It is best to get you your basement or cellar. If you don't have one get to a room in the center part of your house on the lowest floor.
If you see a tornado approaching your house head to your basement immediately and crouch down in a corner facing the wall. If you do not have a basement go to a room in the center part of your house on the lowest floor.
Volcanoes don't approach. You might be thinking of a tornado.
The safest place to be is in the basement of a well-built house or building.
Tornado Sirens going off
If a tornado is approaching and you are in a car abandon the vehicle and seek shelter is a sturdy building. If no shelter is available lie in a ditch or culvert.
No. Contrary to popular belief hills do not stop tornadoes. In some cases they may even be harmful: if a tornado is approaching from behind a hill, you might not see it coming.
Doppler radar can detect the signature of a tornado from a distance.
I would not inform the public about an approaching tornado with the internet and phone messages. I would not because usually if there is a tornado coming you lose power in the phone and internet lines as a tornado can go into the power critic. hope that helps.
First, it is impossible to know how exactly strong a tornado is before it hits. But if a strong tornado is approaching you should be in your basement or storm cellar which is the safest place to be. Even if the tornado is an EF5 the portion of it with EF5 winds may still easily miss you.
You shouldn't. Contrary to popular belief opening windows during a tornado does nothing to save a house and may in fact make damage worse. If a tornado is coming opening windows is a waste of precious time that you should use to take cover.
House Tornado was created in 1988.
You you are in a two-story house and a tornado is approaching go to the basement or an interior room on the lowest floor. A bathroom on the lowest floor may also offer suitable protection. Crouch down and cover your head. If possible, get something to shield yourself from debris. Stay away from windows.