Or lightly constructed buildings were there and were completely swept away. But it's possible, that, or oil exploration sites that didn't have rigs over them at the time of this.
why does it look like the trees are blown down in all different patterns and directions in stead of in one main direction as the tornado path goes on ......just trying to understand tornadoes
This video shows the true power of tornadoes. Why again do people disregard tornado warnings, because they don't want to get off the couch or finish watching their fav tv series?
All this timber laying around will eventually be a fire hazard. A big "blow down" in Minnesota's BWCA on the Canadian border blew down millions of trees. There were a lot of forest fires several years thereafter from all of the downed timber. Probably the same risk here in Alabama.
Just realized being in a forest while a tornado comes through would be the worst
The number of trees down is just mind blowing.
@dryan22 most of those roads are people's driveways... this is actually a fairly densely populated part of the state
This proves how truly small we are.
You're actually smaller than that! The Universe!
@seadannie tornadoes are rotating columns of air, the rotation of the tornado causes the trees and destruction to look random
subvortices drive the wind in all sorts of crazy directions
I was thinking the same thing.. I am from Vancouver, Washington and was 5 when mt. st helens blew
I noticed a bunch of mysterious roads leading to empty cul-de-sacs...are these hydraulic fracking sites?
Absolute Disaster...my goodness my heart cries for these people
Or lightly constructed buildings were there and were completely swept away. But it's possible, that, or oil exploration sites that didn't have rigs over them at the time of this.
since part one and two how far miles it been through from begin to end ?
I'm pretty sure it was bout 80 miles total
why does it look like the trees are blown down in all different patterns and directions in stead of in one main direction as the tornado path goes on ......just trying to understand tornadoes
Dannie Sea it may look that way up close but generally it’s in a inward/convergent area.
I didn't think it was going to end...
@stlouismom There won't be a shortage of firewood for the next several winters, that's certain.
@drevenkaine Not really. There will not be enough time/manpower to collect all of those downed trees before they begin to rot.
This video shows the true power of tornadoes. Why again do people disregard tornado warnings, because they don't want to get off the couch or finish watching their fav tv series?
How long did this tornado last?
It had a path of almost 80 miles
@stlouismom I live in Tuscaloosa, was very scary ... worst one to ever hit us by far.
@lovethatcat2 they are so broken up when you see them on the ground that it is not worth the effort...
GOD BLESS TUSCALOOSA
80 miles of devastation and tim marshall didn't rate it an EF5. What a putz.
Ken Perk it's clearly an F-5! No doubt about it.
May have been but you can’t rate it based on path length. If the structures aren’t well built it gets a lower rating
Behold the power of mother nature.
Behold the power of mother nature
All this timber laying around will eventually be a fire hazard. A big "blow down" in Minnesota's BWCA on the Canadian border blew down millions of trees. There were a lot of forest fires several years thereafter from all of the downed timber. Probably the same risk here in Alabama.
God Of Air
@drevenkaine all building trades will boom...lets see the insurance company's try to weasel out of paying