56 Years Of Tornado Tracks In America

l_never_agree · 2012-10-28T21:14:10+00:00

And here I was, thinking God hated West Virginia...

UTC_Hellgate · 2012-10-28T22:03:43+00:00

Good to see the Great Canadian Tornado shield remains active.

tukimansugiman · 2012-10-28T21:37:48+00:00

TIL all tornadoes move in straight lines.

MrDave19 · 2012-10-29T03:20:35+00:00

Since when was there a Tornado in Seattle?!?

djmg82 · 2012-10-28T22:43:48+00:00

Fucking love the west coast.

aal113 · 2012-10-29T01:10:30+00:00

What the hell happened in 1953, 1965, and 1974?!

willymo · 2012-10-29T01:11:18+00:00

If you'll notice, there's a tiny little spot in middle/west Tennessee that's black. That's where I grew up. It's on a plateau, and all the tornados hit the plateau and either stop or go around it. My town NEVER got hit with tornadoes, yet all our neighbors got demolished constantly. Thank you, geography!

endymion2300 · 2012-10-28T21:22:03+00:00

can we overlay this with a map of all the u.s. trailer parks?

Squishy_squid · 2012-10-29T01:13:56+00:00

There was a tornado in seattle?

MegaSuperAwesome1214 · 2012-10-28T21:29:20+00:00

Oddly enough, West Virginia looks pretty nice, right now.

AdamRGrey · 2012-10-28T18:27:55+00:00

awesome. Totally thought I was in /r/dataisbeautiful for a second there.

_ThatOneDude · 2012-10-29T04:05:57+00:00

The perks of living in WV. ^{_^}

Imissyourgirlfriend2 · 2012-10-28T18:20:05+00:00

This is one reason why I live in CA.

StumpyMcStump · 2012-10-28T22:58:23+00:00

Interactive of the same data: http://www.datadrivenconsulting.com/2012/04/us-tornadoes-1950-to-2011/

Semiautomatix · 2012-10-28T16:37:20+00:00

I feel bad saying this, but it's actually a beautiful picture...

ChiliRitz · 2012-10-28T22:54:23+00:00

West Virginia doesn't look too bad.

Vengeance164 · 2012-10-29T01:25:18+00:00

Woo! As someone from West Virginia, it's nice to see something about WV that isn't incestuous or in overalls.

Deslyn · 2012-10-28T21:50:48+00:00

At least Appalachia has something going for it.

StewHo · 2012-10-28T21:30:58+00:00

People never believe me when I say we get a bunch of tornadoes here in MS. Now I can show them this.

fixthecopier · 2012-10-28T23:39:30+00:00

Even tornadoes will not go into West Virginia.

Filter_Out_Cats · 2012-10-28T22:48:43+00:00

It's incredible the way they just stop at Canada.

Great_Chairman_Mao · 2012-10-29T00:25:14+00:00

Remind me to not live in the Midwest. Can we get an earthquake map of the US?

chuttz · 2012-10-28T18:27:49+00:00

Very inaccurate. (Obviously) it's only tracks of tornadoes that the source is aware of because I've personally seen dozens of tornadoes in a relatively small area over a few years that are in a pretty clean area of the map in Oklahoma.

Xeeke · 2012-10-28T21:24:40+00:00

I feel more comfortable now seeing that I live in one of the dark areas.

gogriz · 2012-10-28T22:03:37+00:00

Or why I love living in the North West

Kashyd · 2012-10-28T22:10:51+00:00

god only likes half the americans

viroxit · 2012-10-28T22:54:35+00:00

Not sure if mother nature cares about West Virginia, or is just trolling us.

bookishyo · 2012-10-28T23:38:14+00:00

I live in that blue spot.

vamub · 2012-10-28T23:38:34+00:00

And not one going where they say sandy will... O that's just great

leggomyshmeggo · 2012-10-29T00:04:09+00:00

I'm more interested in the Fujita Scale. Tasty.

Stinkfingers · 2012-10-29T00:11:31+00:00

I live right there in the middle of that mess.

