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Weather Safety: Beau Benhardt

The document provides information about thunderstorm and lightning safety for teachers to present to students. It contains facts about thunderstorms, lightning, floods, hail, tornadoes and the risks they pose. Students are instructed to write in their journals about signs of approaching storms, safety precautions and actions to take during storms if outdoors or inside. The teacher will read through the slides, giving students time to journal their responses to discussion questions and true/false prompts about thunderstorm, lightning and tornado safety procedures.

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Weather Safety: Beau Benhardt

The document provides information about thunderstorm and lightning safety for teachers to present to students. It contains facts about thunderstorms, lightning, floods, hail, tornadoes and the risks they pose. Students are instructed to write in their journals about signs of approaching storms, safety precautions and actions to take during storms if outdoors or inside. The teacher will read through the slides, giving students time to journal their responses to discussion questions and true/false prompts about thunderstorm, lightning and tornado safety procedures.

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TEACHER PAGE

WEATHER SAFETY
BEAU
BENHARDT

Text obtained from


Pictures obtained the American Red
from N.O.A.A. Cross Weather
web site. Preparedness guide.
THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING
FACTS

-THE TYPICAL THUNDERSTORM IS 15


MILES IN DIAMETER
-LASTS AN AVERAGE OF 30 MINUTES
-1,800 THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR
NEARLY EVERY MOMENT AROUND
THE WORLD
-16 MILLION THUNDERSTORMS
OCCUR A YEAR
ALL THUNDERSTORM S ARE DANGEROUS

THEY PRODUCE:

LIGHTNING
HEAVY RAINS

STRONG WINDS

HAIL

AND
TORNADOES
COST OF
THUNDERSTORMS
LIGHTNING-AVG. 93 DEATHS & 300
INJURIES PER YEAR.

FLASH FLOODS- 140 FATALITIES PER YEAR.

WINDS- EXCEEDING 100 M.P.H.

HAIL- 1 BILLION IN DAMAGE TO PROPERTY


AND CROPS.
TORNADOES- 80 DEATHS AND 1,500
INJURIES PER YEAR.
WHO’S AT RISK ????
LIGHTNING- PEOPLE WHO ARE :
OUTDOORS, UNDER OR NEAR TALL TREES,
IN OR ON WATER, ON OR NEAR HILLTOPS.

FLOODING- PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN LOW


LYING AREAS OR WHO DRIVE THROUGH
WATER FLOWING ACROSS A ROAD.

TORNADOES- PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES,


AND AUTOMOBILES.
LIGHTNING FACTS:

LIGHTNING RESULTS FROM A BUILDUP AND


DISCHARGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

YOUR CHANCES OF BEING STRUCK BY


LIGHTNING ARE 1 IN 600,000.

THE AIR NEAR A LIGHTNING STRIKE IS HEATED


TO 50,000 F.

THE RAPID HEATING AND COOLING OF AIR NEAR


THE LIGHTNING CAUSES THUNDER TO OCCUR.
LIGHTNING TRUE OR FALSE

IF IT IS NOT RAINING, THEN THERE IS NO


DANGER FROM LIGHTNING.

TRUE OR FALSE ?
FALSE

LIGHTNING OFTEN STRIKES


OUTSIDE OF HEAVY RAIN, AND
MAY OCCUR AS FAR AS 10 MILES
AWAY FROM ANY RAINFALL.
THE RUBBER SOLES OF
SHOES OR RUBBER TIRES
ON A CAR WILL PROTECT
YOU FROM BEING STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING.

TRUE OR FALSE ?
FALSE

RUBBER SOLES ON SHOES OR


RUBBER TIRES PROVIDE NO
PROTECTION. HOWEVER, THE
STEEL FRAME OF A HARD-
TOPPED VEHICLE PROVIDES
INCREASED PROTECTION
PEOPLE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
CARRY AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE
AND SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED.

TRUE OR FALSE ?
FALSE

LIGHTNING STRIKE VICTIMS


CARRY NO ELECTRICAL CHARGE
AND SHOULD BE ATTENDED TO
IMMEDIATELY.
IN YOUR JOURNAL LIST SOME
SIGNS THAT A THUNDERSTORM IS
APPROACHING.
INCREASED WIND

FLASHES OF LIGHTNING

SOUND OF THUNDER

STATIC ON YOUR A.M.


RADIO.
IN YOUR JOURNAL LIST SOME OF
THE THINGS YOU CAN DO WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
REMEMBER, IF YOU HEAR THUNDER YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING OR HARD
TOP CAR.
GET OUT OF A BOAT AND AWAY FROM
WATER.
DO NOT USE PHONE OR APPLIANCES.

DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR A SHOWER.

GET TO HIGH GROUND IF FLASH FLOOD IS


POSSIBLE.
IN YOUR JOURNAL LIST WHAT YOU
SHOULD DO IF YOU ARE CAUGHT
OUTDOORS IN A THUNDERSTORM.
FIND A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES,
FENCES OR POLES.
IN WOODS TAKE SHELTER UNDER
SHORTER TREES.

IF YOU FEEL YOUR SKIN TINGLE OR


HAIR STAND ON END, SQUAT LOW TO
THE GROUND ON THE BALLS OF YOUR
FEET.
IF BOATING OR SWIMMING, GET TO
LAND AND FIND SHELTER QUICKLY.
TORNADO FACTS

IN AN AVERAGE YEAR 800 TORNADOES


ARE REPORTED NATIONWIDE.

80 DEATHS AND 1500 INJURIES OCCUR.

TORNADOES CAN OCCUR IN EVERY


STATE IN THE U.S.
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR:

TORNADO WATCH- TORNADOES ARE


POSSIBLE IN YOUR AREA. REMAIN
ALERT FOR APPROACHING STORMS.

TORNADO WARNING- A TORNADO HAS


BEEN SIGHTED OR INDICATED BY
WEATHER RADAR. MOVE TO PLACE
OF SAFETY.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

DARK, OFTEN GREENISH SKY

WALL CLOUD LARGE HAIL

LOUD ROAR, LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN


IN YOUR JOURNAL LIST THOSE
THINGS YOU SHOULD DO IF A
TORNADO IS APPROACHING
IN YOUR HOME MOVE TO THE
BASEMENT.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE A BASEMENT,
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
GET OUT OF CARS.
IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE OR IN A VEHICLE,
LIE FLAT IN A NEARBY DITCH.
IT’S UP TO YOU!!!

EACH YEAR, MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED


OR INJURED BY TORNADOES DESPITE
ADVANCE WARNING.
YOU MUST MAKE THE DECISION TO SEEK
SHELTER BEFORE THE STORM ARRIVES.
THE
END
TEACHER PAGE:
OBJECTIVE: 1) THE STUDENTS WILL GAIN INSIGHT INTO
THE DANGERS THAT EXIST IN AND AROUND A
THUNDERSTORM. 2) THE STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE
AN AWARENESS OF WHAT TO DO IN ORDER TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES FROM THESE DANGERS.
ACTIVITY: THE STUDENT WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO LIST
IN THEIR JOURNALS THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT
SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN A THUNDERSTORM,
LIGHTNING, OR TORNADO THREATENS.
PROCESS: THE TEACHER WILL CLICK THROUGH EACH
SLIDE, READING THE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
TO THE STUDENTS. ON THOSE SLIDES THAT REQUIRE
THE STUDENTS TO WRITE IN THEIR JOURNALS, GIVE AT
LEAST 3 MINUTES FOR THEM TO ANSWER. FOR TRUE OR
FALSE QUESTIONS GIVE 20 SECONDS.

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