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In some jurisdictions, schools are required to conduct regular tornado drills, though generally less frequently than fire drills. During school tornado drills students are required to huddle up against the walls (picture above) of the building usually the hallway to prevent harm to the students and sometimes staff (teachers, janitors, etc) will ...
With the United States anticipating more tornadoes than normal this spring and summer, schools are preparing staff and students with safety drills. However, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic ...
Tornado drills are an important element in tornado preparedness. Like any other safety drills, they increase chances of correct response to a real tornado threat. Most states in the midwestern and southern United States conduct a statewide tornado drill in late winter or early spring in preparation for the severe weather season.
Students participate in a tornado drill, lining up along an interior wall and covering their heads. Tornado drills are an important element in tornado preparedness . Similar to other evidence based safety drills, they teach effective countermeasures and therefore increase survival rates if/when a tornado hits.
Many high school students had arrived at schools before the worst of the storms blew through, which led them to bunker down in media rooms and hallways after the tornado warning was issued.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch at 9:59 p.m. on Saturday in effect until 11 p.m. The watch is for Denton, Grayson and Wise counties. This watch is in effect until 11 p.m.
A mobile emergency operations center, in this case operated by the Air National Guard. Emergency management (also disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. [1]
The statewide tornado drills will occur on Thursday, April 11 at 1:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Tornado sirens will sound in Milwaukee County and many other municipalities.