Tornadoes
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February 20, 2021
Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Question no 1
Size of the tornados and hurricanes are one the most significant difference among both. The frequencies of tornadoes are more than hurricanes because hurricanes are a rotating thunderstorm of rotating wind covering a large area. In contrast, a tornado is a storm that contacts both land and air and covers a small diameter. Tornadoes can cover few miles of land and cover less area than hurricanes. The most oversized diameter of tornadoes ever recorded cause damage in little more than two and a half miles of land but mostly can cover only 300 to 400 yards. While the giant diameter recorder for hurricanes is 100 miles. (Childs, 2020)
Question no 2
The wind forces of hurricanes and tornadoes vary from each other, as the tornado’s speed is much higher than the strongest hurricanes. Tornadoes cover a small area, but their wind speed is much greater than the hurricanes covering a large area. For hurricanes, weak substantial range from 74 MPH while the most vigorous wind speed is recorded as 157 MPH. While weak tornadoes range from 49 MPH, the highest speed for tornadoes is recorded in the range of 261 to 318 MPH. (Crosby, 2020)
Question 3
To watch hurricanes, people can cover large distances and has plenty of time to prepare before because it’s watch time issues before two days while warning time for hurricanes is announced 36 hours before the happening of any damage. On the other hand, tornadoes are different because they can record few hours before their occurrence and their watch time issued just before an hour to 2 hours before, while warning time is announced just before 13 minutes. (Hoekstra, 2011)
Question no 4
The five most important things to do when hurricanes and tornadoes warnings are issued are;
- To find shelter, escape in basement or rooms.
- Avoid windows
- The cover-up by blankets or sleeping bags
- Avoid ocean sides or flood areas
- To prepare a safe room in emergency cases with all necessary supplies. (Zahran, 2013)
Yes, I experienced a tornado. I was on the way to my car, and suddenly, an emergency allowance was brought approximately 13 minutes before, and I was terrified. I stopped my car in a maximum possible safe place and found a basement room in a shop and hide under the table. Far little destruction of my car happened, but luckily, I reached safe and sound on my destiny.
References
Childs, S. J. (2020). Projecting end-of-century human exposure to eastern Colorado tornadoes and hailstorms: meteorological and societal perspectives (Doctoral dissertation, Colorado State University).
Crosby, M. K. (2020). Winds of change: tornado and hurricane impacts on Louisiana forests. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–253. Asheville, NC: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 253, 177-181.
Hoekstra, S., Klockow, K., Riley, R., Brotzge, J., Brooks, H., & Erickson, S. (2011). A preliminary look at the social perspective of warn-on-forecast: Preferred tornado warning lead time and the general public’s perceptions of weather risks. weather, climate, and society, 3(2), 128-140.
Zahran, S., Tavani, D., &Weiler, S. (2013). Daily variation in natural disaster casualties: Information flows, safety, and opportunity costs in tornado versus hurricane strikes. Risk analysis, 33(7), 1265-1280.