Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Does Driving Your Car Cause Tornadoes?

Whoa!! Can driving your car cause tornadoes? National Geographic says yes, and that's why tornadoes take the weekends off in summer- not as many people driving. Here's the story.

3 comments:

Charles said...

One more reason for better public transportation.

SRTC Staff said...

Yep, to save yourself and your community from killer hail and tornadoes everyone should start riding the bus. And with that much ridership there will be pressure to improve the system. It's a win-win situation; no tornadoes and better public transit :)

vanillajane said...

I didn't read the story, but if someone can surf off the wake of a speedboat, I'm sure cars can manufacture tornadoes, albeit small ones.


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