Is it possible to get sucked up into a tornado, like you see in the movies?
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G'day the Trotskyist Pantaloons, Thank you for your question. It certainly is possible. Last month, a German paraglider Ewa Wisnerska was sucked up in a tornado like thunderstorm in NSW rising nearly 9,000 metres while a Chinese paraglider He Zhongpin died after being sucked up in the same storm. However, most people killed in tornadoes are actually blown sideways with only a small vertical movement. However, they can pick up large objects with a tornado in Pampa, Texas lifting a machine weighing 30,000 pounds. There are videos of a tornado picking up the van. However, there is no record of them lifting a house and transporting them to Oz. However, they can tear a house apart. I have attached sources for your reference. Regards MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17185299/ The Tornado Project http://www.tornadoproject.com/cellar/tttttttt.htm Forum http://forums.teamphoenixrising.net/showthread.php?t=22734
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I guess the sheer power of the wind won't suck you up into a tornado. It would just lift you up and throw you sideways. After all, a tornado is a big funnel of wind spinning counterclockwise. The center of it is the funner(invisible, just wind). The reason why tornados are black or brown is from all of the dirt that's spinning around the wind(just a little info about tornados). You can't get sucked up into it, because the small mass of someone's body will be thrown away from it. They can't lift up houses either, they'll blow it up. That's why you should open your windows before a tornado hits yoru house. If your windows are closed, all the air that's in the house can't get sucked out, therefore the pressure will build up the youro house will literally explode like a bomb hit it.
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Of course its possible. Its happened.
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