Sawmaster
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The problem with rating tornadoes is that every parameter - even doppler measurement- has to be extrapolated and/or is subjective in one way or another.
Nobody is ever going to find more than general agreement of the top few tornadoes, and the longer the list the more will be the disagreement. There's a whole class of people out there who believe that Bridge Creek was the strongest tornado because it had the highest measured windspeeds. There's a whole class of people out there who can't grasp how Jarrell might not have been as strong as first thought.
So make your own list and don't be concerned when someone disagrees. And don't even mention windspeeds... that will draw the critics put of the woodwork like you've seen.
Nobody is ever going to find more than general agreement of the top few tornadoes, and the longer the list the more will be the disagreement. There's a whole class of people out there who believe that Bridge Creek was the strongest tornado because it had the highest measured windspeeds. There's a whole class of people out there who can't grasp how Jarrell might not have been as strong as first thought.
So make your own list and don't be concerned when someone disagrees. And don't even mention windspeeds... that will draw the critics put of the woodwork like you've seen.