Communities, for the most part, are "amazingly resilient," said Kevin M. Simmons, an economics professor at Austin College and author of "The Economic and Societal Impact of Tornadoes".
Along with their other work, they are the authors of a valuable resource, "Economic and Societal Impacts of Tornadoes".
At the bottom of this post I'm appending a moving and important contribution from Kevin Simmons, an economist who blogs on the economics of natural hazards and is co-author, with Daniel Sutter, of "Economic and Societal Impacts of Tornadoes".
Surveys of damage revealed belt-like damage patterns from the winds, with some homes being leveled and others nearby having only minor damage, akin to the impacts of tornadoes.
As residential built-environment density is reduced and the footprint of developed land grows, tornado impact probability and magnitude increases.
Conversely, restricting sprawl while, at the same time, adopting a more concentrated land use pattern, lowers the odds of tornado impact and disaster.
The Enhanced Fujita scale came into use in 2007, and is now the official way to judge the impact of a tornado — at least, of the physical damage it causes.
Several structures sustained impact during a tornado in Fulbright.
In extreme western Cuba, damage was very severe from the strong winds, likened to the impact of a tornado.
Some 10,000 people were directly impacted by the tornado, he said.
