Pawgang's roses and weather-rollercoaster: 4/17/11

Thursday, April 21, 2011

American Robin 2nd week

little Robin is one week old today and look who it grew since 2 days ago:

From Mummy Robin

Mummy Robin working on food (earthworms) for her little one:

From Mummy Robin

Monday, April 18, 2011

Tornado Preparedness

What To Do:

get a NOAA weather radio
turn it on if the weather is favorable for strong Tstorms

What To Listen For:

Tornado Watch: Tornadoes are possible in your area. Remain alert for approaching storms.
Tornado Warning: A tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar. If a tornado warning is issued for your area and the sky becomes threatening, move to your pre-designated place of safety.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Severe thunderstorms are possible in your area.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe thunderstorms are occurring.

Keep in mind, tornadoes occasionally develop in areas in which a severe thunderstorm watch or warning is in effect.
Remain alert to signs of an approaching tornado and seek shelter if threatening conditions exist.

Environmental Clues to look out for:
about 1-2 hours ahead of a possible tornado:

all birds gone, deadquiet with no singing and tweeting (of birds)

minutes ahead of a possible tornado:

Dark, often greenish sky
Wall cloud
Large hail
Loud roar; similar to a freight train

if you see or hear any of these, immediately get into a safe room:

if you have a basement, rush into your basement,
if there is no basement, move into a windowless room or closet or under a sturdy piece of furniture at the lowest level of your home,
if you're living in a mobile home: get out there and hide in the next ditch/ low lying area as shown in the image below (NOAA)
if you're in a car: get out there and hide in the next ditch/ low lying area as shown in the image below (NOAA)

From Pawgang's roses and weather-rollercoaster

AccuWeather.com - Weather Video - Busting Tornado Myths

a must watch about what to do and more importantly what not to do when a tornado hits your home:

AccuWeather.com - Weather Video - Busting Tornado Myths

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Historic Tornado Outbreak

The tornado outbreak on Apr 14-16 led to a total of 241 tornado reports in 14 states.

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This tornado outbreak already ranks as the most deadly outbreak since the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak on Feb 5-6 2008.

the NOAA-Storm-Report graphics for Apr-14 to Apr-16,
and below each image the link to the full storm-report of the corresponding day: