Patrick Boomer
EF1
It seems that on July 30, a tornado touched down in the Alberta foothills west of Sundre, turning a 2x.5 mile swath of pine trees into a tangled mess.
I was wondering if anyone with experience in tornado damage surveys would have any tips on what exactly to look for if a person wanted to try and figure out the damage scale.
I'm not sure if anyone else will every go look at it, so I thought I'd take some time out there and try to get a good grasp on what happened, if this really is tornado damage from 2 weeks ago.
I've looked around and read a few papers on identifying convergence/divergence lines etc, but there isn't a lot of info on pure forest damage out there. I did find one good paper but I need to go back to school before I can read the whole thing.
There are two photos in this post on my blog, sent in from a fellow who spends a lot of time out there, he states two foot diameter trees have been snapped off like twigs.
http://blog.boomerphoto.com/2010/08/12/more-on-the-july-30-tornado-west-of-sundre/
Thanks
PB
I was wondering if anyone with experience in tornado damage surveys would have any tips on what exactly to look for if a person wanted to try and figure out the damage scale.
I'm not sure if anyone else will every go look at it, so I thought I'd take some time out there and try to get a good grasp on what happened, if this really is tornado damage from 2 weeks ago.
I've looked around and read a few papers on identifying convergence/divergence lines etc, but there isn't a lot of info on pure forest damage out there. I did find one good paper but I need to go back to school before I can read the whole thing.
There are two photos in this post on my blog, sent in from a fellow who spends a lot of time out there, he states two foot diameter trees have been snapped off like twigs.
http://blog.boomerphoto.com/2010/08/12/more-on-the-july-30-tornado-west-of-sundre/
Thanks
PB