Do mobile homes attract tornadoes?
Of course not. It may seem that way, considering most tornado deaths occur in them, and that some of the most graphic reports of tornado damage come from mobile home communities. The reason for this is that mobile homes are, in general, much easier for a tornado to damage and destroy than well-built houses and office buildings. A brief, relatively weak tornado which may have gone undetected in the wilderness — or misclassified as severe straight-line thunderstorm winds while doing minor damage to sturdy houses — can blow a mobile home apart. Historically, mobile home parks have been reliable indicators, not attractors, of tornadoes.
