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What's the special thing about tornadoes and their destructive potential, e.g. the difference between it and ordinary winds? I'm reading this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Fujita_scale

And it says "EF3 (133-200 mph)" - "Entire stories of well-constructed houses destroyed; severe damage to large buildings such as shopping malls; trains overturned; trees debarked; heavy cars lifted off the ground and thrown; structures with weak foundations are badly damaged. ". EF5 (faster than 200mph) is obviously hell on earth. Since we get EF3 wind speed storms with sporadic EF5 gusts a few times per decade and the damage is 0 compared to tornado damage, I suspect the tornado winds carry a lot more air and have a circular action that makes the net forces so strong.
 
One thing to remember is that a 40% increase in wind speed means the wind carries twice as much energy. Another thing with tornadoes is that the pressure gradient around them is very steep and the air surrounding it is even more turbulent.

But we need @Black Wizard for authoritative knowledge on this topic.
 
Brigantium said:
EF2-3 is equivalent to a hurricane, surely?
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Yeah, with that speed it's classified as hurricane wind. But here its not nearly as frightening as that article says for tornadoes. Heavy cars lifted off ground and thrown is more like city-size cars moved or flipped over.
 
LooseCannon said:
I've been through a couple hurricanes, specifically this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Juan

They can do a lot of damage.
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When reading the damage assessment paragraph for Nova Scotia it is very similar to what happens here in the hurricane Bora region, the narrow strip of coast between Velebit mountain and the sea. With one big expection - there are 50.000 people living in that region here, tops. The 20 meter waves don't wreck infrastructure because there ain't any, the vegetation doesn't get altered cause there ain't any and so on.
 
Zare said:
When reading the damage assessment paragraph for Nova Scotia it is very similar to what happens here in the hurricane Bora region, the narrow strip of coast between Velebit mountain and the sea. With one big expection - there are 50.000 people living in that region here, tops. The 20 meter waves don't wreck infrastructure because there ain't any, the vegetation doesn't get altered cause there ain't any and so on.
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Exactly, and in Nova Scotia, the vast majority of people live within 1 km of the water.
 
Decided to work 2 extra hours tonight despite the fact I've hated it all day and now I want to kill myself

And we don't seem to have any sugar so my coffee is shit, even worse
 
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