David Brookshier
EF2
I've been reading other threads about dissapearing F5s or theories about Meteorologists not wanting to give tornados any rating above F3. I personally do not believe in any conspiracy to limit the number of F4s and F5s. Thanks to meteorologists who take the time to share thier knowledge with us I have learned just how complex a damage survey really is and just how many factors they take into consideration before tagging the final F rating to a tornado. I think Gary Woodall and Tim Marshall defenitly knew what they were doing when they rated the May 9th Collin and Greyson County tornado as a high end F3. Many factors are used in rating a tornado besides building or structural damage and Mr. Woodall points this out when he said. """It was a significant tornado, right on the borderline between F3 and F4. Tim and I surveyed the damage, and while the building damage would defenitly have warranted an F4 rating, there were other things right around the buildings (vehicles that hadn't been rolled or damaged badly, fences intact, small propane tanks unmoved) that suggested it wasn't an F4. So we went with top-end F3.""""
I think tornado damage ratings are improving as science moves forward and are getting more accurate with the new EF scale.
I think tornado damage ratings are improving as science moves forward and are getting more accurate with the new EF scale.