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The other myths that are busted are that tornadoes will not bore into large cities and they are minimal in mountainous terrain.

Actually the third myth is that these are being caused by "global warming". La Nina is the prime energy mover here. Its been documented in tree growth rings for hundreds of years.

Are Tornadoes something that happen mostly in north America? I've never heard of them on the news networks in other countries. What's up with that?

They've been seen on every continent except Antarctica but by far the most are in our own tornado alley. There's something about the terrain and ocean combination that creates the right weather patterns for them.

A myth that I heard for the 1st time this year is that tornadoes never happen twice in the same place. Just like lightning, right?

TornadoesOn April 3, 1974 a tornado[4] measuring F-5 on the Fujita scale cut a path directly through the middle of Xenia during the Super Outbreak, the largest series of tornadoes in recorded history. The disaster killed 34 people (including two Ohio Air National Guardsmen who died days later in a related fire), injured an additional 1,150, destroyed almost half of the city�s buildings, and left 10,000 people homeless. Five schools, including Xenia High School, Central Junior High School, McKinley Elementary, Simon Kenton Elementary, and Saint Bridget Catholic School were destroyed. Also destroyed were nine churches and 180 businesses. The city's plight was featured in the national news, including a 1974 NBC television documentary, Tornado!, hosted by Floyd Kalber. President Richard Nixon visited stricken areas of Xenia following the devastation. Legendary comedian Bob Hope organized a benefit for Xenia and, in appreciation, the new Xenia High School Auditorium was named the "Bob Hope Auditorium."

Xenia was hit by a much smaller tornado in April, 1989 and again by another F-4 tornado on September 20, 2000. The 1989 tornado caused over two-million dollars in damage, but no one was killed. The twister of 2000 left one person killed, and 100 people injured. This third tornado followed a path roughly parallel to the 1974 tornado.

Xenia has a long history of severe storm activity. According to local legend, the area was referred to by Shawnee Indians as "the place of the devil wind" or "the land of the crazy winds" (depending upon the translation).[5] This is mentioned on a historical marker on Route 68 on the road from Xenia to Oldtown. Records of storms go back to the early 19th century. Local records show 20 tornadoes in Greene County since 1884.

A myth that I heard for the 1st time this year is that tornadoes never happen twice in the same place. Just like lightning, right?

Are Tornadoes something that happen mostly in north America? I've never heard of them on the news networks in other countries. What's up with that?

England and Australia have them, but smaller. They did not discuss why.

Lived in "Tornado Alley" first 40 years of my life--Florida the past 25. A F4 F5 twister is a bitch. You put one of those big bastards on the ground for any length of time--you better hope you got a hole to crawl in. I'll take the hurricane any day--except for the "anticipation period",, that time prior when you WAIT to see if its going to hit you.
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I've never understood the river thing since tornados over open water (aka waterspouts) have been around forever.