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Get a Kit
Water – three gallons per person
Non-perishable food
Flashlights & extra batteries
Manual can opener
First aid kit Extra clothes & blankets
Battery-powered radios
Mess kits with plates, utensils, paper towels & stuff
If the power goes out for several days – you’ll need:
Don’t forget your pets!
Food & water
Sturdy leashes & carriers
Photos of you with your pets
Medication & vet info
Listen
– It’s like a smoke detector for severe weather & hazardous conditions
– It will tell you all about severe weather when it is on the way
– It will sound a loud tone to get your attention or wake you up so you can get to safety
– Make sure you keep plenty of extra batteries
Make a Plan
• Escape!– Find 2 ways to get out
of every room– Have an escape
ladder for upstairs rooms
– Have a place to meet outside
• Practice!
Make a Plan
If there were an emergency and you were not together in the same place. . .
• How would you get touch with each other?
• Where would you meet?
• How would you remain in contact?
• What would you do if you were at school?
• What would you do about your pets?
Thunderstorms
– Find shelter in a building or car (NOT a convertible)
– Go to a low-lying place away from trees, poles or metal objects
– Boating or swimming – get to land & shelter right away
– In the woods – find a low spot under the shorter trees
If you’re outdoors
Lightning!
• If your hair stands on end – make yourself small – Don’t lie flat on the
ground– Squat low to the
ground– Bend your head
between your knees
Lightning!
– Don’t touch appliances or use the phone
– Don’t turn on any water faucets
– Turn off the air conditioner
– Close the curtains, blinds or shades
If you’re indoors
Tornadoes
• May occur in trailing edge of thunderstorm– Quite visible– Sunlit skies behind
• Could be embedded in rain– Not visible
Tornado Clues
• Dark, often greenish sky
• Wall cloud• Large hail• Cloud of debris• Funnel cloud• Roaring noise
Tornado Terms
• Tornado WATCH – tornado is possible– LISTEN to radio – Keep an eye on the sky
• Tornado WARNING – a tornado has been spotted– Take shelter IMMEDIATELY
Tornado Shelter
• Basement • Center of an interior room on the lowest floor– Closet or interior hallway
– Away from corners, windows, doors & outside walls
– Put as many walls as possible between you & the outside
– Get under a sturdy table & use your arms to protect your head
– Do not open windows
Tornado Shelter
• If you’re outside with no shelter– Lie flat in a nearby
ditch or depression and cover your head with your hands
– Do not get under an overpass or bridge
– Never try to outrun a tornado
– Watch out for flying debris
Floods
• Flood– An overflow of water into a normally dry area
from an established watercoursesuch as a river, stream, drainageditch or pond
• How do you know if a flood is coming?– NOTICE – if it’s been raining for several hours
or days– LISTEN – to weather radio, regular radio or TV
Floods
• Floods are the #1 natural disaster in the US – and most people killed in floods drown in moving water– Just six inches of moving water
can make you fall down– Six inches of water will reach the
bottom of most cars and make them lose control or stall
Turn Around!
– One foot of water will float most cars
– Two feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles including SUVs & pick-up trucks
– Obey all official signs & barricades
– Don’t play or swim in flood water