Q: In the September 2022 issue of Model Railroader, Mike Tylick wrote "Add a gated crossing to your layout." On page 36, there is an image of a gate that he built for the F scale Chester & Beckett RR.

University of Chicago meteorologist Ted Fujita devised the Fujita Scale, the internationally accepted standard for measuring tornado severity. His goal was to create categories that could separate ...

The Enhanced Fujita Scale was developed and implemented in 2007 to help meteorologists to assign ratings to tornados using an increased amount of detail that its predecessor, the Fujita (F) Scale. The ...

The National Weather Service categorizes tornadoes by a number rating, from zero to five, after assessing the twister's inflicted damage according to the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The original scale is ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Tornadoes can cause a great deal of destruction in a very short amount of time. The rating of tornadoes isn't solely based on wind speed, but the damage they cause. In 1971, Dr. Ted ...

You are referring to the Fujita tornado scale (F) devised by Tetsuya Fujita of the University of Chicago. The F-scale has become the world standard for classifying wind speeds based on the damage ...