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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Sun Mar 18, 2012, 09:38 PM Mar 2012

The Top Ten Tornado States and Predictions....

For years, statisticians have counted just the shear number of tornado's in each state. The Weather Channel has added another factor to gauge where in reality tornado's have hit the hardest. They calculated the number per 10,000 miles in each state. As a result they have come up with an entire new listing.

For example, if you go by actual number of tornado's, Texas would be number one. However when you factor in the number of tornado's per 10,000 miles then Florida is number one. The state where the tornado paths run the longest is Mississippi. The highest percentage of killer tornado's of those that hit would be Tennessee.

Here is the list of the top ten most tornado states per 10,000 square miles. As Dr. Greg Forbes says, "Basically, these are the states with the most tornado's per square mile." Following the list is a video of Dr. Forbes' projection for the remainder of this year.

http://www.davidmixner.com/2012/03/what-are-the-top-ten-tornado-states-and-projections-for-this-year.html

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http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=9625

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The Top Ten Tornado States and Predictions.... (Original Post) MindMover Mar 2012 OP

I grew up in central Illinois and I now live in Iowa. seeviewonder Mar 2012 #1

Maryland is #3? Is this guy kidding? banned from Kos Mar 2012 #2

I've had a fair number of residential weather radios. I've been RKP5637 Mar 2012 #3

I used to live in Kansas SheilaT Mar 2012 #4

seeviewonder

(461 posts)

1. I grew up in central Illinois and I now live in Iowa.

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 09:47 PM

Mar 2012

While the statistics may be correct, I've only seen one tornado in my life, and it was from a safe distance. It didn't last long, either.

banned from Kos

(4,017 posts)

2. Maryland is #3? Is this guy kidding?

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 10:20 PM

Mar 2012

Granted, I am no weather expert.

I do NOT get that!

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)

3. I've had a fair number of residential weather radios. I've been

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 10:45 PM

Mar 2012

using Midland Electronics weather radios as mentioned in your second link as a supplier and they've worked quite well. NOAA is incredible!!! At least a few years back a number of them (other brands) I've had did not do a good job with alerts. The Midlands have worked well.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

4. I used to live in Kansas

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 11:43 PM

Mar 2012

and there's nothing that quite matches the thrill of staying in the basement for a couple of hours listening to the weather radio.

In May of 2003 I attended a fundraiser for Howard Dean in Kansas City. That day there were a number of tornadoes in that part of the country. William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri a town on the very eastern edge of the metro area, was badly damaged, so much that they simply ended the semester there and then. My husband, who worked in Lawrence, Kansas, about thirty miles west, couldn't make it to the event because of the tornado danger out there.

At one point I was on a balcony with Governor Dean, gleefully telling him that of all the places I'd ever lived, the most violent weather I'd experienced was there in Kansas. I was having fun, watching him trying to put up a good front, but he was clearly uneasy about the violent weather potential.

Fortunately, no tornadoes were anywhere near us that day.

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