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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: "couldbecousin" on June 01, 2011, 04:32:22 PM
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We are having thunderstorms here in Massachusetts, but little did I know that a tornado was reported in another part of my city!
They are touching down in other parts of my state at this time, so I am listening to the local weather on TV. :orly:
EDIT: At this time it seems there was no confirmed tornado in my city, but there were many elsewhere in the state.
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Stay safe CBC.
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That's scary.
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Stay safe CBC.
Thank you, all seems tranquil here now, just the end of a thunderstorm. I heard about the alleged tornados in my state when a co-worker
got a couple of calls from family members saying they had heard of tornado sightings in and around the city, but there is no confirmed
damage yet, according to the news I am watching now. :crossed:
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Yes, stay safe and put up some links.
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:hug:
Yes, stay safe and put up some links.
And pictures, if you have any.
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Yes, stay safe and put up some links.
Will go look for some now. My co-worker who got the phone calls was nice enough to drive me home. En route to my house,
she got a call from her daughter who had heard about a tornado touching down in a nearby town, so she went to her sister's
house near me, rather than risking the drive home through uncertain conditions. :thumbup:
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Yes, stay safe and put up some links.
Will go look for some now. My co-worker who got the phone calls was nice enough to drive me home. En route to my house,
she got a call from her daughter who had heard about a tornado touching down in a nearby town, so she went to her sister's
house near me, rather than risking the drive home through uncertain conditions. :thumbup:
The report I read said Springfield has pickups thrown around.
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Scroll down this page to the video!
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0601/Tornado-hits-Springfield-Mass.-video
(Not my city. I hope no one was killed or hurt. :crossed: )
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According to the article you have about an hour left of tornado watch.
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According to the article you have about an hour left of tornado watch.
Yes, I still have the weather report on in the other room. If I have to, I will scoot down to the basement laundry room. :viking:
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According to the article you have about an hour left of tornado watch.
Yes, I still have the weather report on in the other room. If I have to, I will scoot down to the basement laundry room. :viking:
Don't forget your ruby slippers. :orly:
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:hug:
be careful
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According to the article you have about an hour left of tornado watch.
Yes, I still have the weather report on in the other room. If I have to, I will scoot down to the basement laundry room. :viking:
Don't forget your ruby slippers. :orly:
I've got better than that, I have my work shoes with slip-resistant soles! :viking:
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According to the article you have about an hour left of tornado watch.
Yes, I still have the weather report on in the other room. If I have to, I will scoot down to the basement laundry room. :viking:
Don't forget your ruby slippers. :orly:
I've got better than that, I have my work shoes with slip-resistant soles! :viking:
:viking:
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Yikes. Good thing you can't fall down, but don't get blown away.
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:hug:
be careful
I will, I am checking the weather report between posts. There are a few storm systems in the state being monitored as
potential new tornados, but so far, where I am, it's just another rainy evening. :thumbup:
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Yikes. Good thing you can't fall down, but don't get blown away.
Fortunately I haven't been on my diet very long, so I still have plenty of ballast! :laugh:
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I wonder what the EF rating of that tornado was?
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I wonder what the EF rating of that tornado was?
I am continuing to look for links! :orly:
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Saw the news about Springfield and around Worcester, the weather was dicey. A funnel cloud was photographed in Gorham NH earlier today.
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Saw the news about Springfield and around Worcester, the weather was dicey. A funnel cloud was photographed in Gorham NH earlier today.
The meteorologist says Connecticut and Rhode Island are also experiencing potential tornado conditions. :orly:
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There is a severe weather forecast in south western NH until 8 pm.
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Governor Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts. :orly:
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Governor Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts. :orly:
Did all the scotch blow away?
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Advice to anyone who takes shelter from a tornado. If you have time, take your cellphone with you. It can be used to call for help or to let a relative know where you are if you can't get through 911 to say you're trapped. Also your wallet/purse, but only if you have time.
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Governor Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts. :orly:
Did all the scotch blow away?
:lol: Wow, what does the rest of the country think of Massachusetts anyway? It's not as if we drink that much.
(Only on St. Patrick's Day, of course.) :scotch:
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Advice to anyone who takes shelter from a tornado. If you have time, take your cellphone with you. It can be used to call for help or to let a relative know where you are if you can't get through 911 to say you're trapped. Also your wallet/purse, but only if you have time.
