WASHINGTON – Preliminary government estimates say there were more tornadoes in a single day last week than any other day in U.S. history.
Government analysts said Monday there were 362 tornadoes during last week's outbreak, including a record-setting 312 in one 24-hour period.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the largest previous number on record in one event occurred from April 3-4, 1974, with 148 tornadoes.
NOAA says 340 people were killed during the 24-hour-period from 8:00 a.m. Wednesday to Thursday.
It was the deadliest single day for tornadoes since the March 18, 1925, tornado outbreak that had 747 fatalities across 7 states.
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Government analysts said Monday there were 362 tornadoes during last week's outbreak, including a record-setting 312 in one 24-hour period.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the largest previous number on record in one event occurred from April 3-4, 1974, with 148 tornadoes.
NOAA says 340 people were killed during the 24-hour-period from 8:00 a.m. Wednesday to Thursday.
It was the deadliest single day for tornadoes since the March 18, 1925, tornado outbreak that had 747 fatalities across 7 states.
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This exceeds the former record set in 1974 that was triggered by a cloudbuster located in Montague, Massachustts. This new record was caused by the reaction of the atmosphere to the intense oranur excitation from the nuclear meltdown in Japan. The response of the atmosphere to nuclear irritation is to develop a strong circulatory motion and discharge the excess energy as a motor force. Such attempts at self-healing by the wounded atmosphere will probably continue for a long time to come, until the radioactive contamination has been metaboolized by the atmosphere and reduced to managable levels.
But with tornadoes getting so much bad press lately, we can expect some misguided individuals who know how to build a cloudbuster from irresponsible internet postings but do not understand the basic theory behind the cloudbuster, to think they should try to prevent these "destructive" tornadoes.
If some such well-intentioned but uninformed person, not knowing the vital role of tornadoes in re-mobilizing stagnated energy that has become immobilized by exposure to radioactivity, were to attempt to prevent tornado formation, and were to by some unlikely chance, succeed at it, and if the project were to continue for any significant length of time, the results could be a long-lasting drought, and if the project went on long enough, the permanent desertification of the area involved.
For this reason, I consider it important to keep presenting the facts about the need for tornadoes in maintaining the functioning of the atmosphere, especially in these times when it is under attack by nuclear power. There was a time when forest fires were regarded as a problem to be stamped out at every turn, but today the need for forest fires in keeping an ecosystem in balance is well-known.
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Likewise, for a long time, sharks were considered something the oceans would be a better place without, but today, active shark-protection groups are advocating that these top-of-the-food-chain predators be protected because they are vital to the health of oceanic ecosystems. Shark Angels
The protection of the natural functions of the atmosphere is equally important and there is a need for strong advocacy in favor of allowing the atmosphere to regulate itself and not be interfered with by well-meant, but ecologically unsophisticated cloudbusting ventures designed to prevent tornadoes.
Joel Carlinsky