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The prevalence of observation and recording capacity and general human density and movement is just observing/recording the true seasonal numbers.
Posted on 05/21/2025 11:25:15 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The historic trend for strong tornadoes has been in decline the last fifty years or more. We may have an uptick this year, but the trend is down. There is a slight uptick for mild tornadoes F1 and F2, considered to be due largely to improved detection.
Also their relative strength is determined arbitrarily by a NWS investigative team sent to the site.
The worst damage I ever saw growing up in Oklahoma, was an EF-2 that hit a trailer park. (There was no shortage of EF2s or trailer parks in Oklahoma BTW).
Tornadoes are caused by the convergence of cold air and hot air. Due to global warming there is no more cold air anymore, hence the reason the trend is down. (Send me my Global Warming research grant check!)
Extended family lived in xenia at the time. Pretty spooky to listen to their firsthand accounts. Took years to recover.
Maybe, maybe not. The scale is based on damage to confirm how strong the storm is...so it can depend on where the storms strike in any given year.
We must burrow, become subterrainian. Go. Quick.
I had an F4 hit near me last year and I did cleanup on it as a cutter on a chainsaw disaster relief crew. They are tremendously scary and deadly, but the reality that F5's have gone extinct should be acknowledged and celebrated.
The prevalence of observation and recording capacity and general human density and movement is just observing/recording the true seasonal numbers.
Chuck Norris once round house kicked a Twister game, which set off a tornado. He stopped it by holding up a picture of Helen Thomas.
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