What are some things (@ least 3) that you should never do in case of a tornado?
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1)  Get out the badminton set\n\n2)  Start a game of lawn darts\n\n3)  Fly a kite
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This is taken from an article I used with my earth science students.\n\nOver 1,000 people get struck by lightning every year in the United States, and over 100 of them die as a result of the strike. Lightning is not something to toy with. \nIf you are caught outside in a storm, always look for appropriate shelter. Do not take any chances -- lightning can use you as a path to the earth just as easily as it can use any other object. Appropriate shelter would be a building or a car. If you do not have anywhere to go, then you should avoid taking shelter under trees. Trees attract lightning. Put your feet as close together as possible and crouch down with your head as low as possible without touching the ground. \n\nNever lay down on the ground. After lightning strikes the ground, there is an electric potential that radiates outward from the point of contact. If your body is in this area, current can flow through you. You never want the current to have the ability to pass through your body. This could cause cardiac arrest, not to mention other organ damage and burns. By making your body as low to the ground as possible and minimizing the amount of your body in contact with the ground, you can lower the possibility of a lightning-related injury. If a strike were to occur near you, the current would have a much more difficult time flowing through your body in this position. \n\nIf you are indoors, stay off the phone. If you must call someone, use a cordless phone or cell phone. If lightning strikes the phone line, the strike will travel to every phone on the line (and potentially to you if you are holding the phone). \n\nStay away from plumbing pipes (bath tub, shower). Lightning has the ability to strike a house or near a house and impart an electrical charge to the metal pipes used for plumbing. This threat is not as great as it used to be, because PVC (polyvinyl chloride) is often used for indoor plumbing these days. If you are not sure what your pipes are made of, wait it out.\n\nA couple of misconceptions:\nRubber tires keep you safe in a car because they do not conduct electricity.\nNope. In strong electric fields, rubber tires actually become more conductive than insulating. The reason you are safe in a car is because the lightning will travel around the surface of the vehicle and then go to ground. This occurs because the vehicle acts like a Faraday cage. Michael Faraday, a British physicist, discovered that a metal cage would shield objects within the cage when a high potential discharge hit the cage. The metal, being a good conductor, would direct the current around the objects and discharge it safely to the ground. This process of shielding is widely used today to protect the electrostatic sensitive integrated circuits in the electronics world. \n\nThe tallest objects in a storm always get struck by lightning.\nIt's true that taller objects are closer to the clouds, but as discussed previously, lightning can strike the ground at a close distance to a tall object. Taller objects may have a higher possibility of a strike, but where lightning is concerned, the strike path is not predictable.
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Hurricanes, tornadoes, eathquakes, cyclones....stuff like that.
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Well if you live by cows or horses, stick around and watch. You can use this scale to determine what kind the tornado is.\n\nEverybody knows about the Fujita Scale which measures the power of tornados. But nobody really knows what all those types of twisters do to COWS. So here is the MOOJITA Scale...\n\nM0 Tornado - Cows in an open field are spun around parallel to the wind flow and become mildly annoyed.\nM1 Tornado - Cows are tipped over and can't get up.\nM2 Tornado - Cows begin rolling with the wind.\nM3 Tornado - Cows tumble and bounce.\nM4 Tornado - Cows are AIRBORN.\nM5 Tornado - S T E A K ! ! !
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It depends on where you live. Are you in a cinderblock home? A manufactured home or trailer? An apartment? You should make sure you have insurance that covers your home (if you own) and/or your possessions. You should have photographs or video of your possessions, in case anything is damaged in a storm. Keep your insurance policies and records in a water-tight package and keep it handy in case you have to evacuate in a hurry.\n\nYou should stock up on bottled water (1 gallon per day per person, 3-5 days' worth at least) and nonperishable foods (pop tarts work well; things you can eat without cooking or, if you have a camp stove, things you can cook over it like soup [but be sure you have a non-electric can opener]). Make sure you have flashlights and/or candles and batteries/matches. Another option would be to pick up some glow sticks, which you can get at most home improvement stores. Masking tape is good for taping windows to avoid shattering in case of breakage, and if you plan to board your windows you'll need properly cut boards as well as anchors and a drill & bits as needed for your particular property. \n\nI also recommend having a stash of things to do, like board games or playing cards. Make or buy ice and a good-sized cooler you can use to try to keep some of your food items cold in case of power loss (we lost most of the contents of our refrigerator TWICE in 2004). If you have children, especially babies, make sure you have enough of their foods and if anything is perishable, make sure you have enough ice to keep it cool for a couple of days (not an easy thing to do!). When a storm is approaching your area, fill your car's gas tank up, get a small stash of cash in case banks are closed, and fill any prescrptions you may need in case the pharmacies are closed. Charge your cellphone and/or get a car charger for it. You should also have a battery-powered radio, preferably one with weather alerts, so you can keep on top of things.\n\nIf you have to evacuate, you should know where your nearest shelters are and whether any accept pets (if you have pets). Shelters have no supplies, so pack food, clothes, bedding, medicines, and important documents.
