I love living in South Africa, I can handle violence but natural disasters are horrifying, thankfully in SA there are next to no earthquakes, tsunamis or hurricanes. The worst we have is moderate to severe rainstorms
I'm not a meteorologist, so I might get things wrong, but as a planetary scientist, here is my best explanation. You may have heard the term "Great Plains" to describe the central heartland of the contiguous United States. This is a region with a special geography that is prone to tornados, and no other region on Earth has the exact combination of features to trigger tornados quite the same way. The Rocky Mountains run west of the Great Plains, and they provide a very effective windbreak, which creates a rain shadow over this region from the west. The region also has only a few major water ways, and none of them have been around long enough to create deep valleys like you see with older rivers. The Great Plains are also astonishingly flat from a geological perspective, in a way that only large regions of desert can match. The lack of water also contributed to very light and sparse vegetation, similar to the Eurasian steppes. Unlike the steppes, though, this region is not bounded by mountains on the east. This opens it up to windflow from the East as well as from the North. The wind flowing from that direction is very warm, with the wind mostly flowing northwest from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean areas. This warm wind runs into the colder winds flowing southeast from the North. Tornados form out of collisions of warm and cold winds, so they form quite easily there because of the combination of the two wind sources, with the Rockies encouraging their mixing through preventing wind flow further west. Most regions of the Earth will not have that combination of warm and cold winds, or they will not have the extremely flat terrain. Both are required to get tornados at the frequency and severity that you see in the US.
Part of it is probably because it’s the Great Planes. The Midwest is very flat between the Rockies and the Appalachians (correct me if I’m wrong, I haven’t looked at a topographic map in a while and this is from memory) and that’s good for tornadoes. Then you’ve got the warm air from the equator (the Gulf probably has a part in this) and the cold air from the arctic, and there you go.
Tell me something I don't know. I was born in Nebraska and currently live in Kansas. And as bad as it can get, sometimes I'll take tornadoes over earthquakes which you have no control over or volcanoes which I have no understanding what people live by those. A tornado we generally always get good weather warnings and can go to a storm shelter to get away from.
I lived in Northridge, California during the 7.6 scale earthquake. Some buildings had issues, but it didn't destroy entire neighborhoods, and cities. It turned our concrete slab into a jigsaw puzzle, but from above looked fine. Learned about the damage when I sold the house and the new owners had to spend $$$ to repair it 😊😊😊
I’m watching this in the middle of a nighttime tornado warning with a radar indicated tornado due to pass by in about 5 minutes. So, I decided to torture myself for a bit by watching tornado videos until it passes and I can go back to bed…😂
And as climate change worsens, we see these storms shifting further east towards more populated areas that aren't built to deal with them and they are becoming stronger and more frequent.
Living in Alabama at the time of the 2011 tornadoes was surreal. Caused by hurricane something or another, it mustered a full on national emergency. My family and I went out for a couple of days to help with disaster relief. Help when you can
I wish RUclips had a system in place to handle reuploads. Where my watch later queue would just be updated to the new replacement video. Instead I need to do a bunch of searching to figure out what video is now unavailable and then re-add the new one.
but like why dont they build their homes out of strong materials? I've heard they only use light materials like wood wor the skeletone and styrofoam and cardboard for walls.
I'm curious about this too. I heard that in Japan they deliberately build light, to lessen the likelihood of being crushed by the building in case of a strong earthquake, and probably to make rescue efforts easier too. Wonder if this is similar.
@@SishirC Apparently, you've never heard of monolithic domes. Tthey have withstood big twisters right on top of them, category 5 hurricanes, fires, etc. During desert storm, one in irag that was a grain silo and the us pilot thought it was a military compound fired a cruise missile that punched through and explode. the hole was patched up and business as usual.
This is what happens when you have an open borders! You never know who is going to wreck havoc or become violent! One minute it’s all nice and sunny out the next minute your life is turned upside down! But we also have those people out there “tornadoes lives matter” wasn’t there a time where they were trying to use nuclear bombs to stop tornadoes?
Did Chat GPT write this? What does “Highest classification, violent” even mean?? Just use the tried and true Fujita F scale and everyone will understand. Why make things confusing and obfuscate information? Disappointing quality 👎🏻
in defense of wooden houses, in almost every circumstance they are better than brick or stone houses. faster and cheaper to build, easier to retrofit new tech and standards into, better insulation, easier to transport the materials, less training needed to build, are able to be fireproofed and built to withstand most natural disasters if the builders are made to do it, and can last well over a century if not abandoned. in a relatively new country where most homes and suburbs are going to get bulldozed before they reach 60 years old to make way for new apartments, shopping, or industrial areas as cities or just town zoning grows or changes they are the best choice in most areas.
Probably little difference. Wood houses generally survive anything but a direct hit or very near miss. Brick or block houses won’t take a direct hit either.
But why did it happen? I wish you explained a little further why the US has more tornados or why 2011 had so many. Kind of disappointing, you guys usually have much better videos.
