If a person weighs only 50lbs and the wind speed outside measures almost 60mph, does the person blow away?

Answer 1

There is no way to tell the answer to your question. I can tell you that the biggest factor in wind resistance is surface area. Take, for example, a tractor trailer on the highway. We all know that tractor trailers can tip easily in the wind. Tractor trailers weigh much more than a Chevy Cobalt. The tractor trailer will tend to blow around more than the Cobalt because the tractor trailer has large walls (surface area) on its side. The Cobalt, on the other hand, weighs much less but has much less surface area than the tractor trailer.
This analogy is the rationale behind why a 50 lb person may not blow away. It depends more on the surface area of the person than it does the weight.

Answer 2

?? weight of an object shouldn't effect the wind speed it takes to blow the object around.

for example a tornado can blow cars over and or toss them around....cars can weigh up to and over 2500lbs that doesn't mean that the wind speed was 2,500miles per hour.

Answer 3

no because the speed has to be 150 mph to blow away. Like a motor has to get enough speed to make the car move.

Answer 4

Not really, there are more factors involved.