The Year of the Tornadoes--2011

More U.S. deaths than any year since 1936. Why?

The Year of the Tornadoes"2011

 

By Elton Camp

 

Tornadoes are a natural force everyone hates

It’s part of life for us living in the United States

Other countries also have these storms to fear,

But the vast majority of them occur right here

 

Deaths from tornadoes have been in sharp decline

Because advance warnings have become so fine

Such deaths this year, we have almost seen more

Than there were in the ten years that went before

 

Not only that of tornadoes there have been more
But we have had more powerful ones than before

It is quite difficult, even with warning, to stay alive

In a tornado rated as being either EF-4 or EF-5

 

In addition, many of the storms have been wide

And for a very long time on ground they do abide

They also haven’t stayed mainly in the countryside

But have hit cities and towns where thousands reside

 

We may not have heard the last of this terrible thing

How many more will this year yet have to bring?

So before the next Super Outbreak comes around,

I’m thinking about digging a hole in the ground