Hatunen wrote:
> On 3 Oct 2005 05:57:25 -0700, "oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com"
> wrote:
>
> >[snip]
> >
> > Without doing the research, Tornado Alley is more about
> >size than frequency. Much of the midwest outside of "the"
> >alley has alot of tornados, but the ones that they have
> >out there are huge by comparison. Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,
> >etc all have tornados, but the size of them rarely if ever
> >compares to the size of them out in the larger plains states.
> >east of the Mississippi is the minor leagues and west
> >they go to "the big show".
>
> Well, maybe, but I'd sure like to see figures on that. As a
> former resident of both Ohio and Kansas I'd say Kansas is noted
> for its number of tornadoes. I don't miss all those evenngs in
> Kansas seeing a small tornado logo in the corner of my TV screen.
Yeah, but I lived my summers the same way in Michigan.
We even moved into the basement a few times because we
were told there was a tornado in the area. But they were
usually tiny little things that would take out one house,
not a whole block, much less a whole town.
>
> Even Ohio can have some pretty big twisters, e.g., the Xenia
> tornado.
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