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Could someone take a look at a TOR-damage pic ?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:42 pm
by Bunkertor
I want to know if that damage is typical.
http://www.album.de/bild.cfm?action=act ... e=original
I mean this path is really wide..
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:24 pm
by brunota2003
It looks like it was taken down the path length...it looks like that is not the actual width, but the length instead...cool photo though...looks to be maybe a 1/4 mile wide? not good with measuring distances though...and I could be wrong...(if you know what I mean...)
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:02 pm
by Bunkertor
Indeed, i guessed 300 m, too. Half a mile ist pretty much for germany i think. The pic belongs to my thread in "global".
Are there downburst-signs in it ?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:10 pm
by brunota2003
cool...I dont know...what would that look like in tornado damage? anyone know?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:16 pm
by TexasStooge
DANG!!
cool...I dont know...what would that look like in tornado damage? anyone know?
That's what I'd like to know as well...
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:21 pm
by Bunkertor
TexasStooge wrote::eek: DANG!!
cool...I dont know...what would that look like in tornado damage? anyone know?
What's what I'd like to know as well...
I do understand native speaker´s slang only in parts. Could youd write you´re post differently, please ? I don´t get the point
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:26 pm
by TexasStooge
Like what brunota said, it's probably 1/4 mile wide. What's amazing is that the house on the left side of the pic (Not too far from the damage path) managed to stay standing throughout the disaster.
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:32 pm
by Bunkertor
That´s true indeed. A downburst would have damaged the roof, too....
I tend to say tornado. The pic with the pantile sucking in the roof, makes it look like.
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:41 pm
by brunota2003
well...it could be straight-line winds also...notice the trees all appear to be blown over in one similar direction...however it is a pantile...and I cant tell the direction for sure...maybe a pro met could help?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:08 pm
by vbhoutex
I've seen that picture and some other pictures of the damage in that area. It appears to me that those are straight line or possibly downburst winds. Normally a tornado path, especially through woods will show some twisting and those are all laying the same way or very near it. It does appear that most of the the trees are snapped off above the ground, which is typical of tornado damage, so that makew me wonder, but my best guess, as an amatuer is straight line winds unless someone has pictures of the twister in that location.
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:21 pm
by Bunkertor
vbhoutex wrote:I've seen that picture and some other pictures of the damage in that area. It appears to me that those are straight line or possibly downburst winds. Normally a tornado path, especially through woods will show some twisting and those are all laying the same way or very near it. It does appear that most of the the trees are snapped off above the ground, which is typical of tornado damage, so that makew me wonder, but my best guess, as an amatuer is straight line winds unless someone has pictures of the twister in that location.
There was another Tornado in that area that night. As to trees, they were twisted. Look:
