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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 ...
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.
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 ...
In states prone to tornadoes, school children are urged to "duck and cover" against a solid inner wall of a school, if time does not permit seeking better shelter—such as a storm cellar—during a tornado warning. The tactic is also widely practiced in schools in states along the West Coast of the United States, where earthquakes are ...
From 2000 to 2023, only two tornadoes - both EF4s - have claimed the lives of people sheltering in a school - the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma, tornado and the 2007 Enterprise, Alabama, tornado that ...
The sirens will run through the Emergency Alert System including NOAA Weather Radio, local TV and radio stations, and cable.
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