Sorry about the morbid nature of this question.
It feels like most of the deaths from tornadoes come from the collapse of buildings, or from flying shrapnel hitting people. What happens, though, if you're out in a big empty field and it's just you and the tornado? Would you get sucked up into the air by the wind and dropped back onto the ground from a great height? Blown sideways and tumbled along the ground until your body gets too banged up to keep working? Might you just get blown to the side of it and turn out okay?
Would there be a survival strategy in this situation, like balling yourself up tightly, going limp and letting it throw you around (to minimize bone breakage), or flattening yourself onto the ground?
It feels like most of the deaths from tornadoes come from the collapse of buildings, or from flying shrapnel hitting people. What happens, though, if you're out in a big empty field and it's just you and the tornado? Would you get sucked up into the air by the wind and dropped back onto the ground from a great height? Blown sideways and tumbled along the ground until your body gets too banged up to keep working? Might you just get blown to the side of it and turn out okay?
Would there be a survival strategy in this situation, like balling yourself up tightly, going limp and letting it throw you around (to minimize bone breakage), or flattening yourself onto the ground?
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