Im wondering how hills, mountains, volcanoes, valleys, canyons, rivers, lakes, oceans and anything I left out affects a tornado–is it safer on one side of a hill/lake than another or will a tornado just plow through or over the hill? I imagine the tornado strength will have an impact but what is best case and worst case (for the tornado). Who wins in the various matchips of geography vs wind?
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Cave formations would be the greatest defense against tornados using geography. You do not want to be outside at all during a tornado. The reason they tell you to get underground or hide behind walls is the debris a tornado will throw around. Tornado’s love to suck up dangerous solid material and usually death occurs by contact with that debris. Of course it could throw you miles away from your location, but you’ll die from getting hit by debris first.
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