Apparently people now think Joplin was only “borderline EF5” which is absurd.
Courtesy of this thread and Significant Tornado Events, every single EF5 has been shown to be extremely violent, and I swear I have seen an argument that “this EF5 is more violent than you thought” which, while fair, suggests that every EF5 that has been rated was higher than the baseline required to reach the rating. If that’s the case, then what tornadoes would you guys consider a baseline EF5? There has to be at least one in my eyes considering that we have 9 rated ones and a couple EF4s that should have been rated higher. After seeing the most recent imagery of Greensburg, Joplin to me became the “baseline” EF5, and that isn’t me downplaying the strength of the tornado at all because I’ve seen a lot of extremely impressive imagery from Joplin.That's been a foolishness for years. Nothing new. A very dumb study suggested so long ago