Weather-The Tornado Talkback: 23 Dead after 60+ Tornadoes Sweep Upper Midwest.

[tucsoncoyote]

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/04/03/midwest.tornadoes/index.html


The Tornado --Mother Natures's Nastiest Calling Card

Welcome to Spring and in the Midwest, Spring is the usual time for Tornadoes.

The usual hot months for Tornado Formation are usually April, May, and June (with Late May being the Peak period)

and yesterday it was no surprise as some 60+ Reports of Tornadoes occurred in Places Ranging from Kansas to as far East as Kentucky and multiple reports were in places like Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.

Yet we are supposed to have the Best Warning system for Tornadoes in the world (What with Doppler Radar and Timely forecasts), Even 23 Deaths for one outbreak is very high even for this series of of some 60 to 70 storms.

It's also funny cause Today (On April 3rd 1974), a Massive Super Outbreak occured, where in just a 25 hour period, a total of 148 tornadoes Swept through a much larger region causing over 300 Deaths and over 1,000 injuries and leaving over 5,000 people homeless. And back then, there wasn't Doppler radar and Timely warnings..In fact at one point during that outbreak there were a report of at least 15 storms on the ground at the same time!

In fact this Outbreak (until May 2004 when a total of 170 Tornadoes struck most of the US in 3 days) was the largest outbreak by one storm system ever...

so the real question is this: Are people becoming more aware of Tornadoes and what they can do? Are they being prepared for the severe weather and heed the watches and Warnings issued by the National Weather Service and the Severe Storm Prediciton Center.. or are people in the Midwest still as complacent and ignore the dangers that exist in this region expecting that , "It can't happen here?"

Believe me I know that Tornadoes, are one of the most Deadliest storms that nature can dish out (Next to Flash Floods, and Hurricanes, Tornaodes rank high on the list. Coming in at #2 Behind Flash Floods, but ahead of Hurricanes).

Also if people want to talk about Tornadoes, and some of the Fallacies and myths and also want to learn about tornadoes or share tornado experiences, well this thread is here so you can ask questions on what to do when a tornado actually threatens..

So to all those TZ'ers out there.. Fire away.. after all Tornadoes are Mother Nature's Nastiest Calling Card.

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[sun]

I am greatly saddened by the loss of life during these horrible storms. My prayers go out to the survivors...
The weather is changing throughout the world..I wonder what you think this will do to the number and strenth of Tornados and other storms? ..Stuart

[Kagetsu]

I'm a weather geek (well okay, a total geek) Over land weather interests me alot. I've not heard much yet about this storm so I'm guessing it still isn't as bad as that one that swept through Xinia Ohio. I think the mid west has done alot for early warning but I don't think people are prepared with adequate shelters. So many are still relying on large buildings or basements that just collapse on top of them. Watching the chaser follow these storms, you can see them coming for miles. I'm surprised many are caught off guard, but even I don't carry a weather alert radio. I'm in the eastern mountian area but tornados gave me nightmares as a little kid just from seeing a picture in a magazine. The weather changes all the time, but I don't buy into industrial global warming.

[One Radical Dude]

I'm a weather geek (well okay, a total geek) Over land weather interests me alot. I've not heard much yet about this storm so I'm guessing it still isn't as bad as that one that swept through Xinia Ohio. I think the mid west has done alot for early warning but I don't think people are prepared with adequate shelters. So many are still relying on large buildings or basements that just collapse on top of them. Watching the chaser follow these storms, you can see them coming for miles. I'm surprised many are caught off guard, but even I don't carry a weather alert radio. I'm in the eastern mountian area but tornados gave me nightmares as a little kid just from seeing a picture in a magazine. The weather changes all the time, but I don't buy into industrial global warming.

I don't buy into the global warming nonsense, myself, even though I do have interest in following the weather patterns. On Sunday in my home state, almost half of the town of Marmaduke (in the Northeastern section of Arkansas) was wiped out from an F3 tornado.

Weather patterns change all the time, and everyone needs to learn about all the different disasters. Never say never, as far as what the weather may bring your area.