Tornadoes and trailer parks, is there a correlation?
Posted by Blueeyes at 1/17/2009 9:50 PM 
Categories: Educational, Weather and Climate, Interesting, Current Events, Outdoors, Government, Cool, Science, hmmm, Environment
Categories: Educational, Weather and Climate, Interesting, Current Events, Outdoors, Government, Cool, Science, hmmm, Environment
I received an e-mail lately from a reader on bestbraindrain.com asked an interesting question, "is there a correlation between tornadoes in trailer parks?" Now this may sound stupid at first, but if you look back at many of the recent tornadoes in the past 5, 10 and 15 years, many or actually most have actually crisscrossed or somehow involved a trailer park within their short duration. Is this just chance or is there actually more to it?
Well to start with, trailer parks aren't just limited to those states that are highly considered to be tornado zones or tornado states and hot zones. They exist everywhere from Maine to California and from Portland Oregon to Dallas Texas to Tampa and Miami Florida. Just like with auto recycling and salvage yards, trailer parks tend to be placed or located farther outside of cities and in flat areas. This in and of itself would not necessarily make a trailer park any more target than anything else.
I was recently watching an interesting show on the history Channel about storms, hurricanes and tornadoes and how, apparently, we are getting more of these due to possible climate changes. Well, they asked the question of why large cities like Atlanta Georgia, New York City, Dallas Texas and Houston Texas have not been hit by a major tornado. Well the actual answer is actually quite simple. It's like having a huge dartboard and putting a map of the United States on it and throwing a dart.How many times do you think you actually directly hit a city on it from a distance of 10 or 20 feet - Almost never is the answer.
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In reality, cities, towns, even trailer parks are not targeted by tornadoes.What is targeted, however, is areas of land that are more susceptible to tornado formation. What this means is that large flat areas like Kansas, Missouri, Texas and other similar areas are much more prone to have bigger and longer lasting storms that can result in inner circulations and wall clouds which often times lead to tornado formations.
One key indicator of a storm that can produce a tornado is large hail.Large hail is rather rare on the East Coast, but it is quite common to see golf ball and even softball sized hail in Texas and Kansas. This large hail indicates what is common to refer to as a very high stormcloud or a super cell. These super cells tend to form in the area from New Mexico up to Kansas and even across the Mississippi into states like Ohio and Tennessee.
Super cells, unlike animals, do not have brains and do not seek out cities, towns or even trailer parks. However, they tend to form as stated above in areas that are flat, have proper humidity and all the rest of the required conditions. Unfortunately, quite a few trailer parks are located in large flat areas of Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and other similar areas that are prime breeding grounds for super cells and tornadoes.
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Trailer parks, as a rule, provide cheap, quick and easy shelter for those on lower incomes or in poorer areas. Unfortunately, a lot of areas in the Midwest are poorer areas and this is another reason for the high percentage or numbers of trailer parks in those areas. So it has nothing to do with a super cell or tornado seeking out a trailer park or a mobile home. They just tend to be located in some of the worst areas for trailer parks or mobile homes.
Maybe what needs to happen here is for the US Army engineers to spend a little time and money on perfecting a better and safer home for people that live in these areas. The Army Corps of Engineers spends billions and has spent billions on repairing various structures, bridges, levies, etc. to ward off hurricanes, earthquakes, possible nuclear disasters and confrontations (ie. Cold War). So it wouldn't be a far fetch for them to get involved here and figure out a way to make the Midwest safer from tornadoes and super cells. Whether or not they'll do that is up to Congress and of course our new president Obama and whether or not they have the sufficient funds or desire to help the people of lesser means in the Midwest and other areas.
The point of this article was not to belittle anyone for living in a trailer park or for living in the Midwest as there is nothing wrong with that. And it is important to note that not all people living in trailer parks are poor or of lesser means. The point here was to address the question of whether or not trailer parks are actually targeted by tornadoes, and obviously you now know the answer to this question. However, I do hope that someone, whether it be an entrepreneur or the Army Corps of Engineers, does come up with a safer alternative for these folks as a tornado can spell disaster for anyone living in tornado Alley.
