What is Tornado drill?
{{No sources|date=April 2024}}[[File:Tornado drill.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Students take place in a tornado drill, lining up along an inside wall and covering their heads.]] A '''tornado drill''' is something people do to practice what they would do if there were a [[tornado]]. It is usually done in a building such as a [[school]] or [[office]]. It starts with a [[wikt:signal|signal]] such as an [[alarm]] or a spoken message over an [[wikt:intercom|intercom]]. After they hear the signal, people go to a certain part of the building. This is usually a room deep inside the building (probably near the middle), or a hallway with no windows. They then get into a safe position. This might include [[wikt:kneel|kneeling]] on the ground with their hands over their heads. In some places, schools have to have tornado drills, but usually not as often as [[fire drill]]s. Tornado drills happen more in places where there are more tornadoes, such as in the [[Tornado Alley]] of the [[Midwestern United States]]. == Statewide drills == In the United States, most states in the Midwest and South have a statewide tornado drill in late winter or early spring to get ready for the severe weather season. During these drills, the [[National Weather Service]] gives out test [[tornado warning]]s, and local [[Emergency Alert System]]s and/or [[NOAA Weather Radio]] (normally as a weekly or monthly test) are sounded, along with outdoor warning sirens. Schools and businesses may also have a tornado drill. ==Related pages== * [[Fire drill]] * [[Tornado]] * [[Tornado Alley]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.doe.state.in.us/safety/tornado.html Tornado Safety Rules in Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616080514/http://www.doe.state.in.us/safety/tornado.html |date=2008-06-16 }} * [http://www.floridadisaster.org/hwa03/drill.htm My Hazardous Statewide Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205185900/http://www.floridadisaster.org/hwa03/drill.htm |date=2007-02-05 }} [[Category: