Investigating Tornado Scars in Texas

Authors

  • William Monfredo University of New Orleans

Keywords:

tornado scars, severe storms, hazards, Texas, Fujita scale

Abstract

Academic literature contains little on the long-term imprints of tornadoes upon the built landscape. "Tornado scars" describes lingering visual evidence of the impact of strong and violent storms upon the constructed landscape. This study identifies 17 different types of tornado scars for the first time based upon fieldwork across 19 locations affected by 15 tornadoes occurring between 1950 and 1999. These tornadoes are among the most infamous for Texas. Each storm killed ten or more people and/or produced at least eight million dollars in dam

Author Biography

  • William Monfredo, University of New Orleans

    Department of Geography

    University of New Orleans

    New Orleans, LA

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2004-01-01

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