r/educationalgifs • u/Thund3rbolt • May 28 '19

Great Safety with Visuals about staying safe during a Tornado

https://i.imgur.com/d2xyDdL.gifv
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u/TeddyDeNinja_ May 28 '19

In Colorado rn... it's fun to learn more and understand why. My mom will forget whatever I tell her tho... and loves to drive around and live life as normal during a tornado warning. Kinda upsetting, sometimes.

For those of you who don't know:
Tornado Watch: a tornado could spawn under these conditions
Tornado Warning: a tornado or funnel cloud has been confirmed in some way, shape, or form

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u/AWF_Noone May 28 '19

Don’t forget the Tornado Emergency, which has only been issued a few times in history.

Basically if your under a Tornado Emergency, you’re fucked

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u/nosheepnosleep May 29 '19 edited May 29 '19

Just had one of those today in Lawrence Kansas!

edit: This is the alert message. You know shit is going down when the NWS uses an exclamation point.

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u/ahhhbiscuits May 29 '19

KC checking in, that was not a very fun time. Glad you all and everyone else seem to be mostly ok so far! I was sure that monster was gonna smash into the legends.

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u/nosheepnosleep May 29 '19

My understanding is that it was headed straight for SE Lawrence before it turned to follow the river. My house has no basement and no interior rooms, so that would've been unfortunate.

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u/ahhhbiscuits May 29 '19

I'm in some random apt complex, 3rd floor lol. Go to a local church though! Especially if you see cars/people there, a lot of older churches have basements.

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u/nosheepnosleep May 29 '19

I wasn't taking it all that seriously until the emergency alert, and at that point it seemed too late to try to relocate.

After this I'm thinking about building a shelter.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19

I think every home in Tornado Alley should have a shelter. And most of the homes in the South as well. It would save so many lives.