Why are Tornadoes so random about what gets destroyed?

[Fanatical Meat]

They seem so odd, people who live in tornado area's have anything to add?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other...s-shelter-during-a-tornado/ar-BBsUM98#image=1

For those who don't want to read the link. That kid was home alone and did what he was told to do go to a center room away from windows. Article said not a scratch on him.
Do they really sound like a train when up close?

 

[Six]

Tornadoes also like to take the weekends off. Seriously. Google it.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I saw a peanut stand
Heard a rubber band
I saw a needle
That winked it's eye
But I think I will have
Seen about everything
When I see
A house fly

 

[resinboy]

they make a continuous roaring sound, i heard one that was 1/4 mile from my house, scary shit.

 

[Crono]

Because it's wind (air)? Tornadoes don't have a fixed path or shape. It's not a solid mass, even if it's picking up and chucking around debris.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Because it's wind (air)? Tornadoes don't have a fixed path or shape. It's not a solid mass, even if it's picking up and chucking around debris.

I get it but look at the picture nearly everything is leveled but the kid and that corner section of wall. Imagine standing there and everything near you disintegrates.

 

[Jeff7]

Turbulence.

One of the properties of turbulent airflow is randomness and disorder.

He walked away without a scratch. There are no guarantees when it comes to tornado safety, but in most cases, the advice works!

I guess it can at least improve your chances of being ok.

Not so good advice if there's an EF5 headed your way, the type that leaves nothing but a foundation with some shredded wood and bent metal sticking out of it.

 

[DrPizza]

Also, it's not necesarily the wind that does the damage, but what's IN the wind.

 

[Anubis]

Do they really sound like a train when up close?

yes they do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8U3KzqWr3M

 

[drinkmorejava]

It looks like a very strong structure with three sides like that. With a good ramset anchor I would be surprised if it didn't l outlast the rest of the house.

 

[Carson Dyle]

When a car crashes and one person is killed and another walks away without a scratch, why is it so random?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

When a car crashes and one person is killed and another walks away without a scratch, why is it so random?

It is pretty random when one is dead & the other doesn't have a scratch on them.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Centre rooms are also more likely to have load bearing walls which will be stronger... though that also makes it more likely to be ripped out as it's attached more securely to the rest of the house which is being pulled up by the tornado... so yeah, I really don't know.

I think it's just, that, random.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

You're not only told to go to an interior room, the ideal place to go is an interior bathroom or kitchen. The pipes make the wall stronger than one that's only lumber.

That picture demonstrates a kid that was very lucky. The pipe in the wall thing isn't foolproof, but it most definitely offers the best chance. In this case it looks like the plumbing made the difference.