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A Super tornado hitting Dallas? Yeah, right!
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:19 am
by TexasStooge
I know this story was already posted in the USA Weather Forum, but I just wanted to get some attention on this topic. Click on the link below to read full story.
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=80513
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:37 pm
by Dr. Jonah Rainwater
When I moved to Texas 3 1/2 years ago, I was looking forward to living with the excitement of tornadoes - I still have never seen one in my life, or even a green sky or a funnel cloud.
I don't know if that means a tornado is unlikely to devastate my city someday - it just means people are complacent.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:53 pm
by Astro_man92
well I wouldn't say imposible but. I think that civil unrest is a tad less likley to happen tommorrow then a
cat 6 ("super") tornado hitting there in the next 100 years.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:49 pm
by conestogo_flood
You can't say it is a slim chance. It is a very real chance. Don't pardon it, that is the dumbest thing to do.
Any city is at risk of an F5, Dallas has a greater chance because it is in tornado alley.
This is just like saying the likelyhood of a 4.0 earthquake in L.A. is unlikely.
Oklahoma City was hit by an F5, what where the chances? Also, what were the chances of a repeated hit nearly on the same path of the F5 in 2003 with the F4?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:58 pm
by MGC
The F4 in OKC in 2003 was my first tornado to see. Why can't the Big D get hit by an F5? The probility is small but very possible. I'd rather have my town hit by an F5 tornado than Katrina. I was in OKC a couple of weeks after the F5 in May 1999 and while tragic, it was nothing compared to Katrina......MGC
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:32 pm
by Dr. Jonah Rainwater
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:40 pm
by Dr. Jonah Rainwater
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:45 pm
by Dr. Jonah Rainwater
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:47 pm
by Astro_man92
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:51 pm
by conestogo_flood
That damage at F0/F1? Oh my gosh...
Just think what it will look like with an F3-F5.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:56 am
by milankovitch
conestogo_flood wrote:That damage at F0/F1? Oh my gosh...
Just think what it will look like with an F3-F5.
Doesn't it say F2?
Anyways, a stronger tornado I imagine could gut, and cause severe structual damage if not outright collapse a high-rise.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:41 am
by Dr. Jonah Rainwater
The website I got the images from said it was an F2. The Dallas Morning News says it was an F3, but downtown Fort Worth only experienced F0-F1 strength winds. I trust the News more.
