Land Natural Disasters
A vortex of spinning rotating winds creating a funnel shaped cloud.
What is a Tornado?
Violent, rotating windstorm over warm waters.
What is a hurricane?
The tool that predicts a hurricane.
What is a satellite?
The tool that measures the intensity of an earthquake.
What is a seismograph?
A tool that should be in your safety kit that will help at night.
What is a flashlight?
The Midwest
Where do most tornadoes occur?
Large high sea wave that occurs after an underwater earthquake.
What is a Tsunami?
What tool predicts thunderstorms?
What is the Doppler?
A crater or vent through which lava and gas explode.
What is a volcano?
During a thunderstorm, where is the WORST place to be?
What is under a tree?
A great deal of snow, low visibility.
What is a Blizzard?
caused by too much rain for a long period of time.
What is flooding?
The two strong wind events in weather.
What are Hurricanes and Tornadoes?
Causes a sudden, violent shaking of the ground and is a result of movement within the earth's crust.
What is an earthquake?
Best preparation defense for a home fire.
What is an evacuation plan?
Large amounts of mud, dirt, earth sliding down a hill or mountain.
What is a landslide?
A natural disaster that would cause one house to be destroyed by high winds and a neighboring house to be undamaged?
What is a tornado?
On average there are 70,000 of these per year in the US.
What are wildfires?
A region that has not had rain for a long time, maybe months and can spread damage if a spark gets it started.
What is a wildfire?
How can you prepare your home for an earthquake?
Retrofit your building.
What causes more fiscal damage during the season, a Tornado or a hurricane?
What is a hurricane?
What is the one worst natural Disaster in number of life's lost? (3.7 million people)
What is Flooding?
Can you prepare for any Natural Disaster, predictable or not?
What is YES!
When caught in any natural disaster, what is the MOST important thing to remember?
What is DO NOT PANIC!
What to do to keep your home safe by putting a boarder around your home.
What is mitigating?