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How Stuff Works
Fascinating discussion on "All In With Chris Hayes" about how a tornado works.
This storm is now officially an EF-5, the strongest grade of storm known, with winds up to 210 miles an hour. According to the Huffington Post:
Several meteorologists contacted by The Associated Press used real time measurements, some made by Schumacher, to calculate the energy released during the storm's 40-minute life span. Their estimates ranged from 8 times to more than 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, with more experts at the high end. Their calculations were based on energy measured in the air and then multiplied over the size and duration of the storm.
With that kind of power, it's a wonder we have only 24 dead (revised downward from 51 yesterday).
Watch Chris Hayes' coverage of this if you can. He's doing a spectacular job.
This storm is now officially an EF-5, the strongest grade of storm known, with winds up to 210 miles an hour. According to the Huffington Post:
Several meteorologists contacted by The Associated Press used real time measurements, some made by Schumacher, to calculate the energy released during the storm's 40-minute life span. Their estimates ranged from 8 times to more than 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb, with more experts at the high end. Their calculations were based on energy measured in the air and then multiplied over the size and duration of the storm.
With that kind of power, it's a wonder we have only 24 dead (revised downward from 51 yesterday).
Watch Chris Hayes' coverage of this if you can. He's doing a spectacular job.