tornadoes - discover the fictions and the facts

MYTH: THE LARGER THE TORNADO, THE STRONGERFACT: A thin funnel cloud called a "rope" tornado might not look as devastating as some of the massive, computer-generated tornadoes seen in the movies, but don't be fooled. A tornado's size and shape does not signal its strength. Some rope tornadoes can wreak F5 levels of damage, whereas some extremely wide twisters - called "wedge" tornadoes - only reach F0, the weakest level on the Fujita Scale. MYTH: OPENING WINDOWS WILL MINIMIZE DESTRUCTIONFACT: Although authorities once encouraged people to open windows to equalize air pressure,