Originally posted by Gene Rhoden+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gene Rhoden)</div>
<!--QuoteBegin-Justin Turcotte
The Hallam Tornado on May 22 was in my mind as close to an F5 as it gets without achieving the mark. There were clean foundations but still some loose debris here and there. The one thing that caught my eye while checking out the damage was some houses were 100% destroyed yet trees were still standing...
Note the foundation \"swept clean\" less the air conditioner. Also note the tree with leaves still on.
Just
had to butt in here.
Sorry, don't compute on that one. The picture you show me above in no way says F5 damage to me. It says "
poorly or not-at-all anchored house gets swept away by F3-ish winds hence the telephone pole and tree still standing". F3 by default. Thats what it says to me.
F5? I want to see scoured ground and denuded stumps. Sorry. Oh - and no telephone poles.
Oh - and it doesn't look like it was "swept away" - there's an awful amount of debris on that slab - including what looks like roof beams.
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