Do you hear that?
A devastating tornado is heading your way.
And you only have about 13 minutes
to get to a safe place.
If not, you might just find yourself
getting sucked into a freezing vortex,
and being tossed around at speeds
up to 480 km/h (300 mph),
while also dodging homes,
cars,
and maybe even cows
traveling at the same speed.
Do you really want to take that chance?
Most of these tornadoes occur between
April and June
in an area known as
Tornado Alley is an area in the central U.S.,
where the four ingredients
needed to form a tornado
frequently come together,
moisture,
instability,
lift,
and wind shear.
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Just be careful on your way back into port,
as it looks like a twister is forming inland.
There are several reports of
people who were picked up by tornadoes,
and dropped a couple of hundred feet away
without a scratch.
But don't get your hopes up.
According to one estimate,
But suppose you like to live dangerously,
and choose to ignore the risks.
So you opt to go on a nice bike ride in,
let's say, Kansas.
Unfortunately, it's not the nicest day for a ride.
A supercell is brewing.
Supercells are the most
powerful type of thunderstorm.
Supercells are unique because
they contain mesocyclones,
which are large, rotating updrafts
that can become a tornado
in the right conditions.
When warm air and cold air collide,
as they tend to do in the central United States,
the resulting atmospheric instability
creates rolling columns of wind
known as wind shear.
With its strong updraft,
the mesocyclone in a supercell
lifts the rolling column of wind
into a vertical position,
and soon a tornado is born.
And if you're anywhere nearby,
let's just say your chances of survival
are up in the air.
If you get sucked into a tornado,
you’ll be hurled and spun around
at the speed of the wind.
And remember, it's not just you in there.
Depending on the strength
and intensity of the tornado,
glass,
wood,
bricks,
and even houses
and cars could be inside there.
But being hit by a flying cow
wouldn't be your only concern.
You'd also have to contend with
freezing temperatures and a lack of oxygen.
With the wind constantly being funneled
into the center of the vortex,
the temperature inside a tornado
would be 15-20°C (27-36°F) colder
than it would be outside.
And researchers think that the air density
would be about 20% lower
than that found at high altitudes,
which would be similar to breathing
at an altitude of
At that height,
you'd need assistance to breathe,
so if you were stuck in the tornado
for longer than three minutes,
you'd probably pass out from lack of oxygen.
But if you spend your time
inside the tornado
begging for it to come to an end,
keep in mind that when the tornado does stop,
you'll be dropped from
whatever height you reached
while you were inside.
Luckily, Kansas is known as the Wheat State,
so maybe there'll be a soft bale of hay
nearby to break your fall.
But I'd worry about surviving
the inside of the tornado first.
Or, maybe you can just
avoid this situation altogether.
When you hear that tornado siren go off,
get to a safe place as soon as possible.
If you don't have an underground shelter,
your basement is the next best thing,
since the foundation of your house
is stronger
and less likely to be ripped up by a tornado.
But while these measures might protect you
from getting sucked into a tornado,
sometimes there's nothing you can do
to prevent getting swept off your feet.
I'm not talking about love,
I'm talking about a world without gravity.
But that's a story for another WHAT IF.