It was yet more extraordinary for coming after one of the quietest starts to a tornado season.

That first encounter was memorable because we'd had word that a tornado was bearing down on the area - we were in the tornado belt in tornado season.

That there’s such a thing as “sinkhole season,” just as there’s a “tornado season” and “hurricane season,” speaks to the many factors that contribute to the threat.

And, while we might get the occasional battering from the tail end of a hurricane, there's no tornado season in the home counties.