Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Tornados are 100 Times More Likely Than We Thought.

"Turns out, the odds of having 145 tornadoes in a single day are actually one in 10,000, not the one in 10 million that chance—and accepted wisdom—would suggest. In fact, Elsner predicts in Environmental Research Letters that such a dramatic event should occur approximately every 71 years in the US.
This all sounds like real bad news. But there's some hope, because understanding how the existence of tornadoes can influence the formation of others means we might be safer than before. "More accurate risk assessments might lead to practical measures such as safe rooms and building codes in areas like the US South or Midwest," explains Elsner."
 -Link to Article Here.


take it easy ;)

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