It dawned on me that perhaps it's not that trailer parks ATTRACT tornadoes and other natural disasters, but that they are FAR more pervasive than anyone is willing to admit.
I believe that tornadoes are influeced by structure on the ground, but not absolutely. IT is very rare to see a tornado go through a forest, city, or hilly country. They have happened in those places, but unhindered ground is perfered. The reason why, I believe, they happen to hit trailer parks is because they are always built near the outskirts of town. A tornado from the country nears a town and wipes out the trailer park and then weakens. This is just a theory and not proven research. Think about though. How often do you see a forest, hilly community, or big city hit by a tornado? The one in Salt Lake City a couple of years ago was a freak and a exception to the rule. The one in Nashville was also a freak thing. Whatever, I am running out of bullshit.
Truth in both of your ideas, I think. I would also say that a tornado pretty much has to hit a traditional house directly to destroy it, whereas it only has to be in the vicinity of a trailer to suck in on over and spit it out. It's a matter of them being "bigger" targets.
Media always likes showing disasters with lots & lots of debris around to show "the total devistation of this horrible storm." (If it bleeds, it leads...) True, the reality is that trailer parks are built mostly on flat land and tornatoes love flat land to wreak their havoc. Cities also tend to have thermals that disrupt storm patterns (all that concrete). At least that's the theory...
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I believe that tornadoes are influeced by structure on the ground, but not absolutely. IT is very rare to see a tornado go through a forest, city, or hilly country. They have happened in those places, but unhindered ground is perfered. The reason why, I believe, they happen to hit trailer parks is because they are always built near the outskirts of town. A tornado from the country nears a town and wipes out the trailer park and then weakens. This is just a theory and not proven research. Think about though. How often do you see a forest, hilly community, or big city hit by a tornado? The one in Salt Lake City a couple of years ago was a freak and a exception to the rule. The one in Nashville was also a freak thing. Whatever, I am running out of bullshit.
Truth in both of your ideas, I think. I would also say that a tornado pretty much has to hit a traditional house directly to destroy it, whereas it only has to be in the vicinity of a trailer to suck in on over and spit it out. It's a matter of them being "bigger" targets.
Media always likes showing disasters with lots & lots of debris around to show "the total devistation of this horrible storm." (If it bleeds, it leads...) True, the reality is that trailer parks are built mostly on flat land and tornatoes love flat land to wreak their havoc. Cities also tend to have thermals that disrupt storm patterns (all that concrete). At least that's the theory...
Sounds like T-clog is onto something? Thanks Tom.
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