Severe Weather Preparation & Safety

Severe Weather Preparation & Safety

How to prepare for a hurricane

1. Determine your personal hurricane risk.

2. Develop an evacuation plan.

3. Assemble your disaster supply kit.

4. Review/update your insurance policy.

5. Prepare and strengthen your home.

6. Help your neighbors prepare.

How to prepare for a tornado

1. Immediately go to a safe location that you have identified.

2. Pay attention to EAS, NOAA Weather Radio, or local alerting systems for current emergency information and instructions.

3. Protect yourself by covering your head or neck with your arms and putting materials such as furniture and blankets around or on top of you.

4. Do not try to outrun a tornado in a vehicle if you are in a car. If you are in a car or outdoors and cannot get to a building, cover your head and neck with your arms and cover your body with a coat or blanket, if possible.

Multiple Choice

How many tornadoes on average are there in the United States yearly

• 620

• 1400

• 15

• 276

Multiple Choice

What is the first day of hurricane season in the United States?

• April 1

• June 1

• June 15

• July 1

Multiple Choice

At what wind speed does NOAA classify a category 5 hurricane

• 318 mph

• 157 mph

• 214 mph

• ludicrous speed

Multiple Choice

Which hurricane had the highest wind speed recorded for making landfall in the United States?

• Katrina

• Harvey

• Camille

• Andrew

Multiple Choice

This planet has had a hurricane that has been ongoing for 300 years

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Multiple Choice

The worst tornado outbreak on record happened on April 27, 2011.

In the midst of a severe tornado outbreak across the Deep South from April 25-28, 2011. How many tornadoes touched down on this day?

• 14

• 1

• 124

• 207

Multiple Choice

Hurricanes are the only weather disasters that have been given their own names.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Where does the term hurricane come from

• Pat O'brien's in New Orleans

• The Taino Native American word, hurucane, meaning evil spirit of the wind

• Derived from ancient Latin meaning angry spouse

• No one knows where it came from

Poll

The widest recorded tornado struck on May 31, 2013.

The EF5 El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado reached a width of about 2.6 miles at its peak.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Most people who die in hurricanes are killed by the _

• Storm Surge

• Flood Waters

• Lack of Electricity

• High Winds

Multiple Choice

1925's Tri-State tornado is considered the deadliest in United States history.

On March 18, 1925, a tornado began its path of destruction in southeastern Missouri through the south of Illinois and Indiana. It covered _ miles in three hours according to the Washington Post?

• 3

• 180

• 600

• 219

​Stocking up on bottle water is great, but also filling up bath tubs and sinks will provide black water alternatives

Water

​Canned food is great to have, but frozen and refigerated food will need to be cooked before expiring

Food

​Batteries, generators are excellent alternatives to have to power small devices until power has been restored

Power Alternative

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