Red Cross Volunteers are Ready to Respond to Help Affected Communities
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov.
28, 2022 — With
the possibility of severe weather, including the enhanced risk of tornadoes
from Tuesday into Wednesday across southern and middle Tennessee, the American
Red Cross urges all Tennesseans in the path of this line of storms to prepare
now. Stay weather aware and listen to local news or NOAA
Weather Radio for emergency updates.
Red
Cross disaster workers are on standby to help neighbors in need affected by the
storms.
Review
the tips below for ways to keep you and your loved ones safe.
THUNDERSTORM
SAFETY
• If
you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be in danger from lightning. If
thunder roars, go indoors! The National Weather Service recommends staying
inside for at least 30 minutes after the last thunderclap.
• If
a severe thunderstorm warning is issued, take shelter in a substantial building
or in a vehicle with the windows closed. Get out of mobile homes that can blow
over in high winds.
•
Postpone outdoor activities if thunderstorms are likely to occur. Many people
struck by lightning are not in the area where rain is occurring.
•
Avoid electrical equipment and telephones. Use battery-powered TVs and radios
instead.
•
Shutter windows and close outside doors securely. Keep away from windows.
• Do
not take a bath, shower or use plumbing.
• If
you are driving, try to safely exit the roadway and park. Stay in the vehicle
and turn on the emergency flashers until the heavy rain ends. Avoid touching
metal or other surfaces that conduct electricity in and outside the vehicle.
• If
you are outside and cannot reach a safe building, avoid high ground; water;
tall, isolated trees; and metal objects such as fences or bleachers. Picnic
shelters, dugouts and sheds are NOT safe.
•
Never drive through a flooded roadway. You cannot predict how deep the water
may be.
•
Stay away from storm-damaged areas to keep from putting yourself at risk from
the effects of severe thunderstorms.
•
Continue to listen to a NOAA Weather Radio or to local radio and television
stations for updated information or instructions, as access to roads or some
parts of the community may be blocked.
•
Help people who may need special assistance, such
as infants, children and the elderly or disabled.
•
Stay away from downed power lines and report them immediately.
TORNADO
SAFETY
• Find a safe place in your home where household members
and pets will gather during a tornado: a basement, storm cellar or an interior
room on the lowest floor with no windows.
• In
a high-rise building, pick a hallway in the center of the building. You may not
have enough time to go to the lowest floor.
• In
a mobile home, choose a safe place in a nearby sturdy building. If your mobile
home park has a designated shelter, make it your safe place. No mobile home
is safe in a tornado.
• If
you are under a tornado warning, find safe shelter right away.
•
Stay away from windows, doors, and outside walls.
• Do
not get under an overpass or bridge. You’re safer in a low, flat location.
•
Watch out for flying debris that can cause injury or death.
•
Use your arms to protect your head and neck.
RED
CROSS EMERGENCY APP
Download
the free bilingual Red Cross Emergency App to access expert advice on how to
prepare and respond to severe weather and features real-time local alerts for
severe weather and hazards and includes a map with local Red Cross shelters.
Text GETEMERGENCY to 90999 or search “Red Cross Emergency” in the Apple App
Store or Google Play Store.
For more information about how to prepare for, respond to
and recover from severe weather, visit redcross.org/storms.
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