2012 8 Sandbag Construction The use of sandbags is a simple but effective method of preventing or reducing damage from floodwater and debris. (see Figure 2) Suggestions for constructing sandbag struc-tures are:1. Close-weave burlap bags 18â x 30â are recommended for all sandbag construction when available.2.
(Getty Images) A tornado watch has been issued for parts of New York and New Jersey until 5 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service said. The watch included all five boroughs, as well as Rockland, Putnam and Westchester counties, and all of New Jersey.
Before we begin, you have to know what a tornado is. A tornado is an extremely destructive funnel-shaped rotating column of air that passes in a narrow path over land according to the Encarta World English Dictionary. A supercell thunderstorm thousands of feet in the air is the place a tornado forms.