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Staying Safe in the Tornado Season

I guess you don't need reminding, but spawn a tornado. When a tornado warning
every year, from about early spring to is issued for your town or county, take
mid summer - say mid February to mid June immediate safety precautions.This brings
- tornadoes become part of the US us to Rule 3.Invest in a Weather Radio,
scene.Of course tornadoes can occur make sure its batteries are fresh, and
anywhere and any time if the conditions that it is on standby whenever
are right, but during that second quarter thunderstorms look likely.A good weather
of the year, over the midwest and radio will activate itself whenever a
bordering states, the chances of tornado watch or warning is issued, (and
tornadoes are greatest.And on average, 60 will do the same for any other weather
people will lose their lives each year.So threat or civil emergency). If there are
what can you do to make sure you and your tornadoes forming in your area, your best
family aren't listed among the casualties defence is having the time to get to safe
next time there are tornadoes shelter, and Weather Radio will give you
around?Quite a lot, actually, but first this.And so to Rule 4.Make sure you know
let's just review what tornadoes are and where safe shelter is, and make sure you
how they form.Tornado Formation and know how to get there in a hurry.Finding
ForecastingTornadoes are rapidly rotating shelter may be easy or difficult,
winds that are always associated with depending where you are, and the action
thunderstorms. They form tight spirals of you take may depend on how prepared you
extremely strong winds, capable in their are.Most workplaces and schools in a
most severe form of destroying almost tornado prone area will have a tornado
everything in their path.By no means all plan.If you are at home you should move
thunderstorms produce tornadoes, and to a safe location, either one you have
while big thunderstorms tend to breed big prepared in your home, or at a public
tornadoes, there is no hard and fast shelter.The safety of a home shelter will
rule. Most tornadoes are short lived, and depend on the construction of your house,
most occur away from populated and whether you have modified it to
areas.Although there are very few rules provide a safe room. Brick and concrete
which apply to all tornadoes, all of the are stronger than timber, and basements
time, we do know that when large are safer than ground floors or upper
thunderstorms, or super cells form, storeys.A safe room is any room on the
tornadoes are most likely to ground floor or basement that has been
develop.Thunderstorms like these reinforced with steel or concrete to make
generally build when warm moist air is it safe during strong winds, collapsing
forced to rise over cooler or drier air. roofs and walls, and from wind blown
Other conditions have to be right, but debris.Expensive? Undoubtedly, but aren't
for the most part thunderstorm formation you worth it?If you are in your vehicle
is fairly easy for meteorologists to when a tornado arrives you have two
forecast, although estimating storm choices. If traffic and roads allow, you
severity is not as easy, and the can drive away from it - if possible take
likelihood of a tornado is even more a few moments to assess the risks.If you
difficult to predict.And here the can see the tornado, line it up with a
forecasters have a dilemma. For reasons fixed point such as a building or a tree.
of public safety, they must warn people If it moves to the left or right the
if tornadoes and other forms of severe tornado is not heading towards you, but
storm weather are possible. Possible is to be on the safe side, drive off in the
not certain, so some forecasts turn out opposite direction.If it doesn't appear
to be false alarms.But consider the to move, but does appear to be growing
alternative - no warnings are given until larger, it is probably coming your way.
too late, and people die simply because Drive off to the side if possible.If you
they have been given too little time to can't drive away from it or find secure
prepare.Preparing For TornadoesThe First shelter, abandon your car, and lie flat
thing to do when faced with any emergency on the lowest ground you can find - a
is to be prepared in advance to take the roadside ditch would be a good option.
most sensible action.And Rule 2 is to Cars can be death traps, and sheltering
treat all tornado watches and warnings under bridges or overpasses is very
seriously.So what's a tornado watch, and risky.The same strategy applies if you
how is it different from a warning?A are on foot - look for strong safe
tornado watch defines an area where enclosed shelter first, or a low point on
tornadoes and other kinds of severe the ground if that is not available.Keep
weather are possible in the next few all these in mind and your chances of
hours. It does not mean tornadoes will survival are good. Deaths in tornadoes
form - just that you need to be alert, are mostly caused by building collapse,
and to be prepared to find safe shelter vehicles overturning or becoming
if they do.A tornado warning, issued by airborne, and flying debris.So have a
the local National Weather Service plan, and keep your weather radio handy
office, means that a tornado has been and charged up, and there's every reason
spotted, or that Doppler radar indicates to believe you'll make it through to the
a thunderstorm acting in a way which can next tornado season.




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