The urban myth that tornadoes target vulnerable trailer parks is often whispered whenever
a nightly newscast features a story about a trailer park ravaged by a powerful tornado.
Interestingly, recent observational data provide a plausible explanation as to why
tornadoes seem to be attracted to trailer parks. Tornadoes more frequently touch down
near geographic/topographic transition zones (eg, urban structures transitioning to
relatively sparsely populated suburbs and rural areas, dense forests transitioning
to flat plains).
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Trailer parks tend to be located in such transition zones, thus feeding the myth
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Published online: June 16, 2017
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Dr Oral has served as a consultant to Acutus Medical.
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