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Packet 7: Bonus 18

This meteorologist’s observations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki post-bombing inspired techniques he later used to assess severe weather. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Japanese-American meteorologist who names a damage-based intensity scale ranging from F0 to F5 which was "enhanced" to better account for factors like building construction.
ANSWER: Tetsuya Fujita [or Ted Fujita; accept Fujita Scale; accept Enhanced Fujita Scale]
[10e] Fujita was nicknamed “Mr. [these phenomena]” for his extensive work with them. The Fujita scale measures the intensity of these violently rotating updrafts common in a Midwest “alley.”
ANSWER: tornadoes [accept Mr. Tornado; accept Tornado Alley]
[10h] Fujita’s damage surveys of the 1974 Super Outbreak of tornadoes led him to propose these destructive downdrafts which spread rapidly in all directions upon reaching the ground.
ANSWER: downbursts [or microbursts]
<Earth Science — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 7

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/2025✓1316.15100%62%0%
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/2025✓518.00100%80%0%
SPOOKY IX11/20/2025✓215.00100%50%0%