We observed Tornado Awareness Week this week in our homeschool. We found some great information here. And while it was written by the Ohio disaster specialists, the information applies anywhere tornadoes are a risk.We also got a Readiness Kit together. One trip to Target took care of almost everything we needed. We followed this list:
For the home: NOAA weather radio, flashlight with extra batteries, nonperishable foods, bottled water and juices, manual can opener, first aid kit, prescription drugs, sleeping bags, important family documents, cash/credit cards, important phone numbers.
The only left to do is make copies of important documents and put the weather radio into the big container in the basement with the other supplies.
This is something we have wanted to do for quite a while and I'm glad we finally did it.
Some other educational resources are: Nature's Fury (a DVD about tornadoes) by National Geographic, Secret Worlds: Tornadoes by DK, and Weather by DK. We found loads of other books at the library, too.
You are very smart to get this all together. I have some of those things in my closet (we don't have basements in TX) but not all of them. I do also keep my children's bike helmets in the closet during tornado season. They always told us to protect our heads in those drills at school, so if we have a reason to go sit in the closet, I have them put their helmets on.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that will be fun fodder for a future therapy session, but I don't care.
I also read somewhere to keep a bell or noisemaker of some kind with you. If, worst case scenario, you are trapped in your shelter by debris, the noisemaker can alert rescuers to your presence.