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Show A STUDY IN TORNADOES. Can the coming of tornalnes be reduced re-duced to a period of expectnno, on KOmcthlng like tho basis of computations computa-tions of tnbles of luortallt)? Mr Crank Waldo, Th 1) , lite a professor ln the United State signal service, seem to think so At any rate, he hai In ' The World Today ' nn article which look a good deal like a fair beginning on what rnlght be called the science of tornadoci He takes the total number of tornadoes that have been observed In eich State during the period of sixteen )car, 1S71 81, and 15S9 it, as a basis for his computations Ho finds that Kansas lias hid 10.' Illinois 79 Missouri !0, Ion a BI Minnesota 43, and so on, there bilng a distinct belt through which the tornadoes pass with much frequency. This belt begins In Kuhsis, sweeps through lowi, Mis snurl. Illinois, Indlini (tilth 31), Ohio (tilth !9) Tenns)lvinla (with 50) New lork (with :3) A southern branch of this totnjdn lino comprises Arkansas (with 20 Tennessee (tilth 55), Ala-buna Ala-buna (nllh 25) nnl lleorgl t (with 41) The States l)lng west of the one hundredth hun-dredth meridian are practical!) exempt ex-empt from tornadoes Ml Waldo dc. duces from these figures the conclusion tint within nn area of 100 miles squaie, a tornado may be expected In Kansas and Illinois every )enr, In Missouri lonn, Georgia, Indian 1, Ohio, Mar)-laud Mar)-laud Massachusetts and Tetin-ylvunla. cvci) second )car, one every third ear ln Nebraska Minnesota Arkan-sus, Arkan-sus, Mississippi, Alabuna, Tennessee nnl Neil York; evtr) fourth c ir ln Wisconsin, Loulslani and Kentucky, and so on Another chart give the number of clnnce In 100 th it a tor nado will occur ever) )ear within a legion of 100 mile square In various part of the Unite 1 states and the chance of Illinois Is mirkert 90 of Kan sas SO, of nn nrea comprising parts of Illinois, Indiana nnd lonn CO, and In decreasing degree outside of th it drea 1-ful 1-ful circle Mlssouil shons the greatest loss of property by tornndoes 113 069-000, 069-000, Kentuck) next with 12 933 000, Illinois, Illi-nois, 1918 000, Knnsis, $301000, Texas, I6S.-000, Nebraska, $663 000, Mlchlgin, JC4C0O0, Tensylianlu. J63I 000 Mlnno-sota, Mlnno-sota, 1593 000 Arkansas IIS3 000, lona 1511,000 not a dollar lost west of tho hundredth meridian. The loss of life In tornadoes I not cornputcd by States hut Mr Waldo sa) that "the annual loss of life due to violent atorms which undoubtedly Include the loss In storms nut of strlctl) toinndn chaructei averages aver-ages about 27S, which I probibly less than half the number of fatalities due to lightning stroke" These figures look n good deal like getting the matter mat-ter down to n question of predictions or ut least of averages, in I the) 1.I1011 that a couple of wide paths one lauding laud-ing a little north of east, an 1 one a little south of east, nnd both starting In Kansas aie mighty good place to stu) an ay from for people who do not enjoy a i-hiklng up |