My phone and purse are right here near me. :viking:
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Governor Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts. :orly:
Did all the scotch blow away?
Just drive up any highway in NH and you'll find a liquor store rest stop combo.
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I'm not worried much about CBC. She can withstand any tornado.
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Storm footage from West Springfield, MA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBbLGA4A7BY&feature=related
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You can tell we in Massachusetts don't see tornados often. One of the men talking on the phone in the background
in the video posted above refers to the storm as a "hurricane." I hope we don't have a whole summer like this.
I feel bad for the people who deal with this stuff all the time! :zombiefuck:
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You can tell we in Massachusetts don't see tornados often. One of the men talking on the phone in the background
in the video posted above refers to the storm as a "hurricane." I hope we don't have a whole summer like this.
I feel bad for the people who deal with this stuff all the time! :zombiefuck:
I couldn't find a record of any tornado having touched down in Boston, but I did find this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Worcester_tornado).
Source (http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Massachusetts)
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The latest fatality report is 4 dead.
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You can tell we in Massachusetts don't see tornados often. One of the men talking on the phone in the background
in the video posted above refers to the storm as a "hurricane." I hope we don't have a whole summer like this.
I feel bad for the people who deal with this stuff all the time! :zombiefuck:
I couldn't find a record of any tornado having touched down in Boston, but I did find this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Worcester_tornado).
Source (http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Massachusetts)
Oh yeah, that's the famous one that people in my city still talk about! We just haven't seen that many since. :orly:
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You can tell we in Massachusetts don't see tornados often. One of the men talking on the phone in the background
in the video posted above refers to the storm as a "hurricane." I hope we don't have a whole summer like this.
I feel bad for the people who deal with this stuff all the time! :zombiefuck:
I couldn't find a record of any tornado having touched down in Boston, but I did find this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Worcester_tornado).
Source (http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Massachusetts)
Oh yeah, that's the famous one that people in my city still talk about! We just haven't seen that many since. :orly:
Between 1951 and 2008, there were 152 tornadoes in Massachusetts. :orly:
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You can tell we in Massachusetts don't see tornados often. One of the men talking on the phone in the background
in the video posted above refers to the storm as a "hurricane." I hope we don't have a whole summer like this.
I feel bad for the people who deal with this stuff all the time! :zombiefuck:
I couldn't find a record of any tornado having touched down in Boston, but I did find this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Worcester_tornado).
Source (http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Massachusetts)
Oh yeah, that's the famous one that people in my city still talk about! We just haven't seen that many since. :orly:
Between 1951 and 2008, there were 152 tornadoes in Massachusetts. :orly:
Really? Why had I not heard about them? :tinfoil:
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You can tell we in Massachusetts don't see tornados often. One of the men talking on the phone in the background
in the video posted above refers to the storm as a "hurricane." I hope we don't have a whole summer like this.
I feel bad for the people who deal with this stuff all the time! :zombiefuck:
I couldn't find a record of any tornado having touched down in Boston, but I did find this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Worcester_tornado).
Source (http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Massachusetts)
Oh yeah, that's the famous one that people in my city still talk about! We just haven't seen that many since. :orly:
that's the one your mom worked, right?
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You can tell we in Massachusetts don't see tornados often. One of the men talking on the phone in the background
in the video posted above refers to the storm as a "hurricane." I hope we don't have a whole summer like this.
I feel bad for the people who deal with this stuff all the time! :zombiefuck:
I couldn't find a record of any tornado having touched down in Boston, but I did find this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Worcester_tornado).
Source (http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Massachusetts)
Oh yeah, that's the famous one that people in my city still talk about! We just haven't seen that many since. :orly:
that's the one your mom worked, right?
Yes it is, and when the news reached that hospital that there had been a tornado, in Worcester, people could hardly believe it! :orly:
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Hurricane Hilda hit New Orleans on Oct 3, 1964, my parent's 26th wedding anniversary. It spawned several tornados, one of which was coming for our house until it hit the ditch behind us and hit 3 houses over. That was the first time we (Mom, my sister and I) evacuated while Dad stayed in the house and to guard the neighborhood.
