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Astral Chat => Welcome to News and Media! => Topic started by: Lexy on May 25, 2011, 23:06:42

Title: Holy Tornado
Post by: Lexy on May 25, 2011, 23:06:42
check out this tornado that just hit Oklahoma  :-o  :-o  :-o


http://www.youtube.com/holytornado84#p/a/u/1/avszUNRkV8I (http://www.youtube.com/holytornado84#p/a/u/1/avszUNRkV8I)


Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: Summerlander on May 26, 2011, 05:28:12
OMG! :-o
Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: Xanth on May 26, 2011, 09:32:39
Scary stuff!!   :-o
Mother nature has such a vicious side to her.  :/
Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: interception on May 26, 2011, 14:07:00
Quote from: Xanth on May 26, 2011, 09:32:39
Scary stuff!!   :-o
Mother nature has such a vicious side to her.  :/

She just flexing her muscles baby... one of these days she gon' get up outta her rockin' chair and give these trashy earth warming humies a Hypercane beatdown. Oh yeah :P
Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: CFTraveler on May 26, 2011, 17:32:36
...Batman! 
What's an RFP?
Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: Lexy on June 05, 2011, 23:55:49

Expert Says 2011 Tornadoes 106% Above Average:



http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/forbes-tornado-stats_2011-06-03 (http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/forbes-tornado-stats_2011-06-03)
Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: Rudolph on June 06, 2011, 13:42:28
Quote from: Lexy on June 05, 2011, 23:55:49
Expert Says 2011 Tornadoes 106% Above Average:

OMG!!!

hahahahahah

:lol:

A perfect example of innumeracy.
http://www.amazon.com/Innumeracy-Mathematical-Illiteracy-Consequences-Vintage/dp/0679726012
Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: Lexy on June 08, 2011, 00:41:55
2011 Tornado Statistics

                                           Forbes Count           10-Yr Average       Departure from Average
Jan                                             16                            22                      -32%    Actual
Feb                                             61                            32                      +91%   Actual
Mar                                            75                            83                      -10%   Actual   
Apr (573 confirmed)                762                          163                    +367%  (Forbes estimate)
May                                         332                          298                     +11%   (Forbes estimate)
June (through 2nd)                    13                            16                     -19%  (Forbes estimate)
2011 (to date)                        1262                          614                   +106%  (Forbes estimate)
Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: CFTraveler on June 08, 2011, 14:55:44
Maybe they should write "three times as the usual" instead of three hundred percent, because there is no three hundred percent.
percent means "divided by one hundred", and is supposed to be a part of a hundred, not more.  Is what  Rudolph was trying to say in that charming way.
Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: Lexy on June 08, 2011, 16:12:57
300% has a more dramatic effect.
Title: Re: Holy Tornado
Post by: Rudolph on June 08, 2011, 16:18:51
1974 was really bad and the mid 1930's was a very bad year -- so it seems maybe like about every 40 years it goes nutz;

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/tornado/tornadotrend.jpg