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Well to start with, trailer parks aren't just limited to those states that are highly considered to be tornado zones or tornado states and hot zones. They exist everywhere from Maine to California and from Portland Oregon to Dallas Texas to Tampa and Miami Florida. Just like with auto recycling and salvage yards, trailer parks tend to be placed or located farther outside of cities and in flat areas. This in and of itself would not necessarily make a trailer park any more target than anything else.
I was recently watching an interesting show on the history Channel about storms, hurricanes and tornadoes and how, apparently, we are getting more of these due to possible climate changes. Well, they asked the question of why large cities like Atlanta Georgia, New York City, Dallas Texas and Houston Texas have not been hit by a major tornado. Well the actual answer is actually quite simple. It's like having a huge dartboard and putting a map of the United States on it and throwing a dart.How many times do you think you actually directly hit a city on it from a distance of 10 or 20 feet - Almost never is the answer.
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In reality, cities, towns, even trailer parks are not targeted by tornadoes.What is targeted, however, is areas of land that are more susceptible to tornado formation. What this means is that large flat areas like Kansas, Missouri, Texas and other similar areas are much more prone to have bigger and longer lasting storms that can result in inner circulations and wall clouds which often times lead to tornado formations.
One key indicator of a storm that can produce a tornado is large hail.Large hail is rather rare on the East Coast, but it is quite common to see golf ball and even softball sized hail in Texas and Kansas. This large hail indicates what is common to refer to as a very high stormcloud or a super cell. These super cells tend to form in the area from New Mexico up to Kansas and even across the Mississippi into states like Ohio and Tennessee.
Super cells, unlike animals, do not have brains and do not seek out cities, towns or even trailer parks. However, they tend to form as stated above in areas that are flat, have proper humidity and all the rest of the required conditions. Unfortunately, quite a few trailer parks are located in large flat areas of Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and other similar areas that are prime breeding grounds for super cells and tornadoes.
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Trailer parks, as a rule, provide cheap, quick and easy shelter for those on lower incomes or in poorer areas. Unfortunately, a lot of areas in the Midwest are poorer areas and this is another reason for the high percentage or numbers of trailer parks in those areas. So it has nothing to do with a super cell or tornado seeking out a trailer park or a mobile home. They just tend to be located in some of the worst areas for trailer parks or mobile homes.
Maybe what needs to happen here is for the US Army engineers to spend a little time and money on perfecting a better and safer home for people that live in these areas. The Army Corps of Engineers spends billions and has spent billions on repairing various structures, bridges, levies, etc. to ward off hurricanes, earthquakes, possible nuclear disasters and confrontations (ie. Cold War). So it wouldn't be a far fetch for them to get involved here and figure out a way to make the Midwest safer from tornadoes and super cells. Whether or not they'll do that is up to Congress and of course our new president Obama and whether or not they have the sufficient funds or desire to help the people of lesser means in the Midwest and other areas.
The point of this article was not to belittle anyone for living in a trailer park or for living in the Midwest as there is nothing wrong with that. And it is important to note that not all people living in trailer parks are poor or of lesser means. The point here was to address the question of whether or not trailer parks are actually targeted by tornadoes, and obviously you now know the answer to this question. However, I do hope that someone, whether it be an entrepreneur or the Army Corps of Engineers, does come up with a safer alternative for these folks as a tornado can spell disaster for anyone living in tornado Alley.
Other great recent articles you will want to see:
1) Is 2012 the end of the world?
2) How to do a federal inmate search
3) How long does it take for new sites to rank on Google?
4) Stress and it's effects on your brain
5) Why article submissions are dead (RIP)
6) Duplicate content and Google rankings
7) Copper, the new superdrug?
8) Cheating at elite Ivy league schools like Cornell University is rampant
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