TIL Mr. Tornado (Tetsuya Fujita) who created the tornado intensity F0-F5 scale was living in the primary target city when the atomic bomb was dropped but the city was spared because it was too cloudy
TIL Mr. Tornado (Tetsuya Fujita) who created the tornado intensity F0-F5 scale was living in the primary target city when the atomic bomb was dropped but the city was spared because it was too cloudy
"If you're gonna study thunderstorms, down bursts, and tornadoes, a great place to do that is the Midwest."
"It was a certain weather pattern that spared Fujita from that bombing, allowing him to pursue his atmospheric discoveries.
Fujita was living in Kokura, Japan during World War II, which was the primary target for the "Fat Man" atomic bomb. But on the morning of August 9, 1945, the city was obscured by clouds and smoke, so the bomb was dropped on the secondary target, Nagasaki."
Wikipedia: "Although he is best known for creating the Fujita scale of tornado intensity and damage, he also discovered downbursts and microbursts and was an instrumental figure in advancing modern understanding of many severe weather phenomena and how they affect people and communities, especially through his work exploring the relationship between wind speed and damage."
Interesting. I’ve met him; he came to my university back in the early 1990s to deliver a lecture. A very pleasant and humble man.
His son Kazuya taught my undergraduate geophysics course.