TentacleFace · 2012-10-29T00:13:06+00:00

mountains are your friend.

fiveironfreshy · 2012-10-29T00:28:52+00:00

For some reason I read this as "Toronto Attacks In America." Was sorely disappointed.

thatloudblondguy · 2012-10-29T01:34:58+00:00

Hey east-coast, we'll trade ya for earthquakes.

Wolfie_Ecstasy · 2012-10-29T01:40:18+00:00

Fuck this side of the country in particular!

jotate · 2012-10-29T01:40:53+00:00

What was that big fucker that cut across the full width of Florida?!

kx250f855 · 2012-10-29T01:47:32+00:00

This is pretty cool. I'd like to see this with all natural disasters.

thefinalfight1 · 2012-10-29T01:48:50+00:00

Ah, yes. Canada the blasted grey wasteland.

ihatecats18 · 2012-10-29T01:54:50+00:00

Tornados allergic to mountains?

pecindian17 · 2012-10-29T01:57:49+00:00

Seems my area in Illinois has it's own little safe zone going...hoping that doesn't end any time soon.

xj13361987 · 2012-10-29T01:58:07+00:00

I thought it said tornado attacks which made it much more terrifying.

johnsmcjohn · 2012-10-29T02:00:09+00:00

No tornadoes in Vegas in the last 50 years. Yet another reason why I love this city. :)

Iomma · 2012-10-29T02:06:07+00:00

I see that one very small dot right there in the Seattle area of Washington, and I'm thinking, we get more than just Earthquakes here?

I see one tornado here, I'm out.

rdunlap1 · 2012-10-29T02:06:54+00:00

Alternative title: 56 years of lightsaber battles in America

rage_rave · 2012-10-29T02:18:02+00:00

Every spring shit hits the fan in the midwest.

Steveiethenarwhal · 2012-10-29T02:29:06+00:00

Look how cool that is, one went all the way across central Florida.

jennafoo33 · 2012-10-29T02:36:56+00:00

Life here in California is good. Although a similar map for earthquakes would be interesting...

Isle_of_Tortuga · 2012-10-29T02:41:09+00:00

As a citizen of Missouri.... fuck.

GaetanDugas · 2012-10-29T02:54:51+00:00

They all appear to be moving in the same direction, southwest/northeast. Why is that?

Zanthazar · 2012-10-29T02:55:58+00:00

1 tornado in 56 years in southern vermont, and it goes through my front yard

moogoesthecat · 2012-10-29T03:05:55+00:00

East coast. Beast coast.

serosis · 2012-10-29T03:13:15+00:00

#1 Reason to not live in the Eastern U.S.

I will take the earthquakes and super volcanoes over that shit.

corylew · 2012-10-29T03:21:21+00:00

Wow, I didn't know there were so many gays in the midwest.

sfoxy · 2012-10-29T03:23:03+00:00

Some of those tracks are pretty long... Do tornados really go for a hundred miles?

ninjagrover · 2012-10-29T03:28:52+00:00

I give you 112 years of cyclones in Australia!

cuntRatDickTree · 2012-10-29T03:29:43+00:00

That's just the USA not America... trololol

RobToastie · 2012-10-29T03:32:48+00:00

That is some beautiful data.

Junes2k · 2012-10-29T03:34:17+00:00

Living in eastern Kentucky doesn't look to bad right about now.

vainamo- · 2012-10-29T03:38:00+00:00

There are a few long-ass tornado trails there.

lejudge · 2012-10-29T03:38:21+00:00

west coast is best coast

RemmyQEinstein · 2012-10-29T03:40:01+00:00

....and here we have further evidence that tornadoes are caused by gay marriage

eskimofr3nzy · 2012-10-29T03:41:05+00:00

Thank GOD i live in West Virginia

ben_lacy · 2012-10-29T03:41:20+00:00

Arizona here, what's a weather?

Mamba1138 · 2012-10-29T03:42:14+00:00

I wish i could see my state....

