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Re: Tornado Safety Query

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From: Rodney Blackall
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:00
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In article <6f2mhi$o23$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
 <sharmakdeep@hotmail.com> wrote:


> Hi,

> What kind of safety drill would one make if staying in an Apartment
> Complex. The Apt. Complexes are shared by all and the only place
> where one could go in a Tornado Warning is the Laundry Roon on the
> lowest floor or maybe, the corridor on the lowest floor. Is that
> considered safe enough in case of Tornado Warnings ? How strong are
> the Apt. structures, if made by brick, in case of tornadoes ?

> Thanks

> Shekhoo


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You could do a great deal worse than read a 224 page book by the Verkaiks
called 'Under the Whirlwind (Everything you need to know about tornadoes
but didn't know who to ask)'.
ISBN 0-9681537-0-4, pub 1997 by Whirlwind Books, Elmwood, Ontario, Canada.

It is mainly about a Canadian tornado outbreak on April 20, 1996 BUT it is
full of GENERAL useful advice and pictures; warnings dissemination, signs
in the sky, what to do and where to shelter. Interestingly, it seems you
are more likely to be injured by 'straight-line' winds than tornadoes.

UK readers should be able to get their copies through the Royal
Meteorological Society for about �15.

Good luck in seeing and avoiding!

-- 
Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)
London, ENGLAND
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From: Rodney Blackall <rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Tornado Safety Query
Date: 1998/03/23
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