"Almost a complete evacuation of the entire Louisiana coast accounted for the low death toll of 38, most of which were caused by tornadoes spawned by the storm as it approached the coast. One twister at Larose, Louisiana, killed 22 and injured 200 people. Three other tornadoes caused much damage in the New Orleans metropolitan area but no deaths. In the town of Erath, Louisiana, 8 deaths were attributed to the collapse of the town's water tower onto their city hall, the eight men killed were volunteer civil defense workers. A tornado in Golden Meadow damaged several buildings and knocked down utility lines. The tornado damage, in combination with the crop damage from rainfall, caused a total of $126,000,000 in damage (1964 dollars). The highest rainfall report measured during Hilda was five miles northwest of Jeanerette, where 17.71 inches/449.8 mm fell. Damage totaled $3 million."
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Lol, I was on the phone with a friend last night and in the middle of the conversation he was like "I'm going to check the weather... holy shit, tornado warning, gotta go put clothes on and get someplace safe!" Five minutes later I have a voicemail that says "The idiot reporters here don't know the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning. I'm fine." :laugh:
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Lol, I was on the phone with a friend last night and in the middle of the conversation he was like "I'm going to check the weather... holy shit, tornado warning, gotta go put clothes on and get someplace safe!" Five minutes later I have a voicemail that says "The idiot reporters here don't know the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning. I'm fine." :laugh:
That may have been the cause of the story about a tornado supposedly touching down in Worcester this time.
There were so many watches and warnings and so many storm systems being monitored on the weather on TV! :orly:
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Lol, I was on the phone with a friend last night and in the middle of the conversation he was like "I'm going to check the weather... holy shit, tornado warning, gotta go put clothes on and get someplace safe!" Five minutes later I have a voicemail that says "The idiot reporters here don't know the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning. I'm fine." :laugh:
Well he did the right thing by responding quickly.
Storm footage from West Springfield, MA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBbLGA4A7BY&feature=related
About 27 seconds into that you can hear terrified screams in the background. Keep monitoring the weather CBC. :hug:
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Here is some footage from Sturbridge, MA. :orly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gdyyjBTWAw
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I don't get people who deliberately try to find tornadoes for kicks.
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Storm footage from West Springfield, MA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBbLGA4A7BY&feature=related
About 27 seconds into that you can hear terrified screams in the background. Keep monitoring the weather CBC. :hug:
Thank you, I will. I think all of us in Massachusetts will be more vigilant this summer! :orly:
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I think some people are born morons...not our tornado resistant CBC though. She is brainy.
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I think some people are born morons...not our tornado resistant CBC though. She is brainy.
:agreed: Getting out of the way of a natural disaster makes sense. I can't find it on youtube, but during Hurricane Hugo a man, his son and grandson decided they were too tough to evacuate for a hurricane. They ended up hugging each other around a tree for several hours. They were smart enough to acknowledge that they were stupid for putting themselves in the situation and said they would evacuate in the event of future incoming. :hahaha:
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Here is some footage from Sturbridge, MA. :orly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gdyyjBTWAw
Wonder if any where near the museum? The storms missed us yesterday and went North to you. Your right about people in the Northeast they have almost no experience with these things. When My wife was in college they had them just off campus and security herded everyone out of the large cement and brick science building that was built like a fortress into a glass enclosed breezeway between it and the old science building and would not let them back in the other building. I though am very fool hardy myself and will go out to watch weather at it's worst but I fully understand the dangers and accept them. Been out within a quarter mile of tornadoes and out in hurricanes near the beach too it makes me feel almost high.
I think some people are born morons...not our tornado resistant CBC though. She is brainy.
Yes I am :laugh: But I don't expect help if I ever have a problem
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I think some people are born morons...not our tornado resistant CBC though. She is brainy.
:agreed: Getting out of the way of a natural disaster makes sense. I can't find it on youtube, but during Hurricane Hugo a man, his son and grandson decided they were too tough to evacuate for a hurricane. They ended up hugging each other around a tree for several hours. They were smart enough to acknowledge that they were stupid for putting themselves in the situation and said they would evacuate in the event of future incoming. :hahaha:
What fucking losers. :P
I was caught outside in a Cyclone when I was 8 ish. Fucking scary time.
