Tornadoes
have caused severe and irreparable damage to tens of thousands of Americans and
their property in recent years. On top of the physical and emotional fallout, many
have also lost their lives as a direct result of a tornado.
Although
you can never control the weather or the outcome of a destructive storm, there
are steps you can take to help you and your family remain protected in the
event of a tornado. Those steps of action begin with knowing fact from myth.
Here
are a few tornado truths that could help keep you and those you love safe:
When
indoors, shut all windows and doors.
Do not leave them open in an attempt to follow the mythical need to “pressurize”
your home because the result would more likely be debris flying through the window
and causing severe harm, or wind pressure working to lift the roof off the
house from the inside.
If
you are inside your home or other structure, retreat to the
lowest level (a basement is ideal) or the room closest to the middle of the
home or farthest from windows and doors. Do not seek a “corner” of the
structure for your retreat; instead, go to the center-most point, away from
windows and anything heavy that could fall on your head.
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