Tornado Tips

With the chances of severe thunderstorms, and possibly tornadoes, increasing the latter half of the week, I want to reference information that might be helpful. Why? For example, Alabama has been in one of the longest tornado "droughts" in its history. People often forget safety rules when storms are "out of sight and out of mind."

• What are optimal tornado siren activation policies?
• Condensed version of tornado safety rules for the home.
• Condensed version of tornado safety rules for schools and dorms. 
• Condensed version of tornado safety rules for businesses. 

Details on all of these topics can be found here:

For more information on Sirens, click here.

The above is based on the typical view of tornado warnings. However, in central Oklahoma, where the TV stations and the National Weather Service are on the leading edge of tornado warnings, one school district is taking an entirely different approach.

[Note: There was a broken link. It is fixed. Thanks to Mary for bringing it to my attention!]