Tornados

Tornados

By Guest Writer S.B.

     Tornadoes are by far the most destructive storms on earth. Their winds can reach up to 318 miles per hour. They can be short or long tornadoes. Some last only a few seconds, and some last hours. They can move up to 72 miles per hour. There are six types of tornadoes: EF0, EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4, and EF5. And EF0 can knock down small trees and shatter windows, and their winds are only about from 42 miles per hour to 70 miles per hour. An EF5, on the other hand, leaves nothing standing. They can pick up whole houses and send them flying. Their winds are from 256 to 318 miles per hour. To stay safe during a tornado, get as low as possible. If you live in a mobile home, get out. If you’re in a car and a tornado warning comes, it may seem safe to stay in the car, because their is a lot of weight and it seems hard for a tornado to pick it up. Get out of the car! Lie in a ditch or cover your head and huddle by a brick wall. If there are no options, scrunch up into a ball and cover your head best you can. Tornadoes happen mostly in the mid U.S, when warm air flows in from Mexico and cool air flows in from the Rocky Mountains. When warm air and cool air combines together, it makes rotation which can cause a funnel cloud. The chances of a funnel cloud touching the ground and becoming a tornado are very slim.