[dmartin]

The new scale ranks a F5 tornado as having wind speeds of >200 mph. So this was basicaly a F3 last year and a F5 this year.

On another thread someone posted that the tornado was a 'wedge' with measurements falling somewhere between a half mile to a mile and a half wide. At that size does it really matter whether you use the old scale or the new one?

Of course more F5 tornados could equal more funding.

[Crazieman]

Tornado size means nothing.

There have been giant wedges with weak winds and tiny tens of yard tornadoes that will rip houses from their foundations and toss them to the side.