The EF Scale is basically an updated version of the F-Scale. If you are around my age, you probably remember tornadoes being categorized on the Fujita Scale up to F5. But now, we use the Enhanced ...

Q: In the September 2022 issue of Model Railroader, Mike Tylick wrote "Add a gated crossing to your layout." On page 36, there is an image of a gate that he built for the F scale Chester & Beckett RR.

University of Chicago meteorologist Ted Fujita devised the Fujita Scale, the internationally accepted standard for measuring tornado severity. His goal was to create categories that could separate ...

It may be hard to believe that with an average of 1,200 tornadoes each year in the United States, we haven’t seen an EF5-rated twister in more than 11 years. But that doesn’t mean the number of ...

Above: The F5 tornado that tore through Moore and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on May 3, 1999. This photo was taken near Bridge Creek, about 15 miles southwest of Moore. (Courtesy Erin Maxwell via ...

You are referring to the Fujita tornado scale (F) devised by Tetsuya Fujita of the University of Chicago. The F-scale has become the world standard for classifying wind speeds based on the damage ...