[cripplecreek]

They are not getting more common, but MSM weather hype is getting more common.

Exactly my point.

Joe Bastardi made a good point a week or so back when he pointed out that we're calculating tornado strength by radar but still using the Fujita scale which used damage done to calculate windspeeds. Using radar is great but you've got to use a scale that fits it.

[caww]

I just brought in all my deck things ...here in Western Pa....the maps are red for this area so am not taking any chances.

[palmer]

Yeah, the OKC event was a circus. They literally had 100’s of storm chasers, a few serious and experienced, the rest were amateurs at best. It was multi-funnel with the funnels going every which way. No large EF-4 or EF-5 funnel in any pictures I saw (or radar). But it got labeled an EF-5 based on some experimental radar estimates. Likely was an EF-3 or more than one EF-3 throwing those cars around.