Can An Ef1 Tornado Kill You
Adeline Lynady
There is no scientific evidence to suggest that dropping a massive plate through the center of a tornado would kill it. Tornadoes are natural phenomena that are caused by the rotation of powerful winds, and dropping a plate would not have any significant impact on the forces at work within the tornado.
Again, there is no scientific evidence to support the idea that dropping a plate through a tornado would weaken it. Tornadoes are incredibly powerful and destructive, and a single object dropped through it would not have any significant impact on its strength.
No, dropping a massive plate through a tornado would not be able to redirect its path. Tornadoes are formed by specific atmospheric conditions and are guided by larger weather patterns, and a single object dropped through it would not be able to alter its course.
No, dropping a massive plate through a tornado would not cause it to dissipate. Tornadoes are powerful natural phenomena that are not easily disrupted by external objects. In fact, attempting to drop a plate through a tornado could be dangerous and should not be attempted.
No, there is no scientific basis for the idea of dropping a massive plate through a tornado. Tornadoes are complex weather events that cannot be controlled or manipulated by dropping objects through them. This idea is purely fictional and not based on any scientific facts or principles.
Severe weather and suspected tornadoes struck areas of eastern Indiana and western Ohio on Thursday. At least two deaths are reported in Logan County, Ohio. Authorities say there are significant injuries in Winchester, Indiana. (March 15)
The death toll still stands at three from a series of tornadoes that tore through the central U.S. on Thursday night. The severe weather affected people in parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas. (AP production by Javier Arciga)
Brittany Oakley checks in with relatives outside of what is left of her home in Lakeview, Ohio., Friday, March 15, 2024. Severe storms with suspected tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses in the central United States. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
A hymnal book from a destroyed church across the street is seen among the debris strewn in Winchester, Ind., on Friday, March 15, 2024, after storms ripped through the area Thursday night. (AP Photo/Isabella Volmert)
Emergency crews and residents pick up around Winchester, Ind., Friday morning, March 15, 2024, after severe weather hit the area Thursday night. The roof of a Goodwill location off of Indiana Highway 27 was torn off and its walls were shredded. (AP Photo/Isabella Volmert )
Shawn Hamilton takes items in a wagon to bring to a friends house where he will stay after his mobile home was damaged following a severe storm Friday, March 15, 2024, in Lakeview, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Courtney Holloway looks at what is left of the Freedom Life Church with her children after a severe storm demolished the church on Friday, March 15, 2024, in Winchester, Ind. Severe storms with suspected tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses in the central United States. (Grace Hollars/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Business owners walk around stores assessing the damage from severe storms Friday, March 15, 2024, in Winchester, Ind. Severe storms with suspected tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses in the central United States. (Grace Hollars/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Cars are damaged from severe storms Friday, March 15, 2024, in Winchester, Ind. Severe storms with suspected tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses in the central United States. (Grace Hollars/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Homes and business are damaged after an overnight severe storm Friday, March 15, 2024, in Winchester, Ind. Severe storms with suspected tornadoes have damaged homes and businesses in the central United States. (Grace Hollars/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Members of the congregation of the Freedom Life Church pick through the remains of the church in Winchester, Ind., Friday, March 15, 2024, after it was destroyed in severe storms overnight. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
His couch and a crib had been ripped apart by one of many tornadoes that tore through the central U.S., killing three people and injuring dozens more. The storm peeled open his living room wall, but at least the house was standing. The one next door was flattened.
Sandy Smith took shelter with her family in a laundry room of their Lakeview home after hearing the storm sirens. Seconds later, they heard debris batter the house. Her husband watched the garage blow away.
A campground, an RV park and a laundromat were among the many businesses damaged. The storm produced fires in some spots and draped power lines through home windows, said Amber Fagan, president of the local chamber of commerce.
In Indiana, a tornado injured 38 people in Winchester, where the mayor said some 130 homes and a Taco Bell restaurant were damaged or destroyed. Three people were in critical condition, but their injuries were not life-threatening, authorities said.
West of Winchester, officials said as many as half the structures in the town of Selma, population 750, might have been damaged. Only minor injuries were reported, emergency officials said in a news release.
In Milton, Kentucky, two people were injured when their car was hit by debris from a tornado that damaged as many as 100 homes and businesses, said Trimble County Emergency Management Director Andrew Stark.
In Arkansas, a tornado struck the retirement community of Hot Springs Village, southwest of Little Rock, but there were no reports of fatalities or injuries, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Erik Green.
Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio. Associated Press journalists around the country contributed to this report, including Isabella Volmert in Winchester, Indiana; Lisa Baumann; Sarah Brumfield; Rick Callahan; Stefanie Dazio; Kathy McCormack; Ken Miller; and Patrick Orsagos.
The first dataset is the number of deaths per year from tornadoes in the United States. The National Weather Service archive goes back to 1950. Brooks and Doswell (2002) discussed the long-term history of tornado deaths, drawing on the work of Grazulis (1993) (Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes, 1680-1991. Environmental Films, 1326 pp.). Reasonably reliable estimates of deaths per year can be made back to about 1875 by using the Grazulis data.
The Brooks and Doswell paper had a graph of the annual death toll normalized by population of the US through 2000. Here is an updated version (through 2008) of that figure, showing that the death toll per million population appears to have leveled off in the last decade or so.
Sean Thomas Sledd salvages items from his room after it was hit by a tornado the night before in Sulphur, Okla., Sunday, April 28, 2024. Sledd sought shelter at Oklahoma School for the deaf. (Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman via AP)
More than 20,000 people were still without electricity hours after tornadoes began late Saturday night. The destruction was extensive in Sulphur, a town of about 5,000 people, where a tornado crumpled many downtown buildings, tossed cars and buses and sheared the roofs off houses across a 15-block radius.
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