Tornade? Uragane? in Romania!

Do countries other than the US get tornadoes? How many? How strong? We know that tornadoes have been documented from many other nations, but we don't have a solid record of their frequency or damage potential in most areas. Several European countries, including the United Kingdom, Romania and Finland, have begun keeping detailed tornado records in recent years, as does Canada. A consortium of European weather researchers has compiled the European Severe Weather Database, which includes tornadoes. Tornado records even in those nations are not compiled the same way as those in the U. S., and can't be compared directly. Indeed, in most of the world, there is no systematic documentation of tornadoes, other than those that happen to cause great damage and death, or that are caught by chance on someone's camera. To judge where else tornadoes are most common, we have to use a mix of actual tornado reports with heavy statistical analysis of weather records that indicate conditions favorable for them. Such a blend of recorded and inferential study indicates that the U. S. remains tops in tornado production, with secondary tornado-prone areas including the Canadian Prairie Provinces, Bangladesh, Britain, northeastern Mexico, northern Argentina and southern Brazil, and portions of southern Russia. The Mexican maximum (northern Coahuila, east of the Serranias del Burro range) and Canadian tornado prone zones each are border-crossing extensions of U. S. conditions.

The first tornado climatology for Romania is presented based on datasets attained from three periods between 1822 and 2013. The historical period (1822–1944) contains 33 tornado reports originating from historical newspaper archives and publications of the Romanian Meteorological Institute. Evidence of tornado observations in Romania before the nineteenth century is found in the representation of tornadoes in the Romania folk mythology. The socialist period (1945–89) contains only seven tornado reports, likely because during this period it was believed that tornadoes did not occur in Romania. The recent period (1990–2013) contains 89 tornado reports that came from mass-media sources and eyewitness reports. Of the 129 tornadoes from the Romanian tornado database, 98 were reported between May and July with a peak in May (36 reports). Most of the tornadoes (28 reports) occurred during the afternoon hours 1500–1659 local time. Tornadoes were more frequently reported over eastern Romania compared with other regions of the country, with a maximum over southeastern Romania [0.37–0.45 (10⁵ km²)⁻¹ yr⁻¹].

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Furtunile severe pot produce tornade pe neasteptate.
Daca observati o tornada nu asteptati sa vedeti daca si cum se apropie, ca si cand ati fi intr-un film documentar si v-ati permite sa va riscati viata de dragul senzatiilor tari.
Actionati rapid: indepartati-va de tornada si adapostiti-va intr-o structura solida, de exemplu in pivnita sau intr-o camera mica, interioara, aflata la cel mai de jos nivel al cladirii.

In timpul noptii tornadele sunt dificil de observat si confirmat.
Chiar si ziua, daca asteptati sa le vedeti sau sa le auziti cum se dezvolta sau se apropie poate fi prea tarziu pentru a va mai putea adaposti.
Este important sa fiti separati de exteriorul cladirii prin cat mai multi pereti.
Protejati-va capul si picioarele de materiale transportate si aruncate de vant.
Stati cat mai departe de ferestre.

Global warming is a hoax.. ca să citez din președintele la ce mai libera țară din lume.

Prima tornadă consemnată în mod oficial în Bucureşti a avut loc în 9 iunie 1886