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To: TimF who wrote (613046)	5/26/2011 12:53:25 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577024

They are rare, but not so rare that two in a month is significant. As for April being the worst in history, well I've heard similar claims many times before and consider them to be unreliable, but if it is true the "history" isn't really over a very long period, esp. if you include only the portion of weather history when the percentage of existing tornadoes that get noticed and recorded is as high or close to as high as it is today. And even if we are seeing more tornadoes, tornadoes are bit a sign of global warming. In the region where I live, one Spring out of every few is like this. A few years ago, a town 30 miles from here was destroyed, only to be hit again the following year or two. It has more to do with where they actually touch down than it does the sheer quantity of them. In my life I've witnessed three or four in my immediate vicinity (where you actually saw the funnel cloud and trees being uprooted). They just aren't that unusual. Often, in driving around the country in Arkansas and N. Louisiana, where pine trees are thick, you'll see paths cut through the timber where a tornado passed through -- perhaps a year or two before. Because nobody happened to live there, it didn't make the news. While today's technology allows them to see hook echoes and similar weather events, they aren't always reported in the media when no one is around.

To: TimF who wrote (613046)	5/27/2011 7:25:32 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577024

Uh.....we've had two normally rare F-5 tornadoes in a month......and April was the worse tornado month in history. They are rare, but not so rare that two in a month is significant. Actually, it is significant. Metereologists have noted that EF-4 and 5 tornadoes are occurring with greater frequency each year. As for April being the worst in history, well I've heard similar claims many times before and consider them to be unreliable, but if it is true the "history" isn't really over a very long period, esp. if you include only the portion of weather history when the percentage of existing tornadoes that get noticed and recorded is as high or close to as high as it is today. For tornadoes the recorded history is only 60 years old. Other records that have fallen this year were well over 100. And even if we are seeing more tornadoes, tornadoes are bit a sign of global warming. I don't know what you're saying here.