Yaaa right now all this southern everywhere start happening you are right it’s hard to believe what’s happening. New is sad. God don’t like that. God do not like ugly. This is man-made.😮😢😮😢😮😢😮😢
HAARP. I had a relort from Congress to PresidtNixon in 1972, that said how the dod had the technology to control the weather as a weapon! How else does a hurricane make a sharp right angle turn??? As in "Hugo" some years ago
You need certain quirks of geography for tornadoes - the mountainous west, then the Great Plains, warm moist from Gulf meeting cool from the North. Butt hurt kryz?
@@Three_Random_Words What does that have to do with the equation, I said NOTHING about Jesus. Besides, you know how many thousands of people on the North American continent named Jesus .. I don't t know any of them!
75% of the worlds tornado happen in the US Tornado Alley or Dixie Alley
What about the Tornados 🌪️ in Damnation Alley?
I love living in South Africa, I can handle violence but natural disasters are horrifying, thankfully in SA there are next to no earthquakes, tsunamis or hurricanes. The worst we have is moderate to severe rainstorms
Who needs natural disasters when your currency is basically useless
How about flood?
How about flood? Landslide??
So far...
You can handle violence? Typical weird South African take.
Sorry guys my fault, ate beans
I outgrew beans ..now, it's the cheese 🧀🧀 🧀
Can you please do a video on the winds and stuff that make it more common in USA?
It's not the wind. It's THE STUFF !
I'm not a meteorologist, so I might get things wrong, but as a planetary scientist, here is my best explanation. You may have heard the term "Great Plains" to describe the central heartland of the contiguous United States. This is a region with a special geography that is prone to tornados, and no other region on Earth has the exact combination of features to trigger tornados quite the same way. The Rocky Mountains run west of the Great Plains, and they provide a very effective windbreak, which creates a rain shadow over this region from the west. The region also has only a few major water ways, and none of them have been around long enough to create deep valleys like you see with older rivers. The Great Plains are also astonishingly flat from a geological perspective, in a way that only large regions of desert can match. The lack of water also contributed to very light and sparse vegetation, similar to the Eurasian steppes. Unlike the steppes, though, this region is not bounded by mountains on the east. This opens it up to windflow from the East as well as from the North. The wind flowing from that direction is very warm, with the wind mostly flowing northwest from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean areas. This warm wind runs into the colder winds flowing southeast from the North. Tornados form out of collisions of warm and cold winds, so they form quite easily there because of the combination of the two wind sources, with the Rockies encouraging their mixing through preventing wind flow further west. Most regions of the Earth will not have that combination of warm and cold winds, or they will not have the extremely flat terrain. Both are required to get tornados at the frequency and severity that you see in the US.
Part of it is probably because it’s the Great Planes. The Midwest is very flat between the Rockies and the Appalachians (correct me if I’m wrong, I haven’t looked at a topographic map in a while and this is from memory) and that’s good for tornadoes. Then you’ve got the warm air from the equator (the Gulf probably has a part in this) and the cold air from the arctic, and there you go.
@@sagsfv3122listening
Tell me something I don't know. I was born in Nebraska and currently live in Kansas.
And as bad as it can get, sometimes I'll take tornadoes over earthquakes which you have no control over or volcanoes which I have no understanding what people live by those.
A tornado we generally always get good weather warnings and can go to a storm shelter to get away from.
I lived in Northridge, California during the 7.6 scale earthquake. Some buildings had issues, but it didn't destroy entire neighborhoods, and cities. It turned our concrete slab into a jigsaw puzzle, but from above looked fine. Learned about the damage when I sold the house and the new owners had to spend $$$ to repair it 😊😊😊
I’m watching this in the middle of a nighttime tornado warning with a radar indicated tornado due to pass by in about 5 minutes. So, I decided to torture myself for a bit by watching tornado videos until it passes and I can go back to bed…😂
And as climate change worsens, we see these storms shifting further east towards more populated areas that aren't built to deal with them and they are becoming stronger and more frequent.
What is climate change ?
I've noticed sometimes the day is dark,
and sometimes the day is bright.
Do you know what causes that, too ?
@@mrbrown6421 yea thats called weather
Can we destroy these tornados? perhaps with our nuclear arsenal?
its wind. you cant nuke wind.
@@goosemann2389 wind is atmosphere. Explosions create pressure waves in the atmosphere that could disperse existing weather conditions
Wow a nuclear tornado. New fear unlocked.
And then you go about rebuilding from nuclear fallout instead of just rubble?
Pittsburgh get tornadoes once every 20 yrs and do little damage.
I live in SE kansas, there's alot lol
Same lol
Joplin here can confirm we got wiped out in 11
If I was a tornado, I’d want to experience freedom and French fries too
Living in Alabama at the time of the 2011 tornadoes was surreal. Caused by hurricane something or another, it mustered a full on national emergency. My family and I went out for a couple of days to help with disaster relief. Help when you can
Ahh the midwest, where we can get earthquakes, tornados, floods, blizzards, and droughts. Sometimes all in 1 year.
I wish RUclips had a system in place to handle reuploads. Where my watch later queue would just be updated to the new replacement video. Instead I need to do a bunch of searching to figure out what video is now unavailable and then re-add the new one.
but like why dont they build their homes out of strong materials? I've heard they only use light materials like wood wor the skeletone and styrofoam and cardboard for walls.
