Originally Posted by Alu_Rathbone
Now, I've never been in a tornado, BUT I happen to know that the eye is the most violent part... I wanted to smack her.
No, the eye is a center of calm. Think about how tornadoes are often shaped like funnels. All the force is in the cylinder part. The center is just empty space, no force.
You've heard the expression, "the eye of the storm," right? It means a calm space in the middle of the storn's fury.