TORNADOES Tornadoes are one of the biggest natural disasters. Tornadoes are very deadly. They are the most violent storms. It is important to know about tornadoes and know what to do during one. Tornadoes are violent rotating columns of air. It stretches from the sky to the ground. Tornadoes can destroy large buildings, uproot trees, kill a lot of living things, and hurl large a objects like vehicles hundreds of yards. You can't see tornadoes at first. They are clear until they pick up water or dirt. They form during thunderstorms. They form when warm, moist air and cold,dry air meet, they create an instability in the atmosphere. Tornadoes develop in the air thousands of feet above the earth’s surface.
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The months for tornadoe activity is April to June. It usually occurs in the spring in the afternoon between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tornadoes can of course happen in any month and at any time wheather it’s in the day or in the night. What causes tornadoes are three different types of air. There is a layer of warm and humid air with south winds near the ground. In the upper atmosphere lies west or southwest cold winds. Instability is what’s created between the surface and the upper level depending on the temperature and moisture differences. The other layer is a hot dry air between the warm moist air in the low levels and the cool dry air above. The hot layer is like a cap that allows the warm air underneath it which makes it warm further and that makes the air even more unstable. When the storm above begins to move east it begins to lift layers. In this process the cap is removed. The surrounding winds and the up drifts may cause the up drifts to start rotating and that's when a tornado is …show more content…
The signs include strong winds, whirling dust, hail and/or heavy rain, and a rumble or roar that sounds like a train. The safest thing u can do anywhere is to stay low to the ground away from glass and covering your head with your hands and arms. Everyone should go to a storm shelter or basement to be really safe, but if for some reason someone can't they should know what to do in any situation. It's harder to be safe in any kind of home without a basement, but you still can be safe. Anyone in their home should go to the lowest floor. It's better not to go anywhere near Windows or glass. If it's possible everyone in the house should go to a closet or a bath tub. It would be safer if they covered their body with a mattress or blankets. Everyone should try to wear a helmet. Those things protect anyone from falling debris in case the ceiling falls. Also the people in their house should know how heavy something is in the floor above just in case the floor weakened and a large object crushes someone. If people are in a large building that's not their, they should try to go to a restroom in the lowest floor and try to avoid elevators. It's extremely risky to be in a vehicle during a tornado. Anyone in this situation should be as much careful as possible. If the tornado is far away, they should try to move away from its path by moving in right angle from
The months for tornadoe activity is April to June. It usually occurs in the spring in the afternoon between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tornadoes can of course happen in any month and at any time wheather it’s in the day or in the night. What causes tornadoes are three different types of air. There is a layer of warm and humid air with south winds near the ground. In the upper atmosphere lies west or southwest cold winds. Instability is what’s created between the surface and the upper level depending on the temperature and moisture differences. The other layer is a hot dry air between the warm moist air in the low levels and the cool dry air above. The hot layer is like a cap that allows the warm air underneath it which makes it warm further and that makes the air even more unstable. When the storm above begins to move east it begins to lift layers. In this process the cap is removed. The surrounding winds and the up drifts may cause the up drifts to start rotating and that's when a tornado is …show more content…
The signs include strong winds, whirling dust, hail and/or heavy rain, and a rumble or roar that sounds like a train. The safest thing u can do anywhere is to stay low to the ground away from glass and covering your head with your hands and arms. Everyone should go to a storm shelter or basement to be really safe, but if for some reason someone can't they should know what to do in any situation. It's harder to be safe in any kind of home without a basement, but you still can be safe. Anyone in their home should go to the lowest floor. It's better not to go anywhere near Windows or glass. If it's possible everyone in the house should go to a closet or a bath tub. It would be safer if they covered their body with a mattress or blankets. Everyone should try to wear a helmet. Those things protect anyone from falling debris in case the ceiling falls. Also the people in their house should know how heavy something is in the floor above just in case the floor weakened and a large object crushes someone. If people are in a large building that's not their, they should try to go to a restroom in the lowest floor and try to avoid elevators. It's extremely risky to be in a vehicle during a tornado. Anyone in this situation should be as much careful as possible. If the tornado is far away, they should try to move away from its path by moving in right angle from