Tornadoes

Assemble a disaster supply kit containing:

• First aid kit and essential medications
   
• Battery-powered radio and flashlight, extra batteries
   
• Can opener and enough canned food and water to last each person in your family for three days

Prepare a Home Tornado Plan:

• Pick a place where family members can gather, away from windows. It could be a basement or a center hallway, bathroom or closet on the lowest floor. Keep this area uncluttered.
   
• If you are in a high-rise building and don't have enough time to go to the lowest floor, pick a place in a hallway in the center of the building.
   
• Share this plan with all family members, and practice twice a year.
   
• Listen for storm warnings on your local TV and radio stations and follow advisories.
   
• If outside, try to get inside a sturdy building. If a building is not available, crouch in a ditch or low-lying area that is not subject to flooding.
   
• If you are in a car or mobile home, get out immediately and head to safety. (Contrary to folklore, it is not safe to get underneath a highway overpass.)