While it may appear tornadoes target MOBILE home parks, they actually do not. An EF1 tornado might do significant damage to a mobile home, and cause minor damage to a site built home, looking like the tornado “skipped” the HOUSE. Mobile homes are, in general, much easier for a tornado to damage and destroy than well-built HOUSES and office buildings. A mobile home, or manufactured home, by definition, is built at a factory and TAKEN to the place they will occupy, so they are much more affordable than a house built on-site. They are often built with lighter-weight materials, which do not hold up well in tornadic winds.

Straight-line winds can also destroy a mobile home as easily as a tornado, especially one that is not anchored. Any wind gust that is sustained for 3 SECONDS over 50 mph can cause damage to mobile homes.

While it may appear tornadoes target mobile home parks, they actually do not. An EF1 tornado might do significant damage to a mobile home, and cause minor damage to a site built home, looking like the tornado “skipped” the house. Mobile homes are, in general, much easier for a tornado to damage and destroy than well-built houses and office buildings. A mobile home, or manufactured home, by definition, is built at a factory and taken to the place they will occupy, so they are much more affordable than a house built on-site. They are often built with lighter-weight materials, which do not hold up well in tornadic winds.

Straight-line winds can also destroy a mobile home as easily as a tornado, especially one that is not anchored. Any wind gust that is sustained for 3 seconds over 50 mph can cause damage to mobile homes.