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Lesson 62: Staying
Safe During Severe
Weather and Natural
Disasters
Max Dreo
Eric Kolker
Joseph Lattin
What is a Natural Disaster?
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Any event caused by
nature that results in
damage or loss
Emergency Plan
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Make a plan with your
family about what to
do in an emergency
Include 2 meeting
spots and an escape
plan
Learn important
emergency contact
numbers
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Teach the whole
family to turn off
water, gas, and
electricity
Create an emergency
kit
Emergency Kit
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Should always contain
objects like flashlight,
batteries, radio, first aid
kit, waterproof bags, and
rubber gloves at all
times, even when there
is no weather warning
Listen to the radio and
evacuate if you are told
to do so
What Objects do you think
should be in an emergency
kit???
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Work in pairs to provide a list of 15 items you
think should be in an emergency kit
What we think should be
included
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Candles and waterproof matches, plenty of
water (a gallon per person per day),
nonperishable food, manual can opener, cash
and credit cards, special requirements for
babies or disabled people, blankets, sleeping
bags, a shovel, boots and jackets
Hurricane
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A tropical storm with
rain and winds
exceeding 73 miles
per hour
Hurricane Precautions
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Board up windows
Tie down loose
objects
Turn refrigerator and
freezer to coldest
setting and avoid
opening them too
much
Stay indoors and
away from windows
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Avoid open flames
such as candles
Seek shelter indoors
if you are outside
Evacuate insecure
buildings such as
trailers
Earthquakes
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A very violent shaking
of the Earth’s surface
caused by the shifting
of plates in the crust
of the Earth
Earthquake Demo
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Watch “Mother Nature” destroy a house
What to do if you are indoors
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Stay inside
Stay calm
Take cover
underneath sturdy or
heavy furniture or
against an inside wall
and hold on tightly
Be prepared for
aftershocks
What to do if you are
outdoors
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Move into the open
Stay away from
buildings, street lights,
utility wires, and trees
If you are on a bridge
get off as soon as
possible
Be prepared for
aftershocks but don’t
panic
Earthquake drill
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Get in positions you think you would do in an
earthquake drill. You can get up and find a
“safe” place in the classroom.
Winter Storms
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A storm with freezing
rain, sleet, hail, ice,
heavy snow, or
blizzards
Can be very
dangerous if you are
exposed too long
What to do?
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Stay indoors and
close all doors and
windows
If you are outside,
look for shelter
immediately
If you are in a vehicle,
avoid driving and do
not leave your vehicle
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Keep supplies near
you, like sand and
salt, a shovel, an ice
scraper, rope, heavy
blankets and clothing,
food, and water
Floods
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A temporary condition
of partial or complete
deluge of normally dry
land by an overflow of
inland or tidal waters,
or the rapid
accumulation of
surface waters from
any source
Flash Flood
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A flood that occurs
suddenly
The #1 weatherrelated cause of
death in the United
States
What to do if you are
outdoors
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Bring outdoor belongings
indoors
Move valuable
possessions to the
second story, if possible
Turn off utilities at the
main switch
Turn off the main gas
valve
Electrical Storms
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A storm that has lightning
and thunder
A severe thunderstorm
watch or warning may be
issued if an electrical
storm is likely to occur
A severe thunderstorm
warning will be issued if a
severe thunderstorm has
been sighted or has been
indicated by radar
What to do if you are
outdoors
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Seek shelter inside a
building or car
If no structure is
available, go to an open
space and squat low to
the ground
If you are in the woods,
find an area near a clump
of low trees
Be aware of flooding
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Crouch with your hands
on your knees
Avoid tall structures such
as towers, tall trees, and
power lines
Stay away from natural
lightning rods, such as
golf clubs, fishing rods,
and bicycles
Stay away from lakes,
rivers, and water in
general
What to do if you are indoors
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Secure outdoor
objects
Take light objects
indoors
Close all windows
and doors
Unplug electrical
appliances
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Disconnect the cable
and telephone lines
Avoid bathtubs,
faucets, and sinks
What to do if you are in a car
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Pull over to the shoulder
Avoid trees
Stay in the car
Put on emergency flashers until the rain
stops
Avoid flooded roads
What to do if you are standing
in the middle of a field
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If you feel your hair stand on end, lightning
is about to strike!
Bend forward
Place your hands on your knees
Do not lie flat on the ground
Landslides
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A movement of a mass of
earth or rock
Caused by water from
rain and melting snow
Signs
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Doors/windows/ pavement
cracking
Water coming through the
ground in new locations
Trees/fences/utility poles
tilting or moving
Faint rumbling sound
increasing
Landslides cont.
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If indoors
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Stay inside (2nd story)
If outdoors
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Run to high ground
Run to nearest shelter
Last resort, curl up and
protect head
Tornadoes
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Violent, rapidly
spinning windstorm
shaped like a
funnel
Tornado watchconditions permit
tornado
Tornado warningone is sighted
Tornadoes cont.
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If indoors
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If outdoors
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Basement, storm cellar,
or inner part of house
Away from windows, get
under sturdy furniture
Mobile home? Run
Seek shelter indoors
Lie in a ditch/crouch next
to building
Protect head
Hurricane & Tornado Trivia
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Most large tornadoes and hurricanes
rotate in a cyclonic fashion, due to to the
coriolis effect
Northern hemisphere: counterclockwise
 Southern hemisphere: clockwise
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Hurricane & Tornado mobile
home/”Learning Cottage”
Demo
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Who would like to be the architect?
Who would like to be the storm?
Build!
Destroy!
Wildland Fires
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Any fire that occurs in the
wilderness
If indoors
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Close windows,doors,vents
Turn off all gas
Open fireplace damper, close
screen
If outdoors
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Do not outrun fire
Crouch in body of water
Shelter in cleared area of
rocks
Breathe air close to a ground
through a wet cloth
Homeland Security Advisory
System
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“Risk” – the likelihood
of a terrorist attack,
and the possible
severity of the attack
Levels known as
“threat conditions”
Threat conditions can
apply to the nation, a
region, or a part of the
industry
Quiz! (For food)
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An event caused by nature that causes loss or damage
is a ________
List 5 things that should be in your emergency kit
________ are the #1 weather-related cause of death in
the US
The ________ is not really relevant, but it is cool (Hint!
Tornadoes + hurricanes)
The ________ is a system designed to warn about the
risk of terrorist attacks
If you are in a car during an electrical storm, _________
the car.
If you are in a car during winter storm, _________ the
car.
“Bibliography”
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The textbook
Wikipedia
Earthquakes
 Emergency Management
 Tornados
 Coriolis Effect
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