alt Hacker NewsThe quantity of energy in an F5 tornado is literally on the same scale as a nuclear weapon, albeit delivered more slowly. Given that context, their ability erase towns should not be that surprising. You can't engineer a practical structure capable of withstanding those kinds of forces.
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pas • yesterday at 5:16 PM
Of course you can. Arcologies! Super practical, compact, safe, efficient! Tornadoes do most of the damage at the bottom, so taller structures gain advantage. If there's a huge mass pushing down on the bottom parts the tornado won't be able to dislodge it.
> quantity of energy […] is […] on the same scale as a nuclear weapon
> albeit delivered more slowly.
> those kinds of forces.
Tornados are very powerful, but if you deliver the same amount of energy over a longer time frame, the forces go down accordingly.
On the other hand, tornados do damage on a relatively smaller path. That may mean they’re as destructive as a nuclear bomb, but within a much smaller affected area.