British Guy Reacts to 5 Deadly Natural Phenomena America Has That Britain Doesn't (Lost in The Pond)

British Guy Reacts to 5 Deadly Natural Phenomena America Has That Britain Doesn't (Lost in The Pond)

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[emmadoggy]

It’s not cheating at all to list hurricanes and tornadoes separately. They are completely separate phenomena. Hurricanes CAN spawn tornadoes sometimes, but they are not the same at all. The mechanics of how they form and what they do are completely different from each other.

[Wiley_Coyote]

Hurricanes and tornados are not only not the same thing, it's not even close. They're both involve fast wind, but the conditions behind them and effects from them are usually so distinct.

[gretchenmyers]

hurricanes can spawn tornadoes but not the other way round... not the same thing at all, though many think so. love your content, and happy to see people expand their horizons. phenomenon is singular phenomena is plural

[kevinisaname]

Phenomenon is singular whilst phenomena is plural, so Lawrence is correct. A lot of people and even newspapers make that mistake, so don't worry about it. It's all about learning.

[evilproducer]

Tornadoes are totally different than a hurricane, so it is not cheating.

[Valandar]

Hurricanes and Tornados are VASTLY different. The difference between a tornado and a hurricane is like the difference between a .50 cal sniper rifle and an exploding land mine. One is much smaller, more precise, and affects a small area, while the other has vastly more power overall, but affects an area vastly greater, and not as intense on a pinpoint level. The causes are even very different.

[bigburkefamily]

Peshtigo, WI is very cold in the winter, and that was a major reason for the number of deaths. The fire drove many people into the Peshtigo River, where they died of hypothermia.

[samosmapper]

Temperature isn’t really as much of factor as you’d think when it comes to what areas are prone to wildfires. While Wisconsin was an odd place for wildfires, it’s not because it’s cold (and it definitely is), but because it isn’t very dry. Dry areas and places in a drought are much more likely to have wildfires, including both forest fires and bushfires. Like how you and Lawrence said, Australia and California (and most of the Western USA) are well known wildfire areas because of just how dry they are.

[ToniaElkins]

Just some insight on the United States… no matter what state you’re in you’ll still get a summer and hot weather, so even Wisconsin and all other northern states can get hot. Northern states aren’t cold all year round and not even Canada or Alaska is cold all year round. Also, tornadoes and hurricanes are completely different. Tornado alley is in the Midwest, we aren’t near any ocean so we don’t get hurricanes, we get tornadoes. They aren’t even close to the same thing. The only similarity is they’re both storms with high winds etc.. but what you do to stay safe from them isn’t the same thing. You want to be in a basement for a tornado but not a hurricane, things like that. It’s just ALL different.

[auldrick]

Hurricanes and tornadoes are really very different. Hurricanes start far out to sea and are much larger, with wind fields 10s of miles wide and tropical rain bands stretching over 100 miles. Tornados almost always form over land, and even F5 tornados rarely cause serious damage past a mile or two from the cone. Also, half of hurricane damage comes from the storm surge (coastal flooding where they come ashore). Tornado damage is mostly from the wind, sometimes with hail, lightning, and local flooding. And last, hurricane movements can be predicted fairly accurately days in advance, but a tornado forms with almost no warning and goes wherever it wants to, unpredictably.

[jakeryan]

When asking about the temperature in Wisconsin it depends on the season. The average high in Madison Wisconsin in July is the same as Lagos Nigeria. The Midwest is very cold in the winter and very hot in the summer.

[chelleduns]

Hurricanes and tornadoes are definitely different beasts. I've lived both in the Midwest where we had some pretty bad tornadoes and in South Florida where we have those category 5 hurricanes and both are devastating.

[drboze]

I remember Mt St Helens erupting. A huge mushroom cloud to the southeast of where I lived. Fun fact: The Burlington Northern Railroad owned the top of the mountain, as part of a grandfathered-in land grant from the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway in the late 19th century. After the eruption, they sold it to the state for $1. How generous!

[Pinkstinkie]

I can see the confusion of someone whose never witnessed either thinking a tornado and a hurricane are the same. They are both twisting air columns but, man, are they different. The wind is way, way stronger in a tornado but effect a much tinier area than a hurricane. Hurricanes are not slouches in the wind department AND they usually bring a deluge along with them.

[edh]

Hurricanes and tornadoes are two distinct weather events. They are NOT the same thing. They both involve rotational wind patterns, but the dynamics are totally different. (If you lived in the US, you would know that.)

[ESUSAMEX]

After watching many videos by Brits about America, I have realized that Brits tend to say many words in the plural form that are different in America. For example Aircrafts instead of aircraft. In America, aircraft is both the singular and plural form of the word. The same goes for deer, bison, cod and fish. Although fish does have a plural form that changes the meaning of the word. Fish is also plural and fishes means groups of fishes. The same happens with the word people. For example: The world is made up of many different people. The sentence: The world is made up of many peoples means the world is made of many groups of people.

[jlpack]

California in particular is the epicenter of earthquakes in the USA. In fact, the entire western coast of the USA, and up through Alaska is more at risk for earthquakes. Google ring of fire for more about the how the land that borders the pacific is ripe for earthquakes and volcanoes.

[misty]

Having survived 3 tornadoes 🌪 I definitely recommend having a basement. Also went through a tropical storm while on vacation in Florida. Hurricanes and tornadoes are definitely not the same category.

[LyndasDiamonds]

Tornados and hurricanes are completely different

[csbnm]

The number 5, 6, 7, etc. are not linear, each is a magnitude order of 10 greater than the previous number. So a 7 is 10 times greater than a 6 and 100 times greater thana 5.