Once there, try to find something strudy you can crawl under. Be aware of emergency shelter plans in buildings and schools where you and your family spend time. If a specific shelter does not exist, move to the building's lowest level. Try to avoid areas with large glass windows, large rooms and wide-span roofs. If you're outside, in a car or mobile home, go immediately to the lowest level of a nearby strudy building.
Sturdy buildings are the safest place to be when tornadoes threaten.
Winds from tornadoes can blow large objects, including cars and mobile homes, hundreds of feet away. Tornadoes can change direction quickly and lift up a car or truck, tossing it through the air. Never try to our-drive a tornado. Mobile homes are particularly vulnerable. A mobile home can overturn very easily even if precautions have been take to tie down the unit.