Don't forget a non-electric can opener. Choose a safe area of your home for a tornado shelter, and make sure that everyone in your family knows where it is and how to get there quickly. A tornado may change your whole life overnight. The most violent windstorm on Earth is a real and potent threat to your property, and even your life. Now is the time to prepare your home and family in order to survive the next tornado.
Tornadoes can break electric and gas lines, and water pipes.
Take a few minutes right now to teach family members how and when to turn off gas, electricity, and water, and you can help prevent tornado related fire and water damage to your home. If your home is damaged or destroyed by a tornado, you may have to seek emergency shelter. Pets are not allowed into emergency shelters. Contact your local humane society for information on safeguarding your pet. If you're within this station's listening area, it's important for the safety and well being of your family that you act immediately to obtain local tornado preparedness information.