Druzl · 2012-10-29T03:45:26+00:00

I live in Iowa... Fuck

Azzwagon · 2012-10-29T03:46:03+00:00

I am the wizard protecting West Virginia AMA.

jednx01 · 2012-10-29T03:54:54+00:00

This may be a dumb question, but do tornados always travel in straight lines? I never really thought about it until I saw this picture.

anon_eh_moose · 2012-10-29T04:02:20+00:00

Because fuck Mississippi.

danavondette · 2012-10-29T04:08:05+00:00

It's like fuck this area in particular

RcOhTeMfGs · 2012-10-29T04:15:37+00:00

Fuck it I'm moving to Nevada

BenMargarine · 2012-10-29T04:18:57+00:00

Those Nevada fuckers.

shoeler · 2012-10-29T04:28:30+00:00

the nearly logarithmic pattern the frequency of F#'s occur makes my math-weeney super hard.

tyvanius · 2012-10-29T05:00:42+00:00

What's up with that tornado in Arizona that pulled a right angle?

SrsSteel · 2012-10-29T05:06:21+00:00

TIL tornados move in straight lines

THE_GR8_MIKE · 2012-10-29T05:09:12+00:00

74' was REALLY a shitstorm.

Jacqalope · 2012-10-29T05:11:49+00:00

I'd like to see trailer park locations on this map.

EvilHom3r · 2012-10-29T05:16:03+00:00

Source, which includes a much higher quality version, an updated version, and an interactive version.

Next time, please take the two seconds to link to the source.

gr3n3gsnsam · 2012-10-29T05:23:31+00:00

Can someone explain why all the tornadoes are concentrated in the east and none in the west?

meatblock · 2012-10-29T05:26:38+00:00

Those sweet sweet Appalachians.

MyNameIsHax · 2012-10-29T05:28:47+00:00

tfw you cant even see where you live.

feelsbadman.jpg

noisycat · 2012-10-29T05:52:56+00:00

They are really sawing away at the lower half of Florida.

Benjaphar · 2012-10-29T06:00:38+00:00

Holy shit! There was an F4 in Yellowstone.

MakeYouHamble · 2012-10-29T06:24:23+00:00

This needs to be on /r/MapPorn

ON3i11 · 2012-10-29T06:26:43+00:00

I like how that map tries to make Canada and Mexico almost invisible, as if the U.S. were surrounded completely by ocean.

ShrewyLouie · 2012-10-29T06:31:58+00:00

Weird how the frequency is clearly worse in areas you would expect, but the severity seems horrible in northern AL/MS. This only lends to the question, "What came first, the tornado or the trailer park?"

baracudaboy · 2012-10-29T06:37:43+00:00

fuck yeah californiaaaaaa

ChillsWithKittens · 2012-10-29T06:40:56+00:00

tl;dr Live in Nevada

erock0546 · 2012-10-29T06:50:47+00:00

Wow, there's a small area around where I live that hasn't been hit... yet...

spudty · 2012-10-29T06:53:32+00:00

I live in that little spot in northern Illinois that has hardly any hits. I always thought storms went around us and this confirms it. Now to figure out why.

lukaskywalker · 2012-10-29T06:59:02+00:00

so is each straight line one tornado?

rosesareredviolets · 2012-10-29T07:07:59+00:00

After living in Arkansas most of my life I moved to South Carolina where I mentioned to a friend. "At least I don't have to worry about tornadoes."

My friend laughed in my face.

reality_czech · 2012-10-29T07:12:09+00:00

That tornado in the Seattle, Washington area is my first memory

CalvinDehaze · 2012-10-29T07:38:13+00:00

WTf, when was there tornadoes in Los Angeles??

aloadofgobbledegook · 2012-10-29T07:41:36+00:00

"Tornado Terrorism is on the rise and needs to be sorted out!" - Mitt Romney.

elastic-craptastic · 2012-10-29T07:43:36+00:00

Anybody else see that overweight, armless , native american woman with a bunch of bullet wounds in her torso in the grey area between the tornados and the rockies?

MinjaSaurus · 2012-10-29T08:01:37+00:00

This is actually really sweet...

AudacityTN · 2012-10-29T08:04:36+00:00

Tornadoes: they don't enter Canada. Ever.

Mikemillering1 · 2012-10-29T08:07:32+00:00

This is probably the only chart that can me ok with the fact that I live in Utah.

saltmarsh · 2012-10-29T08:10:24+00:00

Jim Morrison was right.

xordon · 2012-10-29T08:19:27+00:00

Now show me a map of earthquakes for the same period

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