Like Tijuana housing...
I'm curious about this too. I heard that in Japan they deliberately build light, to lessen the likelihood of being crushed by the building in case of a strong earthquake, and probably to make rescue efforts easier too. Wonder if this is similar.
The strongest tornados carry as much energy as nuclear bombs. It simply isn't feasible to build houses to withstand that much damage
@@SishirC Apparently, you've never heard of monolithic domes. Tthey have withstood big twisters right on top of them, category 5 hurricanes, fires, etc.
During desert storm, one in irag that was a grain silo and the us pilot thought it was a military compound fired a cruise missile that punched through and explode. the hole was patched up and business as usual.
Where did the Great Lakes go? The map of the United States has Michigan looking very, very weird.
Europe , mainly the EU, just get bullshit storms....
Tornadoes are now contagious
The video starts with a view of Europe and North Africa, but with a title about tornadoes, and I am immediately baffled.
Other places in the world get tornadoes... just the VAST majority of strong tornadoes land in the US.
This is what happens when you have an open borders! You never know who is going to wreck havoc or become violent! One minute it’s all nice and sunny out the next minute your life is turned upside down! But we also have those people out there “tornadoes lives matter” wasn’t there a time where they were trying to use nuclear bombs to stop tornadoes?
those nukes were blinding to many though.
The scientists from Los Alamos meant well.
Did Chat GPT write this?
What does “Highest classification, violent” even mean?? Just use the tried and true Fujita F scale and everyone will understand. Why make things confusing and obfuscate information?
Disappointing quality 👎🏻
Violent is the name of the classification
everyone also understands the Enhanced Fujita (EF)Scale
I can tell if i like the video am i supporting tornadoes or the warnings about them lol
I wonder how much less damage would occur if American houses were built not from wood but from stronger materials.
Underground
in defense of wooden houses, in almost every circumstance they are better than brick or stone houses. faster and cheaper to build, easier to retrofit new tech and standards into, better insulation, easier to transport the materials, less training needed to build, are able to be fireproofed and built to withstand most natural disasters if the builders are made to do it, and can last well over a century if not abandoned. in a relatively new country where most homes and suburbs are going to get bulldozed before they reach 60 years old to make way for new apartments, shopping, or industrial areas as cities or just town zoning grows or changes they are the best choice in most areas.
Spoken like someone from outside the USA who does not understand construction.
Tornadoes of high wind speed will still rip apart a house made of bricks if hit, mother nature is not so easily bested.
Probably little difference. Wood houses generally survive anything but a direct hit or very near miss. Brick or block houses won’t take a direct hit either.
Jarrell, Texis??
Didn't cause as much damage as the 2011 outbreak.
According to my House Representative Doug LaMalfa there’s no such thing as climate change. YEAH RIIIIIGHT🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 these r ppl running our country ‼️‼️🙀
project popeye
But still makes house out of twigs.
They should all live in cheap “desposible” homes. Like easily replaceable trailers🤔
But why did it happen? I wish you explained a little further why the US has more tornados or why 2011 had so many. Kind of disappointing, you guys usually have much better videos.
This is a short. Full video is linked above.
shorts
@@samdherringlol you’re 100% right I’m being a dumbass thank you.
Probably has something to do with when El Nino comes around
That's what caused the 1999 outbreak.
It has to do with warm moist air, coming off the Gulf of Mexico and cool air coming down from Canada. perfect storm
tornadoes are contagious??
just like bot copying
Another said this above. And what is meant by it?
Yaaa right now all this southern everywhere start happening you are right it’s hard to believe what’s happening. New is sad. God don’t like that. God do not like ugly. This is man-made.😮😢😮😢😮😢😮😢
HAARP. I had a relort from Congress to PresidtNixon in 1972, that said how the dod had the technology to control the weather as a weapon! How else does a hurricane make a sharp right angle turn??? As in "Hugo" some years ago
Huh? Bible thumper word salad.
What about Indonesia, Philippines Bangladesh??? Don't be ridiculous.
Elaborate plz?
tell me I have not seen a single tornado happen in the Philippines
You need certain quirks of geography for tornadoes - the mountainous west, then the Great Plains, warm moist from Gulf meeting cool from the North.
Butt hurt kryz?
USA! USA!
USA, USA, USA 🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🔫🔫
Usa wind nation
Thanks for showing a true silhouette of a Ukrainian border despite rupropaganda. Real Science ❤
What?
Can you say climate change?
Can u say HAARP?
@sagsfv3122 it's not HAARP. It's called Spring time in the midwest.
@@sagsfv3122 jesus messed you up son.
@@Three_Random_Words What does that have to do with the equation, I said NOTHING about Jesus. Besides, you know how many thousands of people on the North American continent named Jesus .. I don't t know any of them!
@@sagsfv3122 CT'ists tend to be jesus junkies too.
How about not building houses in tornado alley..
Tornado alley is the size of Poland, Germany, and France combined and has some of the best farmland on the planet.
Maybe change the landscape..?😊
Even God want us people gone
no
Omigoodness, I need to give the government 60% of my income so that they can fix nature