Sentences with phrase «in a tornado shelter»

I have spent more time than I care to during the spring in a tornado shelter.

Shelter - in - place in tornado shelters (used once in a blue moon if at all) has the obvious downside that unless maintained, they become a haven for snakes, vermin, insects... generally unpleasant destinations.

Not exact matches

Startups are finding innovative ways to bring food, shelter, and transportation to victims of the hurricanes, wildfires, and tornados that ravaged parts of the U.S. last year, as well as improve safety for those caught in other types of disasters and emergency situations.

The industry is made up of companies and organizations that are in the business of selling or supplying everything from shelter to medical relief after a natural or manmade disaster, from a tornado to an act of terrorism.

Their daughter has much less anxiety about the tornados, and they've even assigned their daughter her own job when a tornado hits; she gets the flashlight and feels much more in control about tornados because of this shelter.

Store your mattress in your storm shelter or basement to use as head coverage if you live in a tornado prone area.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> School district Superintendent Paul Padalino says his decision to issue a shelter - in - place for students during a tornado warning Tuesday was correct despite complaints from some parents of students that their children were being held hostage at the end of the school day.

Two patrons at a Subway restaurant on Walden Avenue were seeking shelter in their car when the tornado struck, blowing in the car's windows.

During solar storms, space - farers hunker in shielded areas of their stations akin to tornado or bomb shelters.

Her daughter Catherine, seven, a first - grader at Plaza Towers Elementary School, took shelter with classmates and teachers in a bathroom when the tornado hit and destroyed the school.

A tornado forces the Gregsons to take shelter in their basement, where Tara's new alter Shoshana takes charge and reveals some long - buried secrets during a group therapy session.

Estimating that it will spend more than $ 41 million responding to disasters which have struck America since March 31, the Red Cross, making a similar plea for assistance in a recent press release, said «The Red Cross is still on the ground in Joplin, Missouri providing meals, safe shelter, relief supplies and emotional support for people affected by the May 22 tornado.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) said in a press release that although more than 350 animals have been brought to its temporary shelter since the tornado hit, the outlook may be turning around for the town's animals.

Remember, take shelter, do not attempt to outrun the tornado, and be glad you have renters insurance in Arlington just in case you're in the path.

«This summer, I took a few bags of donations in to a local business to be taken to the animal shelters that were housing the pets displaced by tornadoes,» she says.

In the last two years, the Hill's Disaster Relief Network delivered free food to more than 60 different shelters and veterinary clinics across the country in response to 25 major incidents — including floods in Colorado, fires in Idaho and Arizona, the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, the mudslide in Washington state and tornadoes in the central and southern regions of the countrIn the last two years, the Hill's Disaster Relief Network delivered free food to more than 60 different shelters and veterinary clinics across the country in response to 25 major incidents — including floods in Colorado, fires in Idaho and Arizona, the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, the mudslide in Washington state and tornadoes in the central and southern regions of the countrin response to 25 major incidents — including floods in Colorado, fires in Idaho and Arizona, the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, the mudslide in Washington state and tornadoes in the central and southern regions of the countrin Colorado, fires in Idaho and Arizona, the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, the mudslide in Washington state and tornadoes in the central and southern regions of the countrin Idaho and Arizona, the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, the mudslide in Washington state and tornadoes in the central and southern regions of the countrin Texas, the mudslide in Washington state and tornadoes in the central and southern regions of the countrin Washington state and tornadoes in the central and southern regions of the countrin the central and southern regions of the country.

In Joplin, Mo., after the tornado in May killed 160 people, the ASPCA took 1,300 lost or abandoned dogs and cats into an emergency animal shelteIn Joplin, Mo., after the tornado in May killed 160 people, the ASPCA took 1,300 lost or abandoned dogs and cats into an emergency animal sheltein May killed 160 people, the ASPCA took 1,300 lost or abandoned dogs and cats into an emergency animal shelter.

