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When a tornado passes over do people often hear a deafening roar from the winds?
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∙ 12y ago
Yes. A tornado often produces a loud roar from a combination of the wind and buildings and trees being torn apart. It is said to sound like a freight train.
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Is a tornado quiet?
Often they are not. Many tornado produce a loud roar often said to be similar to that of a freight train.
Where does a tornado take you?
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.
What colors are tornado clouds?
The funnel clouds of a tornado often range from white to gray to black.
Is a tornado a cloud?
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. A tornado is often, but not always made visible by a funnel cloud. But the tornado is not the cloud itself.
Does it get calm before a tornado comes?
Sometimes. Tornadoes often form in a rain-free portion of their parent thunderstorms and the rain, wind, and hail often let up a few minutes before the tornado arrives. Some people have noted an eerie silence. In other cases a tornado may be shrouded in rain, and heavy rain continues even as the tornado strikes. Such rain-wrapped tornadoes are particularly dangerous because you can't see them coming.
Do people hear a deafening roar during a tornado?
Quite often, yes.
What is bad for a destructive tornado?
In a destructive tornado people lose property, often their homes, and people, sometimes many, can be killed or injured.
Are people often hurt in a tornado?
Yes. Injuries are not uncommon in a tornado. At least a few tornadoes every year are killers.
Why do people go to the store while there is a tornado warning or watch?
Many people do not may attention to there being a tornado watch, as it does not inidicate an immediate threat of tornado, so many people go about their ordinary business. A tornado warning often means that a tornado is minutes away from htting. So it is no so much that people go to the store as much as, they just happen to be there when the warning is issued. If a person is outside or in a car and a tornado is coming, they will often go to the nearest permanent building, which in some cases is a store.
What are the effects and concerns of a tornado?
Tornadoes cause major property damage and often kill and injure people. The main concerns regarding tornadoes are these effects and warning people when a tornado is coming.
Is a tornado quiet?
Often they are not. Many tornado produce a loud roar often said to be similar to that of a freight train.
How do people survive when a tornado happens?
People are more likely to survive by taking adequate shelter in the basement or cellar of a sturdy building or in a specially designed tornado shelter. Beyond that survival is often a matter of chance of where the worst of the tornado hits or where a particular piece of debris goes.
How have people adapt to living near where tornadoes frequently happen?
People in tornado-prone areas often have insurance specifically to cover tornado damage. Schools regularly practice tornado drills and many people have storm shelters. Some homes are outfitted with hurricane ties, which more securely attatch the roof to the walls.
What is higher alert tornado warning or watch?
A tornado warning is a higher level of alert, often meaning that a tornado has formed.
Do people who live in tornado-prone areas often have storm cellar for protection?
Yes. Many people in tornado-prone regions have storm cellars or, in more recent years, an above-ground storm shelter. Though not all do.
How do people plan for a tornado disaster?
Places that are prone to tornadoes will commonly have tornado shelters in some homes and businesses, and towns will often have sirens that sound when a warning is issued. Schools in some areas practice tornado drills. Families are encouraged to come up with a course of action in the event of a tornado.
Where does a tornado take you?
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.
