Twister Study, Questions Advance Warnings

[weatherbud]

With the most deadly tornadoes, even advanced warning may not reduce fatalities, according to a new study. Though the results are based on only a few cases, scientists found that with the worst tornadoes, increasing the warning time may actually increase the number of deaths they cause.

The researchers say they don't have enough evidence to conclude that greater advance notice is a bad thing, but their findings do indicate that more warning time alone may not be the answer to tornado threats.

"If an F-5 [the most severe type of tornado] hits your house, unless you're in a [reinforced] safe room, it probably doesn't matter if you had two minutes of warning or an hour of warning," said Kevin Simmons, an economist at Austin College in Texas who conducted the study with economist Daniel Sutter at the University of Texas-Pan American. "That thing is so powerful, there's a pretty high probability you're going to be injured or killed."

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[Frozen_Signal]

well i can see what theyre talking about.....if you and a group have about 2-5 mins you will huddle in a "safe" area and if that twister is the EF-3-5 you may be in for a bad day...IF it hits that particular area...theres always the risk even if youre in a safe area you may still perish or be injured...

but i still think some warning is better than none waking up to hearing a train and all of a sudden your house is ripped to shreds and you along with it......but thats me.....

[weatherbud]

Yeah, I still believe that it would be better to have such warnings than not hearing what's ahead of you... It's all up to you what will be your next action after that warning...