"They rarely have much warning, but it is often enough to save lives."
I really wish this trope would go away. If you live in an area prone to tornadoes and you "have no warning", then you're just not paying attention. We know tornadoes exist. We know where they tend to frequently occur. The local weather stations in those areas are pretty damn good with warnings. We know days ahead of time that the conditions will be right for potential activity. We can now see potential tornadoes before they are formed. We can track their paths with neighborhood cross street precision.
Nevermind the fact that there's a pretty good indicator when the sky turns dark and the weather changes. Thunder and lightning and wind are essentially the knocking on the door. It's not like it's a sunny day and a tornado just pops out of the sky to say hello.
To say no warning just means they are not paying attention. I don't know what the tornado activity is like where the BBC is from, but it is woefully out of date.
I really wish this trope would go away. If you live in an area prone to tornadoes and you "have no warning", then you're just not paying attention. We know tornadoes exist. We know where they tend to frequently occur. The local weather stations in those areas are pretty damn good with warnings. We know days ahead of time that the conditions will be right for potential activity. We can now see potential tornadoes before they are formed. We can track their paths with neighborhood cross street precision.
Nevermind the fact that there's a pretty good indicator when the sky turns dark and the weather changes. Thunder and lightning and wind are essentially the knocking on the door. It's not like it's a sunny day and a tornado just pops out of the sky to say hello.
To say no warning just means they are not paying attention. I don't know what the tornado activity is like where the BBC is from, but it is woefully out of date.