Comments on: What happens when a tornado goes through and a person gets sucked in? http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm Everything You Want To Know About Earthquakes Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dylan http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12898 Dylan Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:54:21 +0000 http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm#comment-12898 It's not the wind that kills, it's the debris that is carried in it. Tornadoes aren't sucking you up at all, infact they're simply lifting you up. But, the speed of the wind will determine how fast you are spinning around, resulting in dizziness or even unconsciousness. Then there's the speed at which the tornado lets you fall back down to Earth at - might result in no injuries, or on the other hand, broken bones, or maybe death. - Dyl It’s not the wind that kills, it’s the debris that is carried in it. Tornadoes aren’t sucking you up at all, infact they’re simply lifting you up. But, the speed of the wind will determine how fast you are spinning around, resulting in dizziness or even unconsciousness. Then there’s the speed at which the tornado lets you fall back down to Earth at – might result in no injuries, or on the other hand, broken bones, or maybe death.

- Dyl

]]> By: тσяиα∂σ fαиαтι¢ http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12533 тσяиα∂σ fαиαтι¢ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:52:45 +0000 http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm#comment-12533 Sometimes the debris can kill you in a tornado, actually, that is mostly the case. The debris in a tornado move at very rapid speeds. If the tornado is in an area with a large supply of debris, that will most likely kill a person. If it is just the tornado itself in an open field, the person could be lifted into the tornado and possibly not be injured. But the possibility of this is small. Tornado winds throw objects up, then slam them back to the ground, very hard. How strong the tornado winds are is another factor. There is the possibility that the tornado winds don't throw you down very hard (meaning little to no injury), or the winds throw you to the ground very hard (leading to serious injury, or, death). And the last possibility, the tornado may not lift you at all. Tornado winds vary greatly, and the winds may not even effect you where you are at. By the way, tornado winds do not suck, they actually blow. The reason a person is lifted into a tornado is because the pushing winds push you into the air. Hope this has answered your question! Sometimes the debris can kill you in a tornado, actually, that is mostly the case. The debris in a tornado move at very rapid speeds. If the tornado is in an area with a large supply of debris, that will most likely kill a person. If it is just the tornado itself in an open field, the person could be lifted into the tornado and possibly not be injured. But the possibility of this is small. Tornado winds throw objects up, then slam them back to the ground, very hard. How strong the tornado winds are is another factor. There is the possibility that the tornado winds don’t throw you down very hard (meaning little to no injury), or the winds throw you to the ground very hard (leading to serious injury, or, death). And the last possibility, the tornado may not lift you at all. Tornado winds vary greatly, and the winds may not even effect you where you are at. By the way, tornado winds do not suck, they actually blow. The reason a person is lifted into a tornado is because the pushing winds push you into the air.

Hope this has answered your question!

]]> By: Kevin http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12534 Kevin Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:52:45 +0000 http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm#comment-12534 why dont you try it out and see for yourself =) why dont you try it out and see for yourself =)

]]> By: Sgt.Fazer http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12535 Sgt.Fazer Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:52:45 +0000 http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm#comment-12535 i duuno i duuno

]]> By: Reed Richards http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12536 Reed Richards Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:52:45 +0000 http://earthquakequestions.com/what-happens-when-a-tornado-goes-through-and-a-person-gets-sucked-in.htm#comment-12536 Depends on the size of the tornado. The smaller ones will throw you a few hundred feet, whereas the bigger ones will send you straight to death/very bad injury. Depends on the size of the tornado.

The smaller ones will throw you a few hundred feet, whereas the bigger ones will send you straight to death/very bad injury.

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