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Tornado season is upon us, and with severe weather hitting all the way from Texas to Indiana today, I thought this would be good to post.
6 life-threatening tornado myths debunked
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We've got bad weather heading this way today. I watched a show on tornados one time that said Mississippi was one of the worst states for them. Mainly because most of our tornados happen at night (while everyone is in bed) and the vegetation makes it hard to see them, unlike those pictures I see from the Midwest where the tornado can bee seen miles and miles away.
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Patricia Overmeyer
I'm originally a flatlander from the midwest who has lived through several tornado seasons (including the 1974 outbreak). Flat land doesn't mean you can see a tornado for miles away. It just seems like that in the pictures. The human eye can only see about 2 1/2 miles on totally flat land to the horizon. You have to be atop a building, etc. to see one for miles away. And in many parts of the Midwest, you have obstructions such as trees, cornfields, buildings, etc. Not to mention if the tornado is wrapped in rain.
The tornado that hit Joplin in 2011 was wrapped in rain but thanks to Doppler radar, tornado sirens were going off so that people could get into shelter.
Hope you are able to stay safe with the bad weather heading your way.
The tornado that hit Joplin in 2011 was wrapped in rain but thanks to Doppler radar, tornado sirens were going off so that people could get into shelter.
Hope you are able to stay safe with the bad weather heading your way.
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