This has been a quiet year for severe weather in the U.S.  There were only 10 reported tornadoes in the entire country in September, compared to 111 in Sept. 2008.  There has been only one tornado fatality in the U.S. since May 13th.  Of the 22 fatalities in the U.S. this year, 12 of the victims (more than half) were in mobile homes.