Tornado Ready
Your Spot, Your Kit and the 10 Minutes After a Warning
A warm April evening. The sky to the west has turned dark, and the radio on the counter just sounded: tornado watch. Nobody is in a hurry yet, but everyone is looking at you. This guide settles the plan on a calm day - the spot, the kit and the first 10 minutes after a warning.
Pick and stock your spot, set up alerts that reach you day or night, know what to do at a watch and at a warning, and take the first steps after the storm in order.
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What you'll do with it
- Pick your spot - a basement, or an interior room with no windows on the lowest floor - at about 3 sq ft a person: a family of 4 fits a 3 x 4 ft closet.
- Stock the spot once with the Spot Kit Checklist: a helmet, sturdy shoes, a flashlight, a whistle and a dust mask for each person, plus the weather radio.
- Set the weather radio to your county's code and check emergency alerts on every phone - outdoor sirens are meant for people outdoors.
- Learn the three alerts - watch, warning, emergency. At a watch, get ready, and a mobile home family leaves for its sturdy building; at a warning, go to the spot now.
- After the storm, put on thick-soled shoes and work gloves, stay at least 35 feet from downed lines, and take photos before you clean up.
Look inside
Real pages from this guide. Tap a page to see it up close.
Start here
Where to begin, and every card with its page number.
One action per page
Time, cost, the steps in order, and what not to do.
Pages you fill in
Your family's own numbers, written down before you need them.
What's inside
- Get the Warning, Day or Night
- Pick Your Spot
- Stock the Spot
- Mobile Homes and RVs: Leave Early
- Upgrade: A FEMA Shelter Room
- The Twice-a-Year Drill
- Watch or Warning?
- Warning: The First 10 Minutes
- Brace in the Spot
- Apartments, Work and School
- In a Car or Outdoors
- Kids, Older Adults and Pets
- Right After: People First
- Lines, Gas and Debris
- Photos and the Claim
The key numbers come from NWS, FEMA, Ready.gov and the Red Cross - listed in the back.
This weekend
- Pick your spot and fill in the Our Tornado Spot page.
- Put a helmet and sturdy shoes for each person in the spot, and pack the spot kit.
- Set the weather radio to your county and check emergency alerts on every phone.
Try it for 30 days. If it doesn't help, email us and we'll refund you.
Also in
- The Complete Home Readiness Library - $59 (Bought one by one: $285)
- The Tornado Alley Bundle - $29 (Bought one by one: $41)
Questions people ask
- Is this a printed book?
- No - it's an instant PDF. Print it at home on US Letter paper, or keep it on your phone.
- Does it work where I live?
- Yes. The guides are written for American homes in every state: gallons, °F, US weather and US stores.
- Do I need to buy a lot of gear?
- No. Most first steps use what's already in your house. When you're ready to buy, the guide shows what comes first.
- Is this medical advice?
- No. It's planning information. Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or equipment supplier about medicines and medical devices.
- How do I get it?
- Right after you pay: a download on the thank-you page, and an email with your download links. The links keep working.
- How is this different from the Personal Plan?
- A guide shows you how to get ready. The Personal Plan does the math for your household - your gallons, your days of food, your battery size and a shopping list.
Questions? Email get-ready@myrainydayplan.com.
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