For your employees - protecting yourself from tornadoes
Tornadoes are some of the most terrifying of weather phenomenon. Winds in an F5 tornado -the highest of five rankings - can reach 300 miles per hour and can lift homes off their foundations and send cars flying through the air. Tornadoes are also deadly, killing an average of 42 people in the U.S. each year. The tornadoes that struck Georgia in the early morning of February 14, killed more than a dozen people and left whole neighborhoods destroyed. Spring is a traditionally busy tornado time, although tornadoes can occur in virtually any state at any time. What do you need to know about responding to a tornado threat?
The difference between tornado watches and warnings: