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re: How come Major tornadoes never really hit big Cities???
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:45 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:45 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:47 pm to FLObserver
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Really must have missed that one.
you serious?
go drive through rowlette and rockwall. i was about 15 min in front of it driving down i 30 where it crossed the highway
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:55 pm to FLObserver
An F4 hit the Germantown/Collierville area (Memphis suburbs) in 1994. It was the area around Houston High School near the border between the two towns.
At least when I lived there, it did seem like they'd more frequently hit the smaller towns north and south of Memphis than the city itself. I think it was just luck.
At least when I lived there, it did seem like they'd more frequently hit the smaller towns north and south of Memphis than the city itself. I think it was just luck.
Posted on 1/22/17 at 11:58 pm to dewster
New Orleans EF0 tornado 8/4/16
ETA: I know it's not major... but it can happen
pretty sure another tornado hit in Lakeview area in NOLA less than a year after Katrina
ETA: I know it's not major... but it can happen
pretty sure another tornado hit in Lakeview area in NOLA less than a year after Katrina
This post was edited on 1/23/17 at 12:00 am
Posted on 1/23/17 at 1:36 am to FLObserver
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The big f4 and f5's seem to not hit the big cities. Now im sure you can go back 100 years and find them but im talking recent history.
An F5 tornado struck downtown Waco in 1953. I think it was the first tornado tracked on radar by the National Weather Service, for which it issued the first tornado warning.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:54 am to texashorn
I was in downtown Chicago two years ago when a small tornado rolled through downtown. I was in my hotel and heard it but didn't see it. It was LOUD and, at the time, I thought someone flew a plane into the building a la 9/11. I used to say the same thing about tornados and big cities until that happened.
As for that giant one that hit Moore, OK some years back. My buddy is a disaster adjusted for AllState. He went up there for that and said it was the easiest job ever. They would send him to an insureds address and he would find an empty lot. In some spots, the tornado removed the house debris and even the landscaping and grass. He wouldn't even get out of his car. Just marked "pay policy limits" on the work sheet.
As for that giant one that hit Moore, OK some years back. My buddy is a disaster adjusted for AllState. He went up there for that and said it was the easiest job ever. They would send him to an insureds address and he would find an empty lot. In some spots, the tornado removed the house debris and even the landscaping and grass. He wouldn't even get out of his car. Just marked "pay policy limits" on the work sheet.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 3:03 am to dewster
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At least when I lived there, it did seem like they'd more frequently hit the smaller towns north and south of Memphis than the city itself. I think it was just luck.
I have always wondered this. Whenever a nasty system is moving east across Arkansas into Memphis, central Memphis is spared any tornado activity until at least 12-15 miles from the river.
I don't think a system crossing the Mississippi has that effect but we never get them in the 240 loop.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 4:58 am to Rebel
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the house i previously lived in, in Rowlette, TX was destroyed by that tornado.
Same for my former house in Tulsa. That one did a lot of damage, hit the Oral Roberts campus as well.
In 1966 an F5 went right through downtown Topeka. My father showed me a water tower that had dents all over the side. The dents were from cars that had been thrown against the tower.
Wichita has been hit hard as well.
Topeka and Kansas state capitol building:
Posted on 1/23/17 at 5:03 am to FLObserver
I remember when I lived in Memphis that they would fall apart over the river.
Not sure if that has anything to do with it, both most major cities are on rivers
Not sure if that has anything to do with it, both most major cities are on rivers
Posted on 1/23/17 at 5:38 am to FLObserver
About 7-8 years ago one went straight through downtown Atlanta. Only 1 fatality I believe... homeless guy had a condemned building fall in on him
Posted on 1/23/17 at 7:47 am to FLObserver
no trailer parks in big cities
Posted on 1/23/17 at 8:01 am to FLObserver
Big cities make up less than 5% of the land area of the US.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 9:10 am to FLObserver
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How come Major tornadoes never really hit big Cities
There are some cities that could use several F5s running around in them.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 9:16 am to goldennugget
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I was right there in the Fort Worth tornado in 2000
Was wondering if the OP was high? I was on a SWA Flight from San Antonio to Love Field when that storm started. SKEERY flight. Woke up to Ft Worth skyline frickED!
Bank One(Chase) Building downtown Ft Worth.
This post was edited on 1/23/17 at 9:18 am
Posted on 1/23/17 at 9:17 am to FLObserver
I think you mean why do they "rarely" hit big cities.
Because most of the country is huge, open area and big cities occupy a small fraction of that area? It's simple probability.
Because most of the country is huge, open area and big cities occupy a small fraction of that area? It's simple probability.
This post was edited on 1/23/17 at 9:19 am
Posted on 1/23/17 at 10:06 am to Duke
Moore, OK is effectively OKC, it just wasn't downtown.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 1:22 pm to FLObserver
About 20 years ago a big one hit downtown ft. Worth. It damaged a 30+ story building so badly it had to be demolished.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:01 pm to goldennugget
quote:Were you 5?
I was right there in the Fort Worth tornado in 2000
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:02 pm to foshizzle
quote:Well, it wasn't twenty years ago, but damn, I sure liked going to the Reatta Restaurant there on top.
About 20 years ago a big one hit downtown ft. Worth. It damaged a 30+ story building so badly it had to be demolished
Posted on 1/23/17 at 10:01 pm to HubbaBubba
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I sure liked going to the Reatta Restaurant there on top.
As did I. About two years before the big blow I worked in the Oil and Gas Building and had lunch there occasionally. Either that or the Flying Saucer.
This post was edited on 1/23/17 at 10:03 pm
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