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I think some people are born morons...not our tornado resistant CBC though. She is brainy.
I was lucky not to have to evacuate, but I was prepared to grab my phone and purse and scoot down to the basement! :viking:
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I think some people are born morons...not our tornado resistant CBC though. She is brainy.
:agreed: Getting out of the way of a natural disaster makes sense. I can't find it on youtube, but during Hurricane Hugo a man, his son and grandson decided they were too tough to evacuate for a hurricane. They ended up hugging each other around a tree for several hours. They were smart enough to acknowledge that they were stupid for putting themselves in the situation and said they would evacuate in the event of future incoming. :hahaha:
What fucking losers. :P
I was caught outside in a Cyclone when I was 8 ish. Fucking scary time.
For an adult that would be scary. As an 8 year old more so.
I think some people are born morons...not our tornado resistant CBC though. She is brainy.
I was lucky not to have to evacuate, but I was prepared to grab my phone and purse and scoot down to the basement! :viking:
:indeed:
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I think some people are born morons...not our tornado resistant CBC though. She is brainy.
:agreed: Getting out of the way of a natural disaster makes sense. I can't find it on youtube, but during Hurricane Hugo a man, his son and grandson decided they were too tough to evacuate for a hurricane. They ended up hugging each other around a tree for several hours. They were smart enough to acknowledge that they were stupid for putting themselves in the situation and said they would evacuate in the event of future incoming. :hahaha:
What fucking losers. :P
I was caught outside in a Cyclone when I was 8 ish. Fucking scary time.
Were you alone? Where did you go? :zombiefuck:
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Wow CBC.
Glad you are OK, and that it didn't hit where you live.
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Another tornado touched down in Northern California by Yuba City. No damage reported. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/06/01/state/n190225D61.DTL&tsp=1 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/06/01/state/n190225D61.DTL&tsp=1)
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Anyone here have a tornado :vortex2: or a tornado warning near home?
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Here? You must be kidding. :P
I would love to see one but ours is not the kind of place that allows them to form.
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Tornadoes are a rare weather phenomena here. You might hear of one every few years or so.
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Tornadoes are a rare weather phenomena here. You might hear of one every few years or so.
Same here in the west.
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Scandinavia is too social-democratic for tornadoes :M
in serious speaking, for whateeever reason (not going into politics/climate-debate) tornado-like phenomena are becoming more common on our side of the Atlantic, and Iberia (Portugal+Spain) experienced some two or three years ago
(specifically talking about the rotating cyclone type of storm, since we have ordinary storms, and plenty of them :D)
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Scandinavia is too social-democratic for tornadoes :M
in serious speaking, for whateeever reason (not going into politics/climate-debate) tornado-like phenomena are becoming more common on our side of the Atlantic, and Iberia (Portugal+Spain) experienced some two or three years ago
Take cover! :vortex2: Watch out for flying lutefisk! :runaway: :GA: :hide:
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I'm guessing our terrain makes it difficult for them to form.
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Anyone here have a tornado :vortex2: or a tornado warning near home?
Yup.
Tornado south of Indy, a couple of days ago. I am way north of all that.
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I'm guessing our terrain makes it difficult for them to form.
I would think so, but even the foothills of mountainous regions east of The Rocky Mountains in Colorado experience a great many tornadoes.
I think the Great Plains of North America are perfect areas for tornadoes to form. Enough said.
I know Australia has very large flat areas as well and I would suspect "unstable" atmospheric conditions during their transition from cold weather to warm. I wonder if one of our upside down "friends" could chime in. I would bet they have some tornadoes in that region of the globe as well.
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They happen here, but most are weak, too weak to get the name tornado, they get the name "windhoos". Big ones are very rare where I live.
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I'm guessing our terrain makes it difficult for them to form.
Isn't it mostly about oceanic currents/wind directions?
Tornados form in the Atlantic ocean, and move westwards
Typhoons form in the Pacific ocean, and move westwards as well, as in, towards Asia
Maybe very simpled down, but that's how I understand it
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I'm guessing our terrain makes it difficult for them to form.
Isn't it mostly about oceanic currents/wind directions?
