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The degree of damage varies widely. Weak tornadoes can peel away roof tiles and siding and break windows. Strong tornadoes can rip away roofs and walls, sometimes shifting houses off their foundations. Violent tornadoes can levels houses to the ground, or even completely blow them away.
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How do you protect a tornado from a house?
Make sure that the tornado stays nonexistent.
Can a tornado lift a house out of the ground?
Out of the ground, no. However, a strong enough tornado can wipe a house from its foundation. Normally this will earn a tornado a rating of EF4 or EF5, though if the house is poorly anchored an EF3 rating may be appropriate.
How can Bernoulli's principle be used to predict how a house may be damaged in a tornado?
The wind going over the roof of the house creates an upward pressure force that, in a strong enough tornado, can actually lift the roof from the house.
Can a tornado pick up a concrete house?
Yes, a very strong tornado can sweep it off its foundation and reduce it to rubble.
Can a tornado knock down a masonry or concrete house?
It depends on the house and the tornado. Some brick and masonry houses are built better than others and tornadoes vary in strength. In an EF5 tornado virtually any structure will be destroyed. Only the very strongest steel-reinforced structures can withstand such a storm.
When was House Tornado created?
House Tornado was created in 1988.
What is a safe tornado house?
No house can offer 100% protection from a tornado. The best option is a house with a basement to go to in case of a tornado.
What did the house ever do to a tornado?
The house is invading the tornado's natural habitat, so of course the tornado will fight to keep its territory.
Where is the safest place to go if there is a tornado and you are at your house?
The safest place to be in your house during a tornado is in the basement.
Can a tornado happen in a house?
A tornado can hit a house, but cannot happen indoors.
Where is the safest place to go at your house during a tornado?
The safest place to be in your house during a tornado is in the basement.
How do you protect a tornado from a house?
Make sure that the tornado stays nonexistent.
If there is a tornado will a sod house collapse?
It depends on how strong the tornado is. A sod house could probably survive a hit from a weak tornado, but probably nothing stronger than an EF1 or EF2.
Can a tornado lift a house out of the ground?
Out of the ground, no. However, a strong enough tornado can wipe a house from its foundation. Normally this will earn a tornado a rating of EF4 or EF5, though if the house is poorly anchored an EF3 rating may be appropriate.
Can a iceblock house with stand a tornado?
Most likely not. Perhaps an EF0 tornado but nothing higher than that. But since tornado generally occur in warm weather the house would probably melt anyway.
What do you need to do after a tornado?
search for a house or something
Can a tornado take a whole house away?
Yes, a house can be completely swept off its foundation by an EF4 or EF5 tornado depending on how well built it is.
