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I thought I’d get a head start on dispelling some common myths about tornadoes. The following information was taken from the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) web site. Please read each statement below and answer True or False! Answers at bottom but if you want clarification, visit http://stormaware.mo.gov/
“Opening the windows in your house before a tornado will reduce damage by balancing the pressure inside and outside the structure.”
“Tornadoes cannot cross lakes, large rivers or wide bodies of water.”
“Tornadoes never strike the same area twice.”
“A tornado is more likely to hit a mobile home park.”
“Tornadoes can always be seen from far away.”
“If I am near a highway overpass, I should abandon my vehicle immediately and take shelter there.”
“The safest place to take shelter from a tornado is in the southwest corner of a basement.”
“If a tornado is not coming directly towards me, I am out of harm’s way.”
“The damage to homes during a tornado is caused by an explosion from changes in air pressure.”
“Downward-bulging clouds mean that a tornado is forming.”
“Tornadoes do not hit big cities.”
“A tornado cannot travel up and down hillsides.”
“A tornado always forms and appears as a funnel cloud.”
Commonly accepted misconceptions about tornadoes often lead people to make mistakes when preparing for tornadoes – the answers to all the above is “FALSE”!
Click here for more photos of the St. Mark Presbyterian Worktrip to Joplin Missouri after the tornado in 2011.
St Mark Emergency Shelter Team
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