In the past several years, the Hill's Disaster Relief Network delivered free food to shelters and veterinary clinics across the country in response to more than 40 major incidents, including floods, fires, tornadoes and a mudslidIn the past several years, the Hill's Disaster Relief Network delivered free food to shelters and veterinary clinics across the country in response to more than 40 major incidents, including floods, fires, tornadoes and a mudslidin response to more than 40 major incidents, including floods, fires, tornadoes and a mudslide.

The couple also are serving as foster parents for a litter of puppies left at an animal shelter in Sanford in the wake of the tornadoes.

The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), at the request of Central Oklahoma Humane Society (OK Humane) in Oklahoma City, Okla., has dispatched its disaster response team to assist with shelter operations as the facility experiences an influx of animals affected by the devastating tornado that hit Moore, Okla. on May 20.

In the aftermath of the tornados and storms that wreaked havoc in the Midwest last week, many national animal rescue organizations are pitching in to help reunite displaced pets and evacuate animals from shelters that were destroyeIn the aftermath of the tornados and storms that wreaked havoc in the Midwest last week, many national animal rescue organizations are pitching in to help reunite displaced pets and evacuate animals from shelters that were destroyein the Midwest last week, many national animal rescue organizations are pitching in to help reunite displaced pets and evacuate animals from shelters that were destroyein to help reunite displaced pets and evacuate animals from shelters that were destroyed.

Most of the more than 200 Central Florida pets left homeless by February's deadly tornadoes have been reunited with their owners or taken in by new families.For shelter operators who worked around the clock for days to tend to stranded and injured pets, the task now is to place the 17 dogs and cats remaining from Orange, Osceola and Seminole, the hardest - hit counties.In the days after the storms, dogs with puppies, cats with litters on the way, even parakeets and guinea pigs were rescued by strangers or turned in by owners who didn't have a place for themselves, let alone their pets.

Rescue and sheltering services are provided to victims of the Newton County tornado as well as flooding in Lewis, Pike, and Lincoln Counties.

These are much less frequent in the South and, in a major tornado, underground shelter is the place to be.

Other tornado researchers agreed, noting that because tornadoes in the South have a greater tendency to form at night, such a plan should include sleeping at a neighbor's house or shelter if a front is projected to sweep through in the wee hours.

For mobile homes located in parks, community shelters would seem to offer cost effective protection, particularly in more tornado prone parts of the country.

A bathtub in an interior bathroom gives reasonable shelter in an F - 1, F - 2 tornado but is no match in an F - 4, 5 where everything is swept away.

But for the millions of Americans living involuntarily in flimsy housing in the tornado hot zone, the imperative is to learn the location of the nearest strong structure or shelter and to heed warnings when, as was the case last week, forecasters point to extraordinary danger.

Some owners of tornado shelters have had to lock them up because they've become «attractive nuisances» in the legal jargon, serving as venues for pot parties, etc..

(He said the company is also building about a dozen shelters for schools around Joplin, Mo., which was ravaged by a tremendous tornado in May, 2011.)

Turning up your AC, learning how to get out of your car quickly in case of a flash flood; stacking up on canned goods when crops fail; getting to a shelter quickly when that tornado strikes in places where it's never struck before?

An emergency official says Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in hundreds of schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have them.

Just like the tornado shelter in the midwest or the hurricane shutters and seals for your home along the coast, you invest in these things and hope that you never ever have to use them.

Imagine knowing how your city or state will cope with drier and warmer conditions over the next 30 years; imagine getting a tornado warning an hour in advance providing an opportunity to get your family properly sheltered; imagine being able to evacuate only those coastal residents that will be directly impacted by a hurricane and not unnecessarily clearing hundreds of miles of the coast; imagine being able to tell a fire incident manager where the fire front will be in 6 hrs; imagine airline routing system that knows where a squall line will be in 12 hrs and the resulting efficiency in airport acceptance rates; or imagine air quality predictions that would allow the time for special precautions to be taken for those at risk.

ICC 500-2014 is also a referenced standard in FEMA P - 320, Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business (2014) and FEMA P - 361, Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and Residential Safe Rooms (2015).

Remember, take shelter, do not attempt to outrun the tornado, and be glad you have renters insurance in Arlington just in case you're in the path.