imagine that one evening you're coming back home when suddenly a thunderstorm covers you the sky suddenly gets darker and the wind keeps getting stronger until it picks you up and lifts you off the ground you're swirled in a powerful flow and your breath is taken away as if you're spinning on a giant Carousel and the debris of buildings and uprooted trees are flying around threatening to collide with you at any second what is happening it's simple you were picked up by one of the most powerful tornadoes in history can you survive did you know that tropical hurricanes are actually propelled by Earth's rotation luckily this same force can now be put to good use with moag Globes these stunning rotating Planet models don't need batteries or any plugins they're powered by Earth's rot ation itself hidden magnets inside use the slight currents generated by your planet's magnetic field as it spins that means no more dealing with Messy wires just a bit of dim light is enough to get your MOA Globe spinning there are now over 40 designs available featuring planets moons and asteroids and guess what the graphics are supplied by NASA themselves I think it's the perfect gift for someone who seems to have everything use my promo code riddle1 mob. com for a 10% discount all the info you need is in the video description now let's learn how to survive a tornado the so-called Tornado Alley runs through the central states of the United States this is an area where about 1,200 tornadoes form annually it covers the territory of seven states and even the southern part of Canada and there is more than one such alley in the world destructive tornadoes are also found in Mexico Argentina Uruguay Australia China Bangladesh South Africa and Europe almost anywhere in the world at the same time tornadoes usually appear suddenly they cannot be predicted in advance and in just a quarter of an hour they can claim dozens of human lives but where do tornadoes even come from in fact a tornado is a a huge funnel of wind tornadoes form during thunderstorms when cold dry air meets a mass of warm humid air the density of warm air is lower so cold air flows push it up so near a thundercloud air turbulences appear subsequently becoming a tornado they can reach 16 km in height the average width of the funnel at Earth's surface is about 150 M but some tornadoes can reach several kilm in diameter one of the largest tornadoes in history with a funnel diameter of about 4 km swept over the city of ham in Southeast Nebraska in 2004 it all started with a small tornado that appeared at 7:30 p. m.
after a while the wind Force increased and the tornado reached the farmhouses and tore off the roofs by 8:35 p. m. the tornado approached the city of H and reached its maximum strength and its funnel grew to 2 1/2 mil in width it demolished the houses of local residents destroyed agricultural vehicles and even overturned and blew a cold train off the tracks as a result most of hullum was destroyed unfortunately not all the local residents managed to take cover as a result one person died and 38 were injured the tornado raged for over a 100 minutes and during this time covered a distance of 84 km and this is although tornadoes usually disappear in 15 to 20 minutes but although the halum tornado was powerful long and destructive it's far from an absolute record in 1925 one of the longest lasting tornadoes in history swept over the United States the Tri-State Tornado it showed up at about 100 p.
m. in Ellington Missouri and took the residents by surprise the tornado quickly gained strength and moved to the Northeast tearing roofs off houses and destroying small buildings when the tornado approached the Mississippi River it had already taken 11 human lives Illinois was next in line here the Whirlwind almost completely destroyed three cities more than 600 people were victims of the tornado but the deadly tornado didn't stop there the state of Indiana was next next there it wiped out three cities and 85 farms and claimed the lives of 71 more people the Tri-State Tornado was the longest and deadliest in US history the tornado lasted for three and a half hours covering more than 350 km as a result almost 700 people died 2,000 residents were injured and tens of thousands were left homeless the wind speed inside The Vortex reached a whopping 480 kmph but even this is not the limit The Bridge Creek Mo tornado broke that dismal record in 1999 This Tornado developed the highest wind speed in history about 500 kmph it affected the state of Oklahoma and destroyed over 8,000 homes and 260 Enterprises as a result 36 people died and the damage caused by the tornado was estimated at $1 billion a tornado can appear suddenly and it can be difficult for meteorologists to predict how strong it'll be but even if a tornado can't be prevented that doesn't imply we're completely defenseless against it in 2018 in Wyoming the most photogenic tornado formed just amidst a heavy thunderstorm the tornado lasted about 40 5 minutes and during that time dozens of people managed to capture it instead of taking cover people filmed the tornado passing just a few hundred M away fortunately the Wyoming tornado was relatively