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21 September 2005
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During a Tornado
When a tornado has been sighted in your immediate area take the following actions:
At Home
Go at once to your predetermined shelter (the basement, storm cellar, or the lowest level of the building). Stay there until the danger has passed.
If there is no basement, go to an inner hallway or a small inner room without windows, such as a bathroom or closet. Use a smaller room, one with four walls preferably, like a bathroom or walk-in closet. Try to use an area that is adjacent to a load bearing wall.
However much you want to see the storm, stay away from all windows, doors, and outside walls.
Go directly to the center of the room. Stay away from corners because they tend to attract debris. Get under a piece of sturdy furniture such as a workbench or heavy table and hold on to it for all you're worth.
Use sofa cushions or your arms to protect your head and neck.
If in a mobile home, get out and seek shelter elsewhere. A mobile home can overturn very easily even if precautions have been taken to tie down the unit. If there isn't a substantial shelter nearby, seek shelter in a low-lying area. Use your arms to protect your head and neck.
In a Public Building (School, Hospital, Factory, Shopping Center, etc.)
Go to the basement or to an inside hallway, a small, interior room, or a bathroom or closet on the lowest possible level.
Avoid places with wide-span roofs such as auditoriums, cafeterias, gymnasiums, and large hallways.
Stay away from windows and open spaces.
Get under a piece of sturdy furniture such as a workbench or heavy table or desk and hold on to it.
Outdoors
If possible, get inside a substantial building.
If shelter is not available or there is no time to get indoors, lie in a ditch, culvert, or low-lying area or crouch near a strong building. Use your arms to protect your head and neck. Be alert for potential flash flooding.
In A Vehicle
Never try to outrun a tornado in a vehicle. Heavy rain, hail, and traffic may impede your movement, and tornadoes can travel as quickly as 70mph over dry land. Tornadoes can quickly change directions, and can easily lift up a vehicle and toss it through the air.
Pull to the side of the road avoiding trees, power lines and other objects that could fall or be hazardous.
Get out of the vehicle immediately and try to take shelter in a nearby building.
If there isn't time to get indoors, get out of the vehicle and lie in a ditch, culvert, or low-lying area away from the vehicle. Use your arms to protect your head and neck.
After a Tornado
Monitor the radio or television for emergency information or instructions.
Check for injured victims. Render first aid if necessary.
Do not attempt to move severely injured victims unless absolutely necessary. Wait for emergency medical assistance to arrive.
Look out for broken glass and downed power lines.
Use the telephone only for emergency calls.
Try to get out of damaged buildings. Once out, do not reenter unless it's absolutely necessary. Use great caution at all times.
Take photos or videotape the damage to your home or property.
If driving, be alert for hazards in the roadway.
Check on neighbors/relatives who may require special assistance.
If unaffected by the tornado, stay out of the damaged area until allowed in by officials; your presence may hamper emergency operations.
The Most Important Reminders
1. The best protection during a tornado is in an interior room on the lowest level of a building, preferably a safe room.
2. Tornadoes strike with incredible velocity. Wind speeds may approach 320 miles per hour. These winds can uproot trees and structures and turn harmless objects into deadly missiles, all in a matter of seconds. Mobile homes are particularly vulnerable to tornadoes.
3. Injury or deaths related to tornadoes most often occur when buildings collapse, people are hit by flying objects or are caught trying to escape the tornado in a car.
4. Tornadoes are most destructive when they touch ground. Normally a tornado will stay on the ground for no more than 20 minutes; however, one tornado can touch ground several times in different areas.
5. Tornadoes can occur practically anywhere, but are most prevalent in the US , and are most frequent in the Midwest , Southeast and Southwest. The states of Oklahoma , South Dakota , Missouri , Nebraska , Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , Kansas , Arkansas , Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Louisiana , Mississippi , and Texas are at greatest risk.
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Tornadoe!
-Take immediate shelter if a warning is issued
-Go to basement or internal hallway
-Avoid windows, glass or potential flying objects
-Leave windows closed
-Hang onto a heavy object with one hand
-Use the other hand to protect face and neck
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Listen to a radio or watch television for weather updates. If a tornado is coming you MUST seek shelter. An underground shelter is best, such as a basement or storm shelter. If you don’t have a basement, find an inside room or hallway or closet on the first floor AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
If you are at school during a tornado, listen and do what your teacher says.
If you are outside and cannot get inside, lie flat in a ditch or ravine. Lie face down and cover your head with your hands.
If you are in a car, take shelter in a nearby building.
After a tornado, watch for broken glass and power lines that are downed. If you see people who are injured, don’t move them unless they are in immediate danger. Call for help right away!
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