![]() ![]() Keep inventories and records in a safe place away from your home or in a waterproof container.Inspect your home often for objects that could move, fall, break, or cause damage or injury.Know evacuation procedures for the elderly, disabled, and animals. Find out what warning signals (sirens and weather bulletins) and procedures your community has.Check emergency procedures for daycare, hospitals, your workplace, etc. Practice them both during the day and at night. Establish family tornado safety drills.Be sure family members know where this safe shelter is and the phone number. One outside of your home for emergencies such as fire, and the other outside of your neighborhood in case you can’t return home (such as a marked shelter). Be sure you have adequate insurance coverage.This will keep lines needed for emergency use open. ![]() Local telephone lines may not be in service and it may be easier to call long distance. Ask a relative or friend who lives out-of-state to be your "family contact." Inform other family members that do not live with you to call this person for information.Those who are in the most danger are those who are in automobiles, mobile homes, the elderly, the young, people who are physically or mentally impaired, and people who do not understand the warning because of language barriers. Tornadoes can be spotted by people or by Doppler radar equipment which can predict where a tornado is located, its speed, and wind strength. Tornadoes tend to strike during the spring or summer months and most often between the hours of 3 and 9 p.m., but have been known to happen at any time. ![]() Tornadoes occur when warm, moist air comes into contact with a cold front. To learn more about Tornadoes please scroll and read all the way through the documentation provided by the National Fire Safety Council, Incorporated. Within a matter of seconds it can injure, kill and destroy. A tornado is a strong force of nature that can strike anytime, anywhere and more than once. ![]()
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