QUESTION ABOUT TORNADO COUNTRY .... - Page 3

RoughDraft · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/29/2014 scotttie said:
Wow, very interesting map Rough Draft.

Looks like if one stayed out of tornado country that leaves out about half the country! I am truly surprised at the concentration.

Ain't that the truth? Doesn't leave much "safe room" for a "forever" house does it? This planet is beautiful, but dangerous.

~The only difference between this place and the Titanic is that the Titanic had a band.~

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

On 4/29/2014 Jannabelle said:
Hmmm, wonder what is worse, tornadoes or earth quakes??..............and that I agree that map is very interesting.

We had a few quakes recently, Janna, and no deaths in the US. I don't think there were any injuries either. Not the case with tornados.

RoughDraft · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/29/2014 tansy said: No matter the map, Rough Draft, we do not get any serious tornado in WA where gazelle and I live for which I am very thankful.

True Tansy. Your area seems relatively calm. I'm an east coaster and I've been driving down I-95 and have seen cones touch down. They may not be as concentrated, but they do happen.

~The only difference between this place and the Titanic is that the Titanic had a band.~

hope-Q · ‎01-03-2014

Cellars and basements can have a tendency to flood, filling up with water. That's why it's often safer to be in a bathtub or a ditch. If you are in a ditch, at or just below ground level, a tornado will usually go right over you because of the rate of speed at which they are moving and due to the fact they are spinning so rapidly. They don't dip down and grab things right below ground level, they just pick up what is on the level ground as they swoop over it and catch things in their wind tunnel. If they are a very highly rated one, like an F-10 or something as dismal as that, nothing matters. Everything will be wiped out. Fortunately, it's extremely rare for one to reach that number.

I'm under a severe tornado warning as I type this. Have been all evening, was last night, and am predicted to be for the next two nights after dark.

Have no basement or cellar. In our county, they don't build them anymore with new residential housing. But we built this house, and I had the contractor show me the best place to go as far as support beams and walls, etc.

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

On 4/29/2014 RoughDraft said:
On 4/29/2014 tansy said: No matter the map, Rough Draft, we do not get any serious tornado in WA where gazelle and I live for which I am very thankful.

True Tansy. Your area seems relatively calm. I'm an east coaster and I've been driving down I-95 and have seen cones touch down. They may not be as concentrated, but they do happen.

With the truly serious weather the country gets anymore, who knows what we might get though?

scotttie · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/29/2014 RoughDraft said:
On 4/29/2014 scotttie said:
Wow, very interesting map Rough Draft.

Looks like if one stayed out of tornado country that leaves out about half the country! I am truly surprised at the concentration.

Ain't that the truth? Doesn't leave much "safe room" for a "forever" house does it? This planet is beautiful, but dangerous.

Fortunately, very few tornadoes are extremely deadly. They are really scary and when we get the warnings it is upsetting but we kind of get used to it. I suppose it is like the minor earthquakes. When they give the warnings we all just head for the basement where I live.

About 10 years ago tho, I was visiting mom in the hospital and there was a pretty fair sized tornado coming. They put the patients in the hallways and pulled the blinds in the rooms. I hid in the bathroom and prayed. Shaking like a leaf. Then they came and said "all clear!" "We are safe it is heading for (town)" Well that town is where my children and grandchild were. That was quite a moment I tell ya!

Jannabelle · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/29/2014 tansy said:
On 4/29/2014 Jannabelle said:
Hmmm, wonder what is worse, tornadoes or earth quakes??..............and that I agree that map is very interesting.

We had a few quakes recently, Janna, and no deaths in the US. I don't think there were any injuries either. Not the case with tornados.

No, that is not the case with tornadoes ......people in basements have had them cave in on them. It is probably above ground basements.

RoughDraft · ‎03-09-2010

On 4/29/2014 tansy said:
On 4/29/2014 RoughDraft said:
On 4/29/2014 tansy said: No matter the map, Rough Draft, we do not get any serious tornado in WA where gazelle and I live for which I am very thankful.

True Tansy. Your area seems relatively calm. I'm an east coaster and I've been driving down I-95 and have seen cones touch down. They may not be as concentrated, but they do happen.

With the truly serious weather the country gets anymore, who knows what we might get though?

I'm almost afraid to say it, but meteorologists are predicting the possibility of El Nino this year. The Pacific is already warmer than normal. For certain parts of the country (desert areas, etc., it could be good to ease drought), but for the rest of the country...not so much.

~The only difference between this place and the Titanic is that the Titanic had a band.~

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

In pa they get more microbursts than actual tornadoes. I used to work in a CCU where one wall of each room was glass so you could really see far - there was a convent next door to the hospital on that side. One evening it was all over the TV about tornadoes in the area and my patient called me into his room - he could see microbursts dancing across the roof of the convent next door - tearing up the shingles. He asked me what he should do if he saw an actual tornado. I showed him that he could just unplug the heart monitor and his IV and then he could go into our report room that was directly across the hall from his room and had no windows.Well, later, they announced on the hospital PA system that there was a actual tornado in the area and anyone who could should take shelter. then the electric went off for a few seconds til the generator came on - i was busy bagging my ventilated patient so he could breathe without the electric on and when it came back on I saw my cardiac patient pushing his IV and going into the report room.I decided it was probably better for him if he sat in there feeling safe until things calmed down, and we actually put a few other patients in there as well. Thankfully , nothing happened any worse than the convent losing it's roof.I hope i never get that close to another tornado again.