Coastal Carolina Severe Weather Preparedness

• Are You Ready for a Thunderstorm? Here's what you can do to prepare yourself and your family. From NOAA.
• Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Lightning (pdf) A preparedness guide including tornado safety information for schools. From NOAA.
• Red Cross Safe & Well List If you have been affected by a disaster, this website provides a way for you to register yourself as "safe and well". From the American Read Cross.
• Thunderstorms! Severe weather safety quick facts from StormStudy.com
• Residential Safe Rooms How to build a "Safe Room" for your home. From FEMA.
• Facts About Thunderstorms and Lightning Thunderstorm Factsheet from FEMA.
• Thunderstorm Terms Know your thunderstorm terms. FEMA
• What to do BEFORE a Thunderstorm Severe weather preparations you can do to help protect your life and property. FEMA
• What to do DURING a Thunderstorm FEMA

• When Lightning Strikes People What happens when people and lightning converge. From Science NASA
• Lightning for Mariners (pdf) Know what to expect before heading out on the water. From NOAA
• Lightning Safety Facts (pdf) The best thing you can do to avoid lightning is to learn and practice good lightning safety. From NOAA
• News Flash! Lightning Kills! (pdf) More people are hurt by lightning than tornadoes or hurricanes. From NOAA.

• Flood! From FEMA
• Flood Terms Learn and know your Folld Terms. FEMA
• What to do BEFORE a Flood Steps you can take to remain safe if a flood threatens your area. FEMA
• What to do DURING a Flood FEMA
• What to do AFTER a Flood FEMA

• Tornado! From FEMA
• Tornado Terms Learn and know your Tornado Terms. FEMA
• What to do BEFORE a Tornado Tornado safety preparation. FEMA
• What to do DURING a Tornado Protect yourself in any situation. FEMA
• What to do AFTER a Tornado FEMA
• USA Today - Tornadoes Flash animation showing how tornadoes form and what you can do to protect yourself.
• Tornado Safety From the American Red Cross.

• Family Preparedness From the NC Division of Crime Control and Public Safety
• Ready North Carolina The Ready North Carolina campaign provides North Carolinians with the information you need to prepare for all types of emergencies.