Tornados form in the Atlantic ocean, and move westwards
Typhoons form in the Pacific ocean, and move westwards as well, as in, towards Asia
Maybe very simpled down, but that's how I understand it
http://media.bom.gov.au/social/blog/6/tornado-twister-hurricane-cyclone-typhoon-whats-the-difference/
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I'm guessing our terrain makes it difficult for them to form.
Isn't it mostly about oceanic currents/wind directions?
Tornados form in the Atlantic ocean, and move westwards
Typhoons form in the Pacific ocean, and move westwards as well, as in, towards Asia
Maybe very simpled down, but that's how I understand it
http://media.bom.gov.au/social/blog/6/tornado-twister-hurricane-cyclone-typhoon-whats-the-difference/
:M
And yes, together they are cyclones, and we do indeed have next-to-no cyclone type storms in Europe. It's not impossible to happen, but extremely rare (because they tend to move from centre Atlantic, towards North America, not Europe)
2013 Atlantic cyclone summary, shows a nice behavioral pattern
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/2013_Atlantic_hurricane_season_summary_map.png/640px-2013_Atlantic_hurricane_season_summary_map.png)
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I'm guessing our terrain makes it difficult for them to form.
Isn't it mostly about oceanic currents/wind directions?
Tornados form in the Atlantic ocean, and move westwards
Typhoons form in the Pacific ocean, and move westwards as well, as in, towards Asia
Maybe very simpled down, but that's how I understand it
http://media.bom.gov.au/social/blog/6/tornado-twister-hurricane-cyclone-typhoon-whats-the-difference/
:M
And yes, together they are cyclones, and we do indeed have next-to-no cyclone type storms in Europe. It's not impossible to happen, but extremely rare (because they tend to move from centre Atlantic, towards North America, not Europe)
2013 Atlantic cyclone summary, shows a nice behavioral pattern
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/2013_Atlantic_hurricane_season_summary_map.png/640px-2013_Atlantic_hurricane_season_summary_map.png)
(https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/47465578.jpg)
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There was a warning in Western MA back when I used to live there. They rarely happen there. I had to go to work and at one point the wind was bad enough that I pulled off the road to wait it out. I am not sure one actually formed.
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No twisters in Europe? Depends where in Europe you live, it seems:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-33136737
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Birmingham_tornado
An aspie lady from Kansas put me onto this, many years ago. I was telling her that I'd seen things that look like twisters ( but i thougHt we didn't have twisters in Britain) and she said that yeah, our tornado alley in England actually has just as many twisters per square mile, per year as her tonado alley. tHE ONLY Difference is that ours are weaker and less destructive...usually - see pics of tornado damage in BIrmingham, UK. I rembember that one. It came shortly after that conversation IIRC (talk of the devil! :laugh:) and did quite a lot of damage round my way (I live pretty close to Birmingham).
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I'm pretty sure that we don't get many serious twisters here. I've been in Southern Queensland a couple of times when what has been described as a "mini cyclone" comes through at night, that seemed like a much milder version of the twisters that hit the US. I've seen one fairly large dust devil and a couple of water spouts well offshore, that's about it.
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We get a few very minor ones along the coast here. They seldom do much harm.
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I'm pretty sure that we don't get many serious twisters here. I've been in Southern Queensland a couple of times when what has been described as a "mini cyclone" comes through at night, that seemed like a much milder version of the twisters that hit the US. I've seen one fairly large dust devil and a couple of water spouts well offshore, that's about it.
I think they can be mostly described as micro-bursts. Like the one that happened in Bargara/Bundaberg a few years ago. We definitely never get any mile wide funnels like they do in the US.
Locally I had a mini one nearby just this past November which tore the roofs off a few houses.
I'm guessing our terrain makes it difficult for them to form.
I would think so, but even the foothills of mountainous regions east of The Rocky Mountains in Colorado experience a great many tornadoes.
I think the Great Plains of North America are perfect areas for tornadoes to form. Enough said.
I know Australia has very large flat areas as well and I would suspect "unstable" atmospheric conditions during their transition from cold weather to warm. I wonder if one of our upside down "friends" could chime in. I would bet they have some tornadoes in that region of the globe as well.
Not in NSW at least. The flatter the country gets the more uneventful the weather I've found. All the flattest parts of the country remain relatively dry, even through summer storm season.