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"Each year, many people are killed or seriously injured by tornadoes and severe thunderstorms despite advance warning. Some did not hear the warning; others heard the warning but did not believe it would happen to them.The following preparedness information from the National Weather Service, combined with timely severe weather watches and warnings, may save your life. Click on Alerts on this station's website to sign up for email and SMS text messages for severe weather alerts for your area.If you hear a warning or observe threatening skies, only YOU can make the decision to seek safety. This could be the most important decision you will ever make.**What YOU Can Do Before Severe Weather Strikes**Develop a plan for you and your family at home, work, school, and when outdoors. The American Red Cross offers tips at: www.redcross.org, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at: www.ready.govPractice Your Plan-- Know the risk for the area in which you live or visit. NWS warnings identify locations in the path of approaching severe weather.-- Have a Public Alert certified NOAA Weather Radio and battery backup to receive warnings.-- Discuss thunderstorm safety with all members of your household.-- NWS watches and warnings are available on the Internet and from this station's website. Select and bookmark your local NWS office from www.weather.gov.-- Keep in mind that even though the weather may be calm at the time a Tornado or Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Warning is issued for your area, conditions can rapidly deteriorate and become life threatening. Always heed warnings even if warnings issued for your area in the past did not result in severe weather. Don't gamble with your life.-- Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms can and do occur at any location, anytime of day or night, and anytime of year given the right atmospheric conditions.-- Tune into this station on television for severe weather watch and warning information.-- If severe weather threatens, check on people who are elderly, very young, or physically or mentally disabled.-- Having a 'Safe Room' in your home or small business can help provide \"near-absolute protection\" for you and your family or your employees from injury or death caused by extreme winds. By near-absolute protection the National Weather Service means that there is a very high probability the occupants of a 'Safe Room' built according to current FEMA guidance will avoid injury or death. Information on how to build a 'Safe Room' in your home or school is available from FEMA.gov.This information is from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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