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To: xjcsa

It would seem that just the speed of these spinning would rip and tear at a body, if they were swept up into it. These things were peeling hoods and tops of cars off like a can of sardines...the body then would not be able to survive that force.

I listened to a professsional storm chaser , who actually has a vehicle designed to go into a tornado. When he explained the shaking of the vehicle and the force against it that pretty much answered my question too. He said he’s done this about 6 or 7 times now and still is afraid when the tornados start traveling over his vehicle.


489 posted on 04/28/2011 10:11:30 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww
It would seem that just the speed of these spinning would rip and tear at a body, if they were swept up into it. These things were peeling hoods and tops of cars off like a can of sardines...the body then would not be able to survive that force.

The human body can actually survive EF-5 winds just fine; it's not that different from what skydivers experience at terminal velocity. It's the debris - even granular debris like small chunks of roofing shingles - that kills. Wind at 200 mph won't kill you, but nails and shingles and bricks at that speed will.

490 posted on 04/28/2011 10:18:16 PM PDT by xjcsa (Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
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