🌪️ If you live in a mobile or manufactured home, there is no safe place inside during a tornado. You need a plan before the storm — not when it arrives.
Those in a house or apartment: go to the lowest floor, in an interior room without windows — a closet, bathroom, or center hallway. Basement if you have one.
Mobile or manufactured home residents: you need to be gone before a tornado warning is issued. A warning means the tornado is already here or near. Your window to move is during the watch.
On average, 14 minutes from warning to impact. That's not enough time to make a plan. Make it now.
Don't wait to ask. Reach out to a neighbor, coworker, or fellow student now and make a specific agreement:
→ Exchange cell numbers and save each other's contacts → Agree on who goes where and how you get there → Have a backup plan for when you're not at home — work, school, the grocery store
When you ask, be direct: "Tornadoes hit where we live, and I don't have a way to get to a safe place. Would you be willing to go together?"
A tornado watch can last up to six hours. Check your weather app or local news regularly during that window — don't set it and forget it. When meteorologists start expressing concern about your specific area, that's your signal to move, not wait for the warning.
Does your household have a tornado plan — including where you'd go? Share in the comments. 👇
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