A wind greater than 90 mph can lift a person off the ground. If a person gets tossed out of the wind field they simply fall back to the ground. Some, whole do not have far to fall, have escaped without serious injury.
Most injuries/fatalities from tornadoes are caused by flying debris striking people. The other way is unfortunately when the tornado catches people in the open and can literally pick them off the ground and they are severely injured/killed again by debris or being tossed back to the ground.
sorry but if you have tossed/sold it you can't get it back.
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No. We did not have a warning system back when the tornado hit in 1927. People in nearby towns were not even aware the tornado had occurred until some time after.
Nowhere in particular. You get carried some distance, usually down wind, and get dropped back down to the ground.
No. Back in 1925, when this tornado ocurred, there were no tornado waatches or warnings. In fact, meterologists were forbidden to mention tornadoes in their forecasts for fear of starting a panic. As a result, the Tri-State tornado struck without warning. Because of the wide funnel and low cloud base, many people who saw it approaching did not even realize it was a tornado.
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Nowhere in particular. If a tornado picks you up (which actually doesn't happen as often as many people think) it will just carry you some distance before dropping you back down.
you dont its gone
PITCH OUT
The highest death toll from a single tornado was 1300 in the Daulatpur-Saturia, Bangladesh tornado of April 26, 1989. The highest death toll from a U.S. tornado was 695 in the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. Based on records going back to 1875, tornadoes in the U.S. have killed more than 19,000 people in total.
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