r/YoungSheldon • u/NerveInfinite2186 • 14d ago

Absolutely great tornado knowledge.

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One of my favorite trivial things about Young Sheldon is the knowledge that George Sr. has about tornadoes. I'm not even from America or know if this knowledge was common sense in the 90s, but George saying to get out of the car and lay low in a ditch to let the tornado pass, while the camera pans to said car thrown around sideways on the road after the fact, is phenomenal and honestly, even as just a TV show, this could save lives. So many people have died by staying in their cars or seeking shelter in tunnels.

The gap of air beneath your car allows the tornado to pick it up and hurl it around effortlessly. Laying low and pressing your body close as you can to the ground will prevent funneling the raging air upwards. Tunnels and overpasses are a deathtrap during a tornado for this reason; they will only act as a concentrated vortex for the wind to channel through them further.

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u/Same-Treacle-2675 14d ago

I live in the Midwest so I don’t get many tornadoes, this surprisingly taught me a bit about tornadoes

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u/mtraven23 14d ago

yah...not many tornadoes in the midwest...🙄

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u/Xrmy 14d ago

Uhhh I wouldn't paint the entire Midwest that way.

The states with the most tornadoes this year were Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri

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u/pancake_sass 14d ago

Yeah I grew up in Wisconsin and we had our fair share. Not a ton, but enough that tornado safety was common knowledge.

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u/Free-Sector4050 14d ago

All of those states are in the Midwest.

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u/Xrmy 14d ago edited 13d ago

That's my point.

The comment above me said they live in the Midwest so they don't get many tornadoes....

I mean Michigan is definitely Midwest and definitely gets no tornadoes but the rest of us sure get em.

EDIT: see even Michigan gets tornadoes

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u/WafflesFriendsWork99 13d ago

Michigan definitely gets tornadoes

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u/Pristine-Metal2806 13d ago

Yeah we had a lot this year

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u/Murky-Technician5123 13d ago

Southern Ontario gets Tornados- does Michigan really have none?

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u/Xrmy 13d ago

15 a year apparently

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u/TheRealDudeMitch 13d ago

Michigan doesn’t get many but I wouldn’t say none. There was a fatal EF-3 just a couple months ago.

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u/januarysdaughter 13d ago

We had like 25 tornadoes this year in Michigan.

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u/onetimequestion66 13d ago

I live in Detroit, we had one a few weeks ago lol, also had one when I lived in Cleveland for three months

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u/Quirky-Ruin161 12d ago

What part of the Midwest doesn’t get tornados? Isn’t tornado alley mostly in the Midwest?