How far do things get carried if they are lifted and carried?
The furthest distance a 1 pound object can be carried is about 100 miles. The furthest known distance a photo or piece of paper was carried was a little over 200 miles. In the Great Bend, Kansas tornado of November 10, 1915, debris from the town was carried 85 miles. After passing through the town, the tornado went through or near Cheyenne Bottoms, now a wildlife area. Hundreds of dead ducks fell from the sky 25 miles northeast of the end of the path. And after the Worcester, Massachusetts tornado of 1953, chunks of soggy, frozen mattress fell into Boston Harbor, 50 miles to the east of where it was picked up. • How do they really know how far the stuff was carried by the storm? When something travels more than a mile into an area where people don’t recognize the debris as coming from a certain person’s house, then the return addresses on letters, and names on checks and deeds identifies the owner. If the tornado destroyed just one golf course, and the flag from a putting green is foun
