They also don't hit communities surrounded by mountains. I currently live in Roanoke, Virginia, nestled in a valley, completely enveloped within the Blue Ridge Mountains. I've been told the mountains help stave off tornadoes, but they are still possible.KCMax wrote: Tornados don't hit urban areas.
(Humor me here. I'm on a roll.)KCMax wrote: Tornados don't hit urban areas.
KCMax wrote: Tornados don't hit urban areas.
See what happens when you have the final four?scooterj wrote:
Just to add further refutation, downtown Indianapolis was hit by a tornado last night and at least one skyscraper suffered moderate damage.
Yea, I wonder where people get these ideas.....in addition to Ft. Worth some famous DT tornados include Topeka (60's; large buildings were left vacant for years afterwards), Wichita Falls, Nashville (recently), Lubbock TX and I've even seen footage of one in Miami Florida. Tornados can and will hit just about anywhere. I once saw a tornado aloft on a hike at about 13000' in the Sangre De Cristo mountains of Colorado. When I was in Germany last summer, a tornado struck just east of Stuttgart where we were staying.eomaha.com wrote: Tornadoes won't hit urban areas... that is like one of the biggest myths out there.
As big as downtown KC, St Louis, even Chicago (for example) are... they are tiny compared to the vast expanses of rural areas surrounding them. It's simple odds... more often than not, a cornfield is going to get torn up. And trailer homes appear to be 'magnets', simply because the winds which just tear some shingles off of a typical suburban home... will pick up and obliterate a corrugated metal mobile home. All this said, as has been shown... there are plenty of examples where tornadoes HAVE struck downtown areas. Anyone have a picture of that tower in Ft Worth all boarded up? That was classic.
Highlander, you will appreciate this, when I was living in Britain several years ago they had a decent size tornado. It didn't really damage much of anything but you would have thought armageddon was in progress the way the British press ran with the story.Highlander wrote: . When I was in Germany last summer, a tornado struck just east of Stuttgart where we were staying.
Whereabouts?scooterj wrote: I saw my first tornado tonight! :)
Also saw two funnel clouds about 15 minutes later.
Gladstoner wrote: Whereabouts?
That's my man!scooterj wrote: When they announced the tornado warning I did what any rational person wouldd do in a thunderstorm -- I went on the roof to have a look.
