Sky News really love to ramp it up don't they.
Several large areas left in complete ruins. Rumored to be 3,2 km wide, even bigger than the 1999 F5 tornado (which had the strongest winds ever recorded).
Probably going to be many casualties here.
Not to come across as insensitive, but why are so many houses in the US (especially in the tornado and hurricane prone states) built from wood? In Britain we build houses out of brick and the most treacherous weather we get is maybe a few heavy gusts of wind and a 15 minute lashing of hail.
Not to come across as insensitive, but why are so many houses in the US (especially in the tornado and hurricane prone states) built from wood? In Britain we build houses out of brick and the most treacherous weather we get is maybe a few heavy gusts of wind and a 15 minute lashing of hail.
After looking at street view from the area, lots of the houses were brick. There's only so much you can do with 200+ mph wind. The schools that were heavily damaged were brick buildings. I'm sure there are lots of wood frame houses in the subdivisions though.
A fairly weak tornado came through my town a few years ago and destroyed several brick buildings. I live on the east coast and deal with hurricanes but I would take them over tornadoes any day. I hope I never have to live in the middle of the country. Tornadoes are terrifying.
Daily Telegraph -
One witness at Plaza Towers told KOCO television: "We pulled a teacher out and she was on top of three kids. The kids were fine but the teacher was in a bad way and we wheeled her into an ambulance. As far as I know most of the kids got out.
Normally when the hurricane hits the coast tornadoes are created.
51 dead so far.
Not to come across as insensitive, but why are so many houses in the US (especially in the tornado and hurricane prone states) built from wood? In Britain we build houses out of brick and the most treacherous weather we get is maybe a few heavy gusts of wind and a 15 minute lashing of hail.
Several large areas left in complete ruins. Rumored to be 3,2 km wide, even bigger than the 1999 F5 tornado (which had the strongest winds ever recorded).
Probably going to be many casualties here.
Twister said:Joey: [Discussing at Megs on the tornadoes they have seen so far]
No, that was a good size twister. What was it, an F3?
Bill: Solid F2.
Melissa: See, now you have lost me again.
Bill: Its the Fujita scale. It measures a tornados intensity by how
much it eats.
Melissa: Eats?
Bill: Destroys.
Laurence: That one we encountered back there was a strong F2,
possibly an F3.
Beltzer: Maybe well see some 4s.
Haynes: That would be sweet!
Bill: 4 is good. 4 will relocate your house very efficently.
Melissa: Is there an F5?
[Everyone goes dead silent]
Melissa: What would that be like?
Jason Preacher Rowe: The Finger of God.
Melissa: None of you has ever seen an F5?
Bill: ...Just one of us.
[Looks upstairs, indicating Jo]
I don't know, in Italy, for exampke, there aren't houses built with wood.
Sorry if this is the wrong place, but what is the difference between a hurricane and a tornado?
And RIP to the victims
Think Google would have been the right place -
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Hurricane_vs_Tornado
I never knew this fact though:
The United States records about 1200 tornadoes per year, whereas the Netherlands records the highest number of tornadoes per area compared to other countries.
Cheers chap, surprised about the Netherlands
Sorry if this is the wrong place, but what is the difference between a hurricane and a tornado?
And RIP to the victims
Think Google would have been the right place -
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Hurricane_vs_Tornado
I never knew this fact though:
The United States records about 1200 tornadoes per year, whereas the Netherlands records the highest number of tornadoes per area compared to other countries.
Not to come across as insensitive, but why are so many houses in the US (especially in the tornado and hurricane prone states) built from wood? In Britain we build houses out of brick and the most treacherous weather we get is maybe a few heavy gusts of wind and a 15 minute lashing of hail.
who knew about holland? Probably weak ones.
I thought the us had more than that since one storm can bring dozens.
Not EF4 tornadoes though.