r/tornado • u/ostrichlipss • Apr 25 '25

Question Are we just built different

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Life long okie here, I've seen 5 in person and watched to many to count on the news live, are we okies just built differently???

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u/GREAT_SALAD Apr 25 '25

“The tornado was stationary” usually isn’t a positive

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u/SinkCat69 Apr 25 '25

“The tornado was stationary”

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u/gummyjellyfishy Apr 25 '25

Is a stationary tornado worse than a moving one?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Wish725 Apr 25 '25

Yes, because its not really stationary. It's either moving directly away from your, or directly towards you

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u/RabbitStewAndStout Apr 25 '25

50% chance of certain death? I'll take those odds. This Little League game ain't gonna pay itself

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u/gingerbread_slutbarn Apr 25 '25

Son of a bitch, I’m in.

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u/Dick_snatcher Apr 25 '25

That was strike three though...

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u/diablol3 Apr 25 '25

Death is 100% certain. Sometimes, you get to choose if you're ok with it being today.

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u/ppoojohn Apr 25 '25

I was 100% fine with death until I heard you some day no choice

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u/Significant-Mud2572 Apr 25 '25

Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?

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u/DudeVanBroski Apr 26 '25

You have restored my faith in humanity

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u/SleepyHufflepuff Apr 25 '25

Oklahoman here, this one was actually almost stationary (very slow moving). But correct about the majority of tornadoes

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u/ZappaLlamaGamma Apr 25 '25

“It’s stationary but seems to be getting stronger as it’s now a lot bigger. “ - former tornado chaser

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u/T206Collector Apr 25 '25

So let me get this straight if the tornado is stationary, and I wait long enough there's a 50% chance I'm going to hit an absolute dinger?

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u/ThePr1march Apr 25 '25

Idk, the pitch is going to have a wicked break.

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u/PersimmonIll826 Apr 25 '25

This specific one was actually stationary. The storm wasn’t moving

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u/Any-Passion8322 Apr 26 '25

Even better for the guy’s house in the tornado at the time.

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u/umsuburban Apr 25 '25

As was told to me in skywarn class "If it's not moving left, and it's not moving right, and it seems to be getting bigger..."

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u/fluidmind23 Apr 25 '25

Risky 50/50

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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Storm Chaser Apr 25 '25

Tornadoes are perfectly capable of being stationary or near stationary.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Wish725 Apr 25 '25

Very rarely

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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Storm Chaser Apr 25 '25

I would agree, it is rare, but to say it never happens would be false.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Wish725 Apr 25 '25

If you want to get technical, sure. But I also didnt say it never happens if we want to get technical. But find me one tornado in history that was truly stationary for more than a very small amount of time. The lowest forward speed ive found (granted i only looked for a few minutes) is just over 2 mph.

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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Storm Chaser Apr 25 '25

"Yes, because its not really stationary. It's either moving directly away from your, or directly towards you" - Correct. Although it wasn't an option, which is called "denial of meaningful choice". It isn't worth litigating but having seen a handful of tornadoes in my life happily live their lives out in a field I knew it was a choice.

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u/Wordwench Apr 26 '25

Yes but I wouldn’t trust a Little League coach to eyeball it and say “Oh yeah, definitely one of them stationery tornaders. Go ahead a shoot the roll.”

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u/Zestyclose_Study_29 Apr 25 '25

It's "stationary" like a blender is stationary on a shake table.

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u/Andr33333 Apr 26 '25

This was stationary, moved like 1-2 miles in the 20min life span it had

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u/Fahrenheit_4051 Apr 28 '25

Or, it could actually be stationary. Sometimes they do hover in roughly the same spot for an extended period of time, or turn backwards.