More Tornado’s In the southeast, more population centers placed in the Bullseye of what some researchers call a new Tornado -Steeg.
A study on the American Meteorological Society website showed that tornadic activity in the Great Plains has fallen by 25% over the past 35 years compared to the 35 years before. In the same time frame, the tornadic activity jumped by 12% in the southeast.
Parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky belonged to the states that have experienced more tornadoes, according to the study.
A report on the American Meteorological Society website showed that tornadic activity in the Great Plains has fallen by 25% over the past 35 years compared to the 35 years before. In the same time frame, the tornadic activity jumped by 12% in the southeast. (Fox News)
Mark Brasfield, owner of Safe House, Nashville, said he sold thousands of storms of storms in his 33 years of selling. He said that until recently he had never seen intense question in the southeast. Brasfield estimated that his phone goes at least 20 times a day with people who want to buy storm shelters.
“It’s like insurance. You don’t think you’ll ever use it, but if you need it, you will have it,” said Brasfield.
Brasfield said his hiding places meet the standards set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
A quarter of inch steel, reinforced walls and a dozen six-inch bolts help the hiding places of Brasfield resist the 200-MPH winds of an EF-5 tornado.
A dozen six-inch bolts, a quarter of inch steel and reinforced walls help some storm shelters to resist 200 mph. (Fox News)
“You get someone who moves here from a state who never had tornadoes. They are scared,” said Brasfield.
Lawrence Behrs moved from California To Tennessee 10 years ago. He said he and his wife were exchanging earthquakes and forest fires for tornadoes.
“We looked at cards and said,” Okay, where can we move? Where would we be completely safe? ” And I just don’t think that exists somewhere, “Behrs said.
In December Berhs finally decided to buy one of the family format from Brasfield. He said it was installed in January, just in time for what he described as an already active Tornado season in his area.
“With the increase in the performance of tornados and apparently moving, you know, east from Tornado Alley, we decided that it would be a good investment for peace of mind,” Berhs said.
A 4’X8 ‘home Tornado shelter is large enough to keep four adults. (Fox News)
The National Weather Service In Nashville has already issued 14 Tornado warnings in their jurisdiction this year.
When his weather radio tells him that he and his wife are under a tornado, warning, Berhs said they are clambering with a “go -bag” to the storm shelter. The hiding place is bent to his garage floor, a step from his house.
“Heaven forbids that there is a really serious tornado, but I have had visions about, you know, be here, out, you know, from the shelter after a storm, and it is the only thing that says, but hopefully that will never be a reality,” Berhs said.
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The United States get an average of 1,425 tornados Per year, according to numbers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service. Almost half of those tornadoes struck from April to June.
