The Great Dr. Ted Fujita

Ted Fujita was the most amazing meteorologist of my lifetime. 

Ted Fujita in 1993 during one of his visits to WeatherData, Inc.

He took a forensic approach to studying weather and, among other accomplishments, 

  • Discovered the downburst which stopped what was them the #1 cause of airline crashes
  • Created the Fujita Scale of tornado damage
  • Discovered so much about tornadoes that I can't list all it here
Photo of rain "curling" in a downburst
Copyright 1978, Michael R Smith

AccuWeather published a well-done biographical article Ted this morning. You'll enjoy reading more about him!

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