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  •   The Red Cross suggests that you assemble a "disaster supplies kit" that you keep in your shelter area. It should contain:

    • A first aid kit with essential medication in addition to the usual items.

    • A battery powered radio, flashlight, and extra batteries.

    • Canned and other non-perishable food and a hand operated can opener.

    • Bottled water.

    • Sturdy shoes and work gloves.

    • Written instructions on how to turn off your homes utilities.

Here are some warnings that a tornado is coming;

  • A sickly greenish or greenish black color to the sky.

  • If there is a watch or warning posted, then the fall of hail should be considered as a real danger sign. Hail can be common in some areas, however, and usually has no tornadic activity along with it.

  • A strange quiet that occurs within or shortly after the thunderstorm.

  • Clouds moving by very fast, especially in a rotating pattern or converging toward one area of the sky.

  • A sound a little like a waterfall or rushing air at first, but turning into a roar as it comes closer. The sound of a tornado has been likened to that of both railroad trains and jets.

  • Debris dropping from the sky.

  • An obvious "funnel-shaped" cloud that is rotating, or debris such as branches or leaves being pulled upwards, even if no funnel cloud is visible.

 

     The only way for a tornado to form is when a cold front from Canada and a warm front from Mexico collide and make a downdraft in a super cell thunderstorm. When the the warm and cold air spiral up and become an updraft. The anvil appears which is the top of the thunderstorm. When the funnel appears it has a small chance of reaching the ground, but if it does run for cover. Here is a visual inside a tornado.
Visual of a tornado
 Did you know that tornadoes can go from 0-300 mph wind speed. Some people die because he/she has a language barrier, he/she is handicapped, or he/she is deaf. These are the people who are in danger the most. Most people are injured by the flying debris that the tornado hurls at them like cars, shingles, concrete, and even whole houses. Some places where you can hide is in the basement and the bath tub. If you're house is destroyed and debris is flying around you can protect yourself with an old mattress, blanket, or an anything that can shield you.
       

     One types of tornado is a water-spout. A water-spout is a tornado that is formed out of water. All of them are weak, but when they reach ground they become destructive. Another type of tornado is a dust devil. This tornado is made of dust and most are weak, but some can be so powerful it can lift you up! The last tornado type is the Multi-vortex tornado. It is the most destructive tornado on Earth.
    

     The most famous tornado is the Tri-state tornado. In result of the tornado had killed 540 people. The tornado also injured many thousands of people. Some parts of the tornado spanned one mile and others spanned three-quarters of a mile.
  
The Tri-state tornado


         The raging dust devil                             The destructive multi-vortex                          The waterspout
                                                                              tornadoes           


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