Tetsuya Theodore Fujita

    Mr. Fujita was a Japanese american extreme storm researcher who studied tornadoes, hurricanes, and thunderstorms. He was born on October 23, 1920, and died November 19, 1998.  His greatest influence to his field are his discovery of down bursts, micro bursts, concept of Multiple-vortex tornadoes and The Fujita Scale. Before all of this he was studying at Kyushu institute of Technology, and after graduating he became an assistant professor until 1953, when Horace R. Byers invited him to Chicago university after seeing his independent discovery on the cold-air downdrafts. He was almost involved in a bombing to his hometown of Kitakyushu, which was saved because of Bad weather ironically which could set the bomb off before it hits. The bombers still hit Nagasaki where Ted developed the down bursts, which are strong ground level wind system that emanates from a single source, blowing in a straight line in all directions, and the micro bursts which are smaller versions of down bursts. After a while he created a tornado simulator which he used to prove the discoveries he made. Originally the concept of multiple-vortex tornadoes was thought to be a rare occurrence, but Mr. Fujita discovered that huge tornadoes it is common. His greatest contribution to meteorology and tornadoes is the fujita scale which ranks tornadoes from F-1, to F-5, with F-5 being the most fastest wind speeds and damaging tornadoes, and F-1 being the weakest damage, and slow wind speeds. Overall Mr. Fujita lived an eventful and dedicated life to his work, and helped us to better understand Tornadoes.