Enhanced Fujita Ratings Debate Thread

[tornado examiner]

@buckeye05 has deduced that this was a CMU home without much of a true slab to begin with, so it's surprising this even got EF4 at all, much less 190 MPH EF4. Wow!

If it’s well built, it’s well built lol. They called in engineers to verify this one so it’s even more weird.

 

[Aaron Rider]

@buckeye05 has deduced that this was a CMU home without much of a true slab to begin with, so it's surprising this even got EF4 at all, much less 190 MPH EF4. Wow!

I am guessing that somewhere in that damage track there must have been some absolutely vigorous devastation of trees and other high end contextual damage.

 

[tornado examiner]

I am guessing that somewhere in that damage track there must have been some absolutely vigorous devastation of trees and other high end contextual damage.

Just behind the 190mph home a bunch of tree’s were torn apart in violent fashion.

 

[ColdFront]

I am guessing that somewhere in that damage track there must have been some absolutely vigorous devastation of trees and other high end contextual damage.

Big kudos them because they actually took context into account.

 

[buckeye05]

I’m still kinda confused to be honest. There had to have been some unusual reinforcements (extra foundation straps, clips, etc) at that specific home. The contextual damage didn’t look that extreme either.

 

[tornado examiner]

Wish they were more specific on why they went so high. They must have seen something we haven’t.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Wish they were more specific on why they went so high. They must have seen something we haven’t.

Well I am not complaining even if it was pretty lenient. There seems to be way too much conservatism when rating tornadoes nowadays.

 

[tornado examiner]

It’s definitely a breath of fresh air to not have another 165mph EF3 with that kind of radar presentation. Remember the Marion tornado had a smithville style debris ball.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

I’m raising my eyebrows at the linton Indiana tornado survey. Nws Indianapolis has some explaining to do.
There is a lot of bullsh*t happening with the EF0 di’s at the end of the track showing EF2 damage at least being rated as low as 60mph.

That’s blatantly extremely conservative like wtf.

That is below the 65 mph threshold.

 

[tornado examiner]

That is below the 65 mph threshold.

Yup. they’re intentionally violating the scale as much as they possibly can with those di’s. That’s not an accident.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Yup. they’re intentionally violating the scale as much as they possibly can with those di’s. That’s not an accident.

So EF5 damage for this office would be rated high-end EF2.

 

[tornado examiner]

So EF5 damage for this office would be rated high-end EF2.

Probably.

 

[tornado examiner]

That’s some of the most egregious under-rating this decade. Rating borderline EF3 damage as lower than EF0

 

[tornado examiner]

There was damage on Twitter where scoured pavement was rated as low as EF1.

That’s a meme it wasn’t geniune. And that image is from Phil Campbell.

 

[ColdFront]

Can you two take this to DM? My goodness, I don’t mean to sound harsh. This isn’t EF Scale debating it’s just angry sh*tposting

 

[A Guy]

Can you two take this to DM? My goodness, I don’t mean to sound harsh. This isn’t EF Scale debating it’s just angry sh*tposting

Not seeing anything wrong myself. This thread's long been a place where people will vent about ratings.

 

[ColdFront]

Not seeing anything wrong myself. This thread's long been a place where people will vent about ratings.

If it were any other two users I would agree with you. This isn’t venting with these two, it’s low quality sh*tposting. They have a history of this. Like the above “Meme” of asphalt damage being EF1.

Especially with some of the things they have tweeted at NWS offices during their surveys.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

If it were any other two users I would agree with you. This isn’t venting with these two, it’s low quality sh*tposting. They have a history of this. Like the above “Meme” of asphalt damage being EF1.

Especially with some of the things they have tweeted at NWS offices during their surveys.

What do you care what I post to NWS offices? If their going to blatantly grossly underrate a tornado then they deserve to have it coming to them.

 

[ColdFront]

What do you care what I post to NWS offices? If they’re going to blatantly going to grossly underrate a tornado then they deserve to have it coming to them.

Probably because you’re completely uncivil when you do it, and honestly it’s childish.

It’s one thing to constructively criticize, it’s another to just blatantly blow your top at the NWS offices’ social media manager.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Probably because you’re completely uncivil when you do it, and honestly it’s childish.

So your saying I am a 44 year old child! Well I guess I have been childish throughout most of my life.