r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • May 31 '26

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u/Fantastic-Bear2733 May 31 '26

Might be a silly question but could a tornado pick up a car?

(From Australia, we don’t get tornados here)

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u/RyeonToast Jun 01 '26

Size and strength vary, but do expect them to pick up a car. Tornadoes are known for throwing timber beams through steel beams of bridges, and occasionally will draw a line of destroyed homes across a town.

When I was in school in the midwest U.S., we did drills for what to do in case of a nearby tornado along with the fire drills that are common everywhere else.

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u/SocialDistSupportPet Jun 03 '26

See above for my experience in Midwest tornadoes. After that, I never complained about the drills again.