Tornado Weather

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

MrWizard wrote:
Turtle
you Don't have to see the tornado to be delayed, harmed, injured, or killed by the severe storm cell that creates the tornado

more damage and death is caused by the flooding from all the rain, than the direct path of the tornado
you are over simplifying the situation
its the whole Area the storm cell covers that you have to be concerned about, hundreds of miles, not just where the tornado is touching down

i''ve seen the damage live in person, been there done that
it would take a have to life in danger situation
for me to deliberately drive into that storm cell

i'll run in front of it, IF it starts up behind me
or i'll stay put if one is in front of me

and if it starts up where i am, (and i can't leave) i'll hunker down and pray,

Mrwizard the OP was concerned about tornado's and that is what I addressed. He did not mention anything about flood or storm cells or anything else. He was concerned about tornado's.

Who said anything about deliberately driving into a storm cell? I sure didn't.

As far as hunkering down where you are if a big storm starts up where you are: Great advice, because the chance of a "tornado" killing you is very, very, very, very, very small............in fact, almost non existent for all practical purposes.

In fact, bee's and wasps kill about the same amount of people every year. This chart is a great visual for people that have a hard time understanding statistics.

And cows kill about a 1/3 of the people each year that tornado's do. COWS!

you said not to worry about the tornado
the BIG problem is Not if the tornado will hit you while driving
the Big problem is driving into the @#$% storm area when you don't have too, to begin with,
there is lot more danger driving into all that rain , hail,wind, and flooding, than just the tornado