{"id":665,"date":"2020-07-17T03:55:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T03:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/?p=665"},"modified":"2020-07-17T03:55:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T03:55:58","slug":"common-myths-about-tornadoes-and-why-they-are-not-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/common-myths-about-tornadoes-and-why-they-are-not-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Myths About Tornadoes and Why They are not True"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_11 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-transparent\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/common-myths-about-tornadoes-and-why-they-are-not-true\/#Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-are-attracted-to-trailer-parks\" title=\"Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Tornadoes are attracted to trailer parks.\">Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Tornadoes are attracted to trailer parks.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/common-myths-about-tornadoes-and-why-they-are-not-true\/#Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-can-skip-houses\" title=\"Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Tornadoes can skip houses.\">Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Tornadoes can skip houses.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/common-myths-about-tornadoes-and-why-they-are-not-true\/#Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-don%E2%80%99t-cross-water-or-climb-mountains\" title=\"Tornado Myth: Tornadoes don\u2019t cross water or climb mountains.\">Tornado Myth: Tornadoes don\u2019t cross water or climb mountains.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/common-myths-about-tornadoes-and-why-they-are-not-true\/#Tornado-Myth-Funnel-size-and-shape-determines-the-strength-of-a-tornado\" title=\"Tornado Myth: Funnel size and shape determines the strength of a tornado.\">Tornado Myth: Funnel size and shape determines the strength of a tornado.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/common-myths-about-tornadoes-and-why-they-are-not-true\/#Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-don%E2%80%99t-hit-big-cities\" title=\"Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Tornadoes don\u2019t hit big cities.\">Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Tornadoes don\u2019t hit big cities.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/common-myths-about-tornadoes-and-why-they-are-not-true\/#Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-are-viewable-at-a-distance-so-there-is-plenty-of-time-to-seek-shelter\" title=\"Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Tornadoes are viewable at a distance so there is plenty of time to seek shelter.\">Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Tornadoes are viewable at a distance so there is plenty of time to seek shelter.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/common-myths-about-tornadoes-and-why-they-are-not-true\/#Tornado-Myth-Doppler-radar-will-detect-a-tornado\" title=\"Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Doppler radar will detect a tornado.\">Tornado Myth:&nbsp;Doppler radar will detect a tornado.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-are-attracted-to-trailer-parks\"><\/span><strong>Tornado Myth:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Tornadoes are attracted to trailer parks.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth: Trailers are not tornado magnets but they are more susceptible to damage even from weak tornadoes. With more frequent occurrence of damage, it is assumed that tornadoes naturally head for trailer parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mobile home residents are advised to have an escape plan in place that would include a sturdy structure or a storm shelter. Do not remain inside a trailer during a tornado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-can-skip-houses\"><\/span><strong>Tornado Myth:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Tornadoes can skip houses.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth: It has been observed that some houses remain standing while other houses in the immediate vicinity are destroyed. Studies by Dr Fujita indicate that the main funnel will not touch houses in very close range but there are smaller funnels called \u201cmultiple vortices\u201d which appear to dart around the main funnel. If a house happens to be in the path of a one of these vortices, it can be destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-don%E2%80%99t-cross-water-or-climb-mountains\"><\/span>Tornado Myth: Tornadoes don\u2019t cross water or climb mountains.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth: Rivers, lakes and mountains do not provide natural barriers from tornadoes. The\u00a0Tri-State Tornado\u00a0which occurred in 1925 crossed the Wabash River and the Mississippi. The\u00a0Windsor-Tecumseh Tornado\u00a0of 1946 crossed over the Detroit River. Waterspouts are tornadoes crossing over bodies of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the\u00a0Super Outbreak\u00a0in 1974, tornadoes hit the Great Smokey Mountains National Park and areas in the Appalachian Mountains. Weak tornadoes may be partially blocked by mountains but large and strong tornadoes are not stoppable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tornado-Myth-Funnel-size-and-shape-determines-the-strength-of-a-tornado\"><\/span>Tornado Myth: Funnel size and shape determines the strength of a tornado.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth: A thin funnel cloud known as a \u201crope tornado\u201d can be as strong as a wide-funneled \u201cwedge tornado\u201d. The ranking of a tornado is based on the Fujita Scale which categorizes tornadoes according to the degree of destruction. There have been F5 and F4 tornadoes generated from both narrow and wide funnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-don%E2%80%99t-hit-big-cities\"><\/span><strong>Tornado Myth:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Tornadoes don\u2019t hit big cities.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth: It is believed that skyscrapers can deflect a tornado but it\u2019s not true. Tornadoes have hit large cities such as Salt Lake City, St. Louis, Fort Worth, Dallas, Miami, Nashville, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Urban areas only take up a very small percentage of land so most tornadoes are bound to hit open fields and small towns. It is believed that large cities emit a excessive heat thus creating a &#8220;heat island\u201d that may avert small tornadoes. When it comes to big tornadoes, nothing will stop them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tornado-Myth-Tornadoes-are-viewable-at-a-distance-so-there-is-plenty-of-time-to-seek-shelter\"><\/span><strong>Tornado Myth:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Tornadoes are viewable at a distance so there is plenty of time to seek shelter.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth: Funnels are not always visible because they can be masked by heavy rainfall. A newly formed tornado may look like it has not touched down because the funnel may not be viewable in its entirety from ground to cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Debris is collected by surface winds so by the time it is visible, the tornado is extremely close by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tornado-Myth-Doppler-radar-will-detect-a-tornado\"><\/span><strong>Tornado Myth:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Doppler radar will detect a tornado.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Truth:\u00a0Doppler radar\u00a0assists meteorologists by showing wind patterns and precipitation within storms. These readings indicate that the weather conditions could generate a tornado. When a tornado watch is issued, the weather conditions are favorable for a tornado. A tornado warning means a tornado has been sighted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many beliefs about tornadoes and some of them are far from being the truth. In fact, some misconceptions can be dangerous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,25],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"portraits":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-140x100.jpg",140,100,true],"neve-blog":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-930x620.jpg",930,620,true],"crp_thumbnail":["https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tumyuri6ojw-150x150.jpg",150,150,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"jay","author_link":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/author\/jay\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/category\/tornado\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Tornado<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/category\/survival-education\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Survival Education<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatesurvivalguide.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}