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There are probably a few explanations, However a whirlwind probably not a tornado possibly. could you add some detail where are you located?\n\nI beleive there was some tornado activity in your area today.
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omg I hear the sirens monitor!! This is scary stuff. Get your pants on. You don't wanna be caught in this tornado with your pants down!! \n\nSeriously guys.......this is spooky scary!! Bang on the girl's apartment three doors down. I hear she has a roach motel!
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Enclose your entire house in weather wrap. That should keep the weather away.
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Oh thats an oldy but a goody. Its really not a stupid thing to prepare for bad times. Tornados,fires,floods,earthquakes. Just cause the media tells people its strange to have duct tape and water around dont mean its true. Good source is paladin press for books like this one
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I don't think my little tornado survival kit would cut this one !!!\n\nWhat would be the first thing I'd do ??\nFind a clean pair of pants !!!\nThen I would ask God if I should be thankful or \ntake this as a challenge --I wouldn't expect an answer--
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Yep it all depends on if the  warm air current is rising up to meet a cold one that is coming down and they clash enough to make a vortex. Tornado's can happen pretty much anywhere.
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There is a small risk of being zapped during a storm if you are in a shower, talking on the phone, sitting on your sofa watching TV, and a few other things you should not do.
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Well, to avoid tsunamis and typhoons/hurricanes you need to be in a landlocked country. To avoid tornadoes you need something fairly mountainous. As for earthquakes, you need to avoid fault lines. I would guess somewhere in Germany or thereabouts.
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There's nothing wrong with being interested in tornadoes, especially if they scare you. Learning about them is the way to stop being scared. The trick is to take cover and be safe when they're around. Many of the scientists and chasers who study tornadoes became interested in a similar way.
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How would ya'll know? Have you ever been inside one?\n\nNo one knows. It's hard to get instruments to measure the temperature inside a tornado. \nNo one ain't gonna stand there and throw one in. \nIt's to dangerous to get out in front of it and try to lay one down, even if you did most likely it will change direction.\n\nSo No One Knows Yet.
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Having been in the path of a direct hit by Hurricane Claudette on July 15, 2003, I have to say that I'm not so sure about hanging around for something like that again.  The house I live in made it through Hurricane Carla in 1961 packing winds (COMING ASHORE) of 165 mph.  I now figure if it's barely a hurricane of say 74-80 mph, a category one, I will probably stay.  That doesn't mean I won't be scared as hell, but something of that size going North or South of here isn't going to cause me to leave.  We were blindsided by Hurricane Claudette sneaking up the coast overnight and caught EVERYBODY "with their pants down" so to say.  That was probably the scariest thing I've ever been witness to in my 43 years on this planet.  The wind was screaming past my front door right at 100 mph.  Had I known that was on the way we would have got the hell out of here.  One tornado took out huge trees right next door, while I only had to replace about five shingles.  That tornado went right over the house while I was putting all 240 pounds of me on the front door trying to close it.  The whistling was like screaming banshees.  The wind was howling.  I mean literally howling.  It still scares me to think about it. For most of my life I wondered what it would be like to ride out a hurricane.  Now I know.  Will I leave or ride it out?  Chances are pretty good I'm outta here.  Many "old-timers" and idiots thought they could ride out another hurricane.  Many of those "old-timers" and idiots didn't make through to tell us all about it.  Don't be an idiot.  Listen to your common sense and watch the advisories.  If this message helps to save your life or someone else's, then I haven't typed this in vain.  Good luck.
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i believe if you take two two liter pepsi bottles and fill one with water and tape the openings together so it looks like a giant egg timer when you turn one bottle upside down and swirl it a little it will cause a tornado effect.