Sam Hall
Hi all, this is my first post here, so be gentle 
My name is Samantha Hall (call me Sam) and after chasing in the States for the first time in 2005 I became well and truly hooked and my passion for severe weather etc grew. Living in the UK I have to get my fix 
so now I am well and truly embedded in Editing for a meteorology Journal amongst other things - working towards desperately educating folk here about the seriousness of severe weather etc etc...
ANYWAY - I am writing a paper comparing damage to two tornado events (one in the USA and one in the UK) - for instance the London tornado which hit recently ripped roofs off houses and tore gable ends away - the houses were in a long line all bricked together, a terraced block of houses and I am hypothesising that had they been separated and individual houses, the wind would have perhaps been able to get round them more easily and done far more damage. Obviously we'll never know exactly what would have happened and without doppler radar we can never fully know how fast our tornadoes spin but I am just interested to see the comparisons purely on a damage basis (obviously I will go into the fact that supercell storms will produce violent tornadoes which last longer and are more powerful and we may never know truly what 'would' happen if this this and this was done) but I am just researching on a damage basis from a couple of tornado occurrances. I have chosen the London tornado (7 December 2006) and the Fort Worth tornado of 28 March 2000. I chose these as they both seemed to be recorded at a similar intensity (mph basis), both 'fairly' recent and I also found a damage analysis online for the Fort Worth event. It will be interesting to see how the intensity recordings compare with respect to the damage caused.
I was wondering if anyone else has any further info on the building design of houses in the States you could offer me? Obviously I've found lots on our buildings but now I need to look at the States' side. Also if anyone has any info on the Fort Worth tornado I'd be so grateful to you for your help and guidance.
Anyway hi all and I look forward to chatting to you guys - hi to everyone who I have chased with this year and last year... maybe you'll recognise who I am haha
My name is Samantha Hall (call me Sam) and after chasing in the States for the first time in 2005 I became well and truly hooked and my passion for severe weather etc grew. Living in the UK I have to get my fix so now I am well and truly embedded in Editing for a meteorology Journal amongst other things - working towards desperately educating folk here about the seriousness of severe weather etc etc... ANYWAY - I am writing a paper comparing damage to two tornado events (one in the USA and one in the UK) - for instance the London tornado which hit recently ripped roofs off houses and tore gable ends away - the houses were in a long line all bricked together, a terraced block of houses and I am hypothesising that had they been separated and individual houses, the wind would have perhaps been able to get round them more easily and done far more damage. Obviously we'll never know exactly what would have happened and without doppler radar we can never fully know how fast our tornadoes spin but I am just interested to see the comparisons purely on a damage basis (obviously I will go into the fact that supercell storms will produce violent tornadoes which last longer and are more powerful and we may never know truly what 'would' happen if this this and this was done) but I am just researching on a damage basis from a couple of tornado occurrances. I have chosen the London tornado (7 December 2006) and the Fort Worth tornado of 28 March 2000. I chose these as they both seemed to be recorded at a similar intensity (mph basis), both 'fairly' recent and I also found a damage analysis online for the Fort Worth event. It will be interesting to see how the intensity recordings compare with respect to the damage caused.
I was wondering if anyone else has any further info on the building design of houses in the States you could offer me? Obviously I've found lots on our buildings but now I need to look at the States' side. Also if anyone has any info on the Fort Worth tornado I'd be so grateful to you for your help and guidance.
Anyway hi all and I look forward to chatting to you guys - hi to everyone who I have chased with this year and last year
... maybe you'll recognise who I am haha 
) and the buildings that the tornado hit were primarily downtown high-rises. Most were brick and mortar with the exception of the Bank One building which was an entirely glass facade (needless to say it did not survive).
