Please brake for tornadoes...
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Was that one of those nutty STORMCHASER nerds on the Quest TV channel? They drive homemade juggernauts towards them, and fire instrumented rockets and place measuring "frisbees" in their path to get sucked up and send data back. Not to mention have radar displays from internet channels, and communicate with others like them. Should have a hot line to the coroner!
https://www.questtv.com/shows/storm-chasers
https://www.questtv.com/shows/storm-chasers
Guy shoulda floored it and gone straight ahead for a ways. A car can outrun a tornado. If he were able to get his bearings he would have seen it was 90 degrees or more from his position. The other thing is once seen, do a 180 although it looks like it was a very divided highway and not safe to go the wrong way. The big danger besides being blown over is shrapnel. If there were a residential area on either side of the road that would have been much more dangerous from the sizable blowing debris
that would result. That tornado seemed mild if you ask me. I thought sheltering under a bridge is not so good an idea and lifted this from a storm site:
Myth #3: When you’re on the road, the best place to ride out a tornado is under a bridge.
Definitely not! Do not do this!
Although it might seem like the bridge over your head would protect you, hiding under an overpass or bridge is actually very dangerous, because a tornado's winds can blast debris underneath the structure. The storm's winds could blow you out from underneath and possibly into the tornado itself, or the bridge could collapse on top of you, the SPC warned.
But if you're on the road, you don't want to stay in your car, either. "Vehicles are notorious as death traps in tornadoes, because they are easily tossed and destroyed," the SPC said.
Your options depend on where the tornado is and what's around you. If the tornado is far away or not heading toward you, the best option may be to head in the opposite direction and get out of its path. If it's bearing down on you, and there's a sturdy structure nearby, take shelter there. But if no building is around, get as far away from the road and cars as possible, and lie down in a low spot, the SPC advised.
Kurt
that would result. That tornado seemed mild if you ask me. I thought sheltering under a bridge is not so good an idea and lifted this from a storm site:
Myth #3: When you’re on the road, the best place to ride out a tornado is under a bridge.
Definitely not! Do not do this!
Although it might seem like the bridge over your head would protect you, hiding under an overpass or bridge is actually very dangerous, because a tornado's winds can blast debris underneath the structure. The storm's winds could blow you out from underneath and possibly into the tornado itself, or the bridge could collapse on top of you, the SPC warned.
But if you're on the road, you don't want to stay in your car, either. "Vehicles are notorious as death traps in tornadoes, because they are easily tossed and destroyed," the SPC said.
Your options depend on where the tornado is and what's around you. If the tornado is far away or not heading toward you, the best option may be to head in the opposite direction and get out of its path. If it's bearing down on you, and there's a sturdy structure nearby, take shelter there. But if no building is around, get as far away from the road and cars as possible, and lie down in a low spot, the SPC advised.
Kurt
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That's what I was thinking and what I would have done. It sounded at one point like someone went by him out of frame of the camera.
Yes, the underpass acts as a funnel for the wind.