weak it damaged several power lines and fences without causing severe harm to people but everything could have been different in 2013 in the same state of Oklahoma the small town of eleno was hit by the largest tornado in history the wind speed inside the vortex reached over 470 kmph and the width of the tornado funnel was more than 4 km but the worst thing is that the El Reno tornado moved chaotically it was almost impossible to predict the direction of its movement this is what caused the death of an experienced hurricane hunter Tim samaris he had more than 20 years of experience filming natural disasters together with his son and colleague they also filmed the eleno tornado but while the team was looking for a good angle the worldwind suddenly changed Direction and approached samara's car a mighty wind gust picked up the car and threw it 800 m to the side everyone inside died if you're caught in a tornado your chances of surviving are only one in 60,000 and the most significant danger here is the wreckage the Whirlwind picks up fragments of buildings trees and everything in its path and Spins it all at an incredible speed inside the tornado looks more like a giant blender than a strong wind funnel if you're caught by the wind this debris will pose the greatest danger in addition intense hail with hailstones of about 6 and 1 12 cm in diameter can form inside a tornado at speeds of several hundred km per hour even such relatively small ice fragments can easily damage the skin and soft tissues in addition a tornado can literally pick you up lift you off the ground and throw you from a great height as happened with samara's car but even if by some miracle you remain intact there's a chance you'll simply suffocate the fact is that the air density inside the vortex is 20% lower than usual approximately like that on the top of Mount Everest you can just lose Consciousness from lack of oxygen and suffocate so how can you save yourself if a tornado is approaching you the first step is to find a hiding place a specially equipped shelter would be perfect but if it's nowhere near just hide in the basement of a house if you don't have one you can hide in a room that's separated from the street by at least two walls and has no windows a Corridor bathroom or any other room in the center of the house will work you can also hide under a heavy table or cover yourself with a mattress this will help partially protect against debris if you hear the sound of an approaching tornado immediately lie face down on the floor and cover your head with your hands and don't rush to leave your shelter when you realize the tornado is moving away after all as you remember the trajectory of a tornado can be very unpredictable if you're covering is in the affected area you must leave it very carefully pay attention to objects around you broken power lines or sharp fragments may be nearby if the building is badly damaged or you're under Rubble it's better to wait for Rescuers to arrive and not try to get out on your own and one more thing lighting a cigarette to calm your nerves is a bad idea remember that a tornado can damage gas pipes meaning it's better not to use a lighter matches but what if a tornado catches you off guard on the street and there's no shelter nearby if you're in a car stay in it fasten your seat belt if you haven't already and Crouch below the window line at the same time it's worth covering your back with outerwear or blanket and clasping your head with your hands to protect yourself from debris if you're in an open area and there's absolutely nowhere to hide look for any deepening in the ground such as a hole or a ditch lie face down in it and protect the back of your head with your hands try to find something to cover yourself with these tips can help you survive if a tornado is coming your way but there are tornadoes from which it's almost impossible to escape in 2018 a series of massive wildfires engulfed California they spread over an area of 65,000 Square km and led to the deaths of 103 people but besides the fires themselves something else was the cause of the destruction during the evacuation residents of the city of reading noticed strange swirling clouds of smoke and Flames above the Flaming trees it was a fiery tornado it ruthlessly uprooted trees overturned cars and literally set fire to everything in its path the US National Weather Service determined that the wind speed in this fiery Whirlwind was about 230 kmph in fact a fiery tornado isn't really a tornado it forms over a fire when the heated air rises and forms vortexes usually such a tornado reaches only 10 to 50 m and disappears within a few minutes but sometimes a fire tornado can grow up to 1 km at the same time the temperature inside such a Vortex Rises to 1,000° C such tornadoes last for no longer than 20 minutes a fiery tornado can easily uproot trees up to 15 M high and spread forest fires for many kilomet but sometimes such tornadoes can reach cities in 1871 during step fires a fiery Whirlwind destroyed an entire community in the city of Peshtigo Wisconsin in 2003 a fired tornado in Australia caused the instantaneous ignition of bushes in an area of 1.
