I always use the vastly different degree of damage indicators between hurricanes and tornadoes as “proof” that the latter has significantly higher wind speeds than estimated.
The argument against this is that the wind dynamics in a hurricane are straight line winds, while tornadic winds are chaotic, which makes it easier for a tornado to destroy a structure with the same amount of wind.
The problem with that argument is this only rings true for weakly built structures, well built buildings don’t have weaknesses that can be overcome by wind dynamics.
Hurricane Dorian had 160knot winds and 190knot gust and yet, the worst damage done to traditional built homes were destroyed roofs, something an ef1 tornado can do.
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These structures in Hope Town, a barrier island directly exposed to the winds of Dorian, are made of wood, with some having metal roofing. An ef2 would level most of these structures, let alone an ef4, that supposedly has the same level of wind speeds that did this damage.
Keep in mind that hurricanes are far larger and move (far slower on average) than tornadoes. Tornadoes do their damage in seconds to minutes at most, while hurricanes need hours to do their damage. And apparently 1-2hours straight of 160+mph winds failed to even rip most of the roofs off these wooden homes. So it’s no surprise to me that an ef2 at 125mph actually contain winds of 200mph.