What happens if you were in a tornado?

Go to the basement or an inside room without windows on the lowest floor (bathroom, closet, center hallway). If possible, avoid sheltering in a room with windows. For added protection get under something sturdy (a heavy table or workbench). Cover your body with a blanket, sleeping bag or mattress.

What does it feel like before a tornado?

Day or night – Loud, continuous roar or rumble, which doesn’t fade in a few seconds like thunder. Night – Small, bright, blue-green to white flashes at ground level near a thunderstorm (as opposed to silvery lightning up in the clouds). These mean power lines are being snapped by very strong wind, maybe a tornado.

What does it mean if a tornado isn’t moving?

“It is said that if a tornado doesn’t appear to be moving, it’s coming toward you.

What sound does a tornado make?

Rumbles, Roars, and Whirs In addition to a constant rumble or low roar, tornadoes can also sound like: A waterfall or whooshing of air. A nearby jet engine. A deafening roar.

How do you know if your house was destroyed in a tornado?

Looking down our street, this was almost the same story down the entire block—it appeared like the tornado had “zig-zagged” back and forth across the street between houses. If your house was mostly standing, then it was likely that each of your next door neighbors’ houses were gone, along with the house directly across the street from you.

Did you start hearing the tornado before it hit?

We started hearing the tornado before it actually hit us—you could hear even in the basement some howling and the sounds of boards and debris being flung. We actually knew before the hit that it was there.

What happened in the 8th grade during a tornado?

In the 8th grade, a tornado hit our small town and killed one man. I sat by a wall in my classroom that was mostly glass windows and there was some communication between classrooms that our county was under warning, but we never went into the hallway.

How serious are tornado warnings in the US?

People who grow up in this part of the US are familiar with tornadoes—they are part of life, and tornado warnings are taken seriously. But usually nothing comes of the warnings. We go down to the basement and wait them out, and rarely are we ever ourselves directly impacted by them.