Why do tornados hate trailer parks?

Answer 1

Tornado's hate trailer parks, or perhaps tend to gravitate toward them because they are a large area of single story structures set out on flat ground usually outside of the urban center. Tornadoes tend to follow the path of least resistance where they can maintain energy in their vortices's. Trailer parks tend to offer little resistance as their structures allow large amounts of wind to pass under the trailer aiding the tornado in lifting the trailer from the park. If you really want to research it, go to the tornado history project http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornadomap.php

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Answer 2

It may seem that tornadoes strike trailer parks more often than not, but tornadoes don't "choose" were to strike.
Trailers are easy targets to be destroyed by a tornado's powerful winds since trailers aren't sturdy at all. Unfortunately, those living in trailer within Tornado Alley don't always have the capability of receiving warnings regarding incoming severe weather such as tornadoes. Because of this, many don't get out of the way in time before a tornado strikes.

Answer 3

They don't. Tornadoes love trailer parks. They have such a great time watching those trailers toss around and smash against each other. Well built houses on strong foundations are boring. The best you can do is blow their roofs off. Naw, as a tornado, I'll take a mobile home park any day.

Answer 4

Why would you want to build a house in a tornado zone? So, the land tends to be cheap, so the rent is less. And it's easier to just drag in another mobile home than build a house on the spot.
It has nothing to do with the trailers. It's the location that would get tornadoes no matter what's there.

Answer 5

Tornados bounce a bit over trees, hills, etc.....trailer parks are usually large flat
parcels of ground which allow the tornado to just keep moving through without bouncing up and jumping another mile.

Answer 6

It may seem they do but considering most tornado deaths occur in them, and that some of the most graphic reports of tornado damage come from mobile home communities. The reason for this is that mobile homes are, in general, much easier for a tornado to damage and destroy than well-built houses and office buildings. A brief, relatively weak tornado which may have gone undetected in the wilderness -- or misclassified as severe straight-line thunderstorm winds while doing minor damage to sturdy houses -- can blow a mobile home apart. Historically, mobile home parks have been reliable indicators, not attractors, of tornadoes.

Answer 7

They don't hate them. It's just that when a tornado hits a trailer park the damage is always spectacular and that's what gets shown on the news.

Answer 8

Trailer parks are usually placed on flat ground, where tornadoes generally like to generate (perfect atmospheric conditions) you will never see a Tornado hit a hilly area.

That is the reason why.

Answer 9

No, yet I do... and the only reason trailer parks get tore up by employing tornadoes is a million) the residences have not got any commencing up and a pair of) it is like the equivalent of putting an empty soda can in front of a excessive powered fan, the residences are so gentle...

Answer 10

They can hit anywhere, it's just that when they do hit a mobile home park, a lot of them are not that sturdy or tied down very well. We live in one and are quite happy....and no, we're not poor, just seniors who enjoy other seniors, and live well and happily here. We all have a lot in common here and look out for each other. We would highly recommend it to anyone. And our home is almost 1800 sq. feet so we have more than enough room. When tornadoes are in the area, we are quite aware of the possibilities of being blown away tho. So far so good.