So is the problem that Professor Tao’s walls just don’t go high enough? The walls he proposes would be a mere 1,000 feet tall, barely taller than just three football fields, with the end zones, stacked one on top of another vertically. For more than 40 years, we’ve been a trusted, go-to-resource for durable, code-compliant wall systems and building materials. “Perhaps if he built his barrier on the scale of the Alps – 2,000-3,000m (9,800ft) high, it would disrupt it,” he says. Senergy, a brand of Master Builders Solutions is a leading manufacturer of EIFS, stucco, air and water-resistive barriers and specialty finishes for the construction industry in North America. Though much of the blame does lie with warm air rushing north from the Gulf of Mexico, stopping it would be nigh on impossible, Prof Wurman says. Meteorologists cringe when they hear about ‘clashing hot and cold air.’ It’s a lot more complicated than that.” “From what I can gather his concept of how tornadoes form is fundamentally flawed. “Everybody I know is of 100% agreement – this is a poorly conceived idea,” told BBC News.
That is true, as far as these things go, but the weather community is not impressed by his plan to build walls to try to mimic the effect of those natural formations. “If we build three east-west great walls, one in North Dakota, one along the border between Kansas and Oklahoma, and the third in the south in Texas and Louisiana, we will diminish the threats in Tornado Alley forever,” he said.Īs evidence, he points to China – where only three tornadoes were recorded last year, compared to 803 in the US.ĭisappointingly, Professor Tao doesn’t cite China because they have a Great Wall of their own-he says that the reason China’s tornadoes die down before they become destructive is because of hills and mountain ranges that diminish their ability to gain momentum and build up.
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