WIBW-TV did the math, and the lawsuit against the Manhattan facility is bogus.
According to the National Data Climate Center - US Department of Commerce... Bexar County has recorded 59 tornado touchdowns since 1950, and Riley County has recorded 22 confirmed touchdowns. Discussion over? Now, let's be completely fair to Bexar County... it is a larger county in area than Riley County. Bexar is almost 1250 square miles, and Riley County is about 625 square miles. That's about a 2 to 1 ratio. Here is the math.
Apples to Apples...
Bexar County(San Antonio) has recorded 59 confirmed tornadoes since 1950.
Riley County(Manhattan) has recorded 22 confirmed tornadoes since 1950.
To make Apples to Apples... the same size of apple...
Bexar County is 2.02 times larger than Riley County.
Sooooo.... 22 x 2.02 = 44.44(adjusted Riley County value to fairly represent tornadoes per square mile vs. Bexar)
And...
Bexar 59 / Adjusted Riley County 44.44 = 1.32
Or... in English, Bexar County has recorded 32% higher tornado frequency, per square mile over the past 59 years verses Riley County Kansas.
This thing should be run out of court quickly
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