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I think perhaps there’s likely thousands of tornadoes that never got recorded due to locality in low population areas. I grew up in tornado alley and can remem

I think perhaps there’s likely thousands of tornadoes that never got recorded due to locality in low population areas. I grew up in tornado alley and can remember many tornadoes that did little or no damage that never got a blip in the news. Urban areas in 1950 were small compared to today - perhaps our population and technology are just exposing more than we knew before.

martinpw 7y ago
That is actually addressed in czr's video link above, specifically the one minute or so from here: https://youtu.be/Z_1PiixPX3o?t=881 https://youtu.be/Z_1PiixPX3o?t=881 The key points being: - Low intensity tornados are not included in the statistics - rural population in the relevant areas has actually decreased, not increased, over the time period. - it's hard to explain the variation in metrics as being due to different reporting rates (better explanation in video)