what r u going to do if a tornado or storm at your home?

Question

i just only want to know. maybe i will choose one of you to be the best answer ever that i ever got that with the dangerous question!

Answer 1

First, we should be perfectly clear...the intensity of a tornado, as measured by its destructive power, is way more than just an intense storm. By way of example, consider a mass of air (M) moving at, say, v = 50 mph in a good old fashion rain squall. The kinetic energy of that mass of air is k = 1/2 Mv^2.

Now consider that same mass moving at V = 200 mph, a typical velocity inside the cone of a moderate tornado cone. Level 5 tornadoes can have cone wind velocities exceeding 300 mph.

The tornado's kinetic energy is K = 1/2 MV^2. We can compare the two energies, K and k, by taken their ratio K/k = 1/2 MV^2/1/2 Mv^2. Therefore K = k (V^2/v^2) = k (4)^2 = 16k, which says that the energy of a tornado with 4X the velocity of our big storm will have 16X more destructive capability than that storm. Because of the vast differences in destructive potential between a storm and a tornado, my response to a warning of a tornado would be somewhat different from my response to a storm.

As the recent Enterprise, AL experience has shown, ordinary buildings (like schools) are not good protection against the energies of tornadoes. Typically, only suken cellers or specially built tornado shelters in the ground can withstand the destructive forces of a tornado.

So, if a proper tornado shelter is not readily available, I think I would rather take my chances on seeing the tornado coming and getting out of its path. Tornadoes are easy to spot when they touch ground; so they can be avoided if there is sufficient separation between you and it to give you time to move out of the way, and it doesn't suddenly alter its course into wherever you ran or drove to to avoid it.

Despite what the Helen Hunt movie "Twister" might imply, the vast majority of tornadoes travel in very predictable straight paths while on the ground. So running perpendicular to the direction of the tornado will get you out of harms way in most cases.

On the other hand, storms are not so powerful that most well built buildings cannot withstand their energy. And, because storms have a wider sweep than the more narrow width of a tornado cone, storms are more difficult to run away from. Thus, I'd seek shelter (away from windows) in a solid looking building if I had a storm warning to alert me. One caution, however, while buildings can withstand storms, trees and power poles may not withstand them. Thus, make sure the building you seek shelter in is not surrounded and threatened by possible falling trees or poles.

Answer 2

Where I live they hasn't been any tornadoes YET but with the way the weather has been lately anything is possible. You can almost guarantee that we will have a bad snow/ice storm every winter so my husband and I have a generator and we just use out BBQ to cook if the power goes out. In 1998 we had a huge ice storm that crippled most of Ontario, Canada . My families power was out for two weeks and the Army had to come in to help with the mess that the storm left us with. I don't know if you have ever saw those giant steel hydro towers but the weight of the ice on the caused them to crumble. After that we are all prepared for what winter could throw at us. Google "Ice storm 98 and see for your self".

Answer 3

the safest spot to be is underground, in my case id go to my basement and go under the stairs, the stairs are strong.

the average tornado is weak with winds only around 100-150mph, chances of you encountering a violent tornado is small yet the only chance you have to survive is to be underground.

DO NOT try to run away from a tornado in your car. Sure most tornadoes may move in a straight line like the other guy said but there is nothing saying the one affecting you will, that along with there is always the possibilty of another tornado forming and coming from a direction you are not expecting. you also have to consider traffic, if you are stuck in traffic, you are going to be in bad shape/.

take into consideration the Lemont illinois F4 tornado in 1976, it was on the ground for over a hour and instead of going in a straight line went in a path the shape of a J. the died off 5 miles to the north of where it began. it first went southeast, then headed north, and then northwest before dying out.

Answer 4

quickly grab some blankets flashlights and food. then run with your family to a tornado shelter, or if you don't have one, under a table, a desk, in a closet, or in a shower. Always make sure your away from windows. then i would pray hard!

Answer 5

hide uunder the table then pray!

Answer 6

i would pray to god before i die