Tornado Preparedness Day Proclaimed for March 13 Fairfax County
Office of Public Affairs 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite
551 Fairfax, VA 22035-0065 Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director
of Public Affairs 703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010 Media
Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397) March 2, 2007 Tornado Preparedness
Day Proclaimed for March 13 in Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine
has proclaimed Tuesday, March 13, as Tornado Preparedness Day in
Virginia. A statewide tornado drill will take place at 9:45
a.m., providing an opportunity to practice tornado safety plans
and prepare schools and businesses to protect students,
employees and others if a tornado warning is issued. If severe
weather threatens the state, the drill will take place on
Wednesday, March 14, at 9:45 a.m. Should a tornado approach, the
Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management offers residents
these tornado safety suggestions: - “Go low and stay low,” which
means to go to the lowest level of a structure away from windows
and crouch in a low