Feb 18, 2009

Tornadoes common sense and security

According to Environment Canada data, tornado blowing directly over the chances for the 1200 death of one extreme. Some people may amend the era or region, but the actual possibility of even lower. Tornado does a year in economic and material caused millions of dollars in losses, unemployment and casualties. 

 Annually in the beginning of tornado season, in the tornado area schools and the media told the public sector to spend time hazard and how education can improve the survival rate in the tornado. In the United States, people have often been recommended buy NOAA weather radios. They are relatively inexpensive, only the current 20 U.S. dollars spent, it will receive the United States National Weather Bureau (National Weather Service) issued a weather warning of the danger. Alarm at the same time on the radio and television broadcast, the majority of societies have civil defense alarm, in a tornado is about to consider will be activated prior to arrival. 

 Tornado warning in the release, all members of the public be notified to the refuge area. In most buildings, if possible, recommend to find the central room with no windows or below ground corridor. If a tornado hit the building, in respect of the possession in the interior of the people, can lead to substantial debris Down, it is proposed that squatting in front of solid beam, or hiding under sturdy furniture. However, the tornado to make such as when a mobile home such as light building had sustained heavy casualties. In this housing residents will be notified before a tornado evacuated from their homes, looking for more solid shelter, regardless of their travel to the designated safe haven or a friend's home nearby. In some areas, storm cellar is also a refuge for people. 

 When the tornado struck, the vehicle situation is extremely dangerous. If the tornado is visible, long distance, and the current traffic, then you can from the tornado path, methods are straight-line path along with the tornado at right angles to the direction of mobile. Otherwise, please try to quickly and safely park their vehicles in the line outside (even if ex post facto from the soil to find out your car than it is to stay in better on the road caused the accident), and looking for solid buildings or trenches as a bunker. Remember: in any case, be sure not to close when a tornado left in the car. In the strong wind caused by a tornado, no vehicles are very easily be rolled up and thrown. 

 Some people choose to in a storm shelter under the large bridge, but those places are not the best shelter. Normandy is located in Oklahoma's National Weather Service, have done a report for discussion at May 3, 1999 Oklahoma tornado occurred in the attack, the land bridge as a cover body uses. At that time a land bridge has three tornadoes in Oklahoma City on the route, each bridge has at least one person died in a tornado. Bridge building in a variety of forms, and many of which fly in strong wind and the fragments before and will not provide any effective protection. In addition, because of people under the bridge or the bridge next to free parking caused congestion, is likely to impede other road vehicles, thereby indirectly deprived latecomers the opportunity to escape.

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