AnRobert Reiner age 9, of Holdrege NE  

Where does a tornado get its power?

A tornado is powered by the same force that powers a vacuum cleaner.  If you watch one operates it may remind you of a giant vacuum cleaner, heaves dirt and sizeable solid objects are sucked into the center of the fierce storm. They are sucked in by the power of  a vacuum. And a vacuum is empty, or nearly empty space.

The motor of a vacuum cleaner works a fan to suck out the air, In one ways air is very like water. If you dip a scoop of water from a pails the surrounding air rushes in to fill up the hole. You cannot make a hole in a pail of water. Neither can you make a hole in the air. The surrounding air will rush in to fill it up fast. And tire rushing air is the wind.

The almost‑vacuum in the heart of a tornado is made by warms rising air, It is a column of lights thin air, The normal, heavier air around it rushes in to fill up the space, It rushes in violent winds to the center and then rises up like a funnel. Should the central vacuum strike a building, the air inside the walls rushes up to fill it. The building actually explode s the walls falling outwards.