Comparing other life risks what would a tornado come into play?
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You're lifetime odds of dying from a 'Cataclysmic Storm' is 1 in 59,127.\n\nYour chance of dying in a transport (car/plain/train) accident is 1 in 35.
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Anything can happen. Many things can happen but only with low probability. Do you know there is some probability that all the air in your kitchen will collect on one side of the room, and people on the other side will suffocate? It can happen, but only with very low probability. Maybe there is a one-in-a-zillion chance that if you throw some pieces of metal in a bowl and shake it, a watch is made. With all those online freaks out there throwing metal into bowls, someone was bound to make a watch.
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Depends if u are asking regarding rain hazard (outward) collapse,\nor packing/storage  (inward) collapse...
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A tornado is basically like a giant vacuum cleaner.  They are frightening and amazing all at the same time!\n\nEverything you ever wanted to know about them can be found in this excellent resource from NOAA.
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http://www.bookfinder4u.com/search/Tornado.html\n\n\nyou should find it there..
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try this site http://www.howstuffworks.com/tornado.htm
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Tornado is the most violent of all storms. A tornado, sometimes called a twister, consists of a rapidly rotating column of air that forms under a thundercloud or a developing thundercloud. Tornado winds swirl at speeds that may exceed 300 miles (480 kilometers) per hour. A powerful tornado can lift cattle, automobiles, and even mobile homes into the air and destroy almost everything in its path. Fortunately, most tornadoes are relatively weak, and only a few are devastating. \nScientists use the word cyclone to refer to all spiral-shaped windstorms that circulate in a counterclockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere or in a clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere. The term cyclone comes from the Greek word for circle. Cyclones come in many sizes. Among the largest such storms are hurricanes and typhoons, which may reach 250 miles (400 kilometers) across. \nMost tornadoes are small, intense cyclones. On rare occasions, the winds whirl in the direction opposite that of a cyclone--for example, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. \nMost tornadoes have damage paths less than 1,600 feet (500 meters) wide, move at less than 35 miles (55 kilometers) per hour, and last only a few minutes. Extremely destructive twisters may reach 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) in diameter, travel at 60 miles (100 kilometers) per hour, and blow for more than an hour. \nThe United States has the highest incidence of tornadoes in the world. Most of these storms occur in a belt known as Tornado Alley that stretches across the Midwestern and Southern states, especially Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. However, tornadoes also strike many other parts of the world. Australia ranks second to the United States in number of twisters, and many damaging tornadoes strike Bangladesh. Tornadoes occur most often during the spring and early summer in the late afternoon and early evening. \nA tornado over a body of water is called a waterspout. Waterspouts occur frequently in summer over the Florida Keys. Waterspouts also form elsewhere in the Gulf, along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, over the Great Lakes, and even over the Great Salt Lake in Utah. \nThe story of a tornado. The majority of tornadoes develop from severe thunderstorms. A hurricane, when it makes landfall, can also generate tornadoes. \nThe most damaging tornadoes form in large, powerful thunderstorms called supercells. For a supercell to form, and perhaps spawn a tornado, several conditions must exist. There must be an adequate supply of moisture to feed the storm. In Tornado Alley, air from the Gulf of Mexico provides the moisture. There must be a layer of warm, moist air near the ground and a layer of much cooler air above. Often, a front (the boundary between two air masses at different temperatures) powers an upward flow of warm air. As the warm air rises, it begins to cool, and the moisture it holds condenses into raindrops. The air stops rising at high levels and spreads sideways to form a characteristic anvil-shaped storm cloud. \nFor a supercell to develop, the winds at higher elevations must differ markedly from those at lower levels in speed, direction, or both. Such a large difference in wind speed or direction is called wind shear. Wind shear makes the column of rising air begin to rotate, forming a broad, horizontal tube of swirling air. As the storm continues, this tube turns on its end, producing a rotating column of air called a mesocyclone. Studies show that most supercells containing mesocyclones eventually produce tornadoes. \nA low, dark, heavy cloud called a wall cloud forms underneath the mesocyclone. Tornado funnels develop out of the wall cloud. \nThe first sign of an approaching tornado may be light rain, followed by heavier rain, then rain mixed with hail. The hailstones may grow to the size of golf balls or even baseballs. After the hail ends, a tornado may strike. In most tornadoes, a funnel-shaped cloud forms and descends from the wall cloud until it touche
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Theoretically they could if it snaows while the ground is warm and conditions right.\n\nTornadoes can happen anywhere as long as the ground is warm and the air is cold, they are not restricted to parts of the world, they are merely more likely to form there.\n\nHowever if it were to snow then the ground would quickly become cold and a tornado would cease from forming, thereby it would last only a fe seconds, if at all.\n\nI have never heard of one and would be interested if there were one.\n\nEDIT: since a tronado can form just before it rains, then i would not be suprised if one can form just before it snows.
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It is commonly thought that in a basement, you should seek shelter in the southwest corner. However, the best place to be would likely be in the corner that is in the direction that the tornado is coming from. This way, if the tornado hits your house, its winds will push the debris away from you towards the other end of the basement, leaving you unharmed.
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The only thing bad about it is if you live in a tornado prone area.  That's not safe.  Don't let other people make you upset.  If you like it, who cares what anyone else thinks?
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Yes, we have floods, but I can't think of any tornadoes of any significance, ever. We also have earthquakes.
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Get out of the mobile home and go to a sturdy building if there is one nearby. If no buildings available, take a blanket or pillow to protect your head and lie face down in a ditch or depression in the ground. If you live in a tornado prone area there are usually tornado shelters available. Find out if there are any in your area and make arrangements in advance for the use of it during storms.
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On May 9, 2003, just a few years after the tornado hit Moore and Oklahoma City, another hit Moore in almost the same path.  The next night, a tornado hit my hometown (Bethany, OK) and ran right by my house.  I was working for a college newspaper and decided to cover the damage that night.  When I left the house and got into my car, I turned towards the tornado and saw it rip through NW OKC.  Something I hope to never see again.
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A tornado, as long as you stay out our way, you're safe.  If you are so stupid as to stand in front, you won't be standing long.
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Tornadoes can happen anywhere, anytime, at any place if the conditions are right.
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As long as there are hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, and floods, there will be insurance and people who calculate the insurance rates.\n\nSame goes for car accidents, house fires, etc.\n\nThere also the special insurance -- Insuring the golf tournament that guarantees $1 million for a hole in one, etc.
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Even though tornadoes are most common in the U.S., they do occur in other places. Other popular tornado hangouts are the Netherlands, UK,  Bangladesh, India, Argentina, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Estonia, Uruguay. They have also been known to occur in Russia, France, Spain, Japan, and Brazil.