Ready.gov resources on Disaster Kits for you, your pets, and special needs populations. Tools and templates to create your family communication plan.
A spark of creativity — good. A spark of lightning — bad. A quick quiz and video of a man hit by lightning while walking his dogs, in today’s Severe Weather Awareness Week post.
It’s meteorological spring, and time to think storm safety. Today, severe weather preparedness with a side order of tongue-in-cheek.
A day which brought severe hail and downpours to Kansas also produced some great photos!
Field work is getting underway for the spring. Timely reminded for safety from Kansas Farm Bureau:
Here’s the promised update to our all-in-one storm resource list, with several new-for-2018 items!
Thanks to Trooper Ben for the impetus for this post! Here’s a map and photos of the Kansas Turnpike shelters, along with a discussion of where to seek shelter in your community if your home does not have underground shelters. I also talk about considerations if you’ve been thinking about a shelter for your home.
A contractor may ask you to sign a document similar to the one you sign at the doctor’s office, assigning benefits from your insurance coverage directly to the contractor. By doing so, you may be giving up significant rights…and control over your ability to get future insurance.
People have been struck by lightning more than 20 miles away from a storm, in clear skies. The rules for lightning safety have changed in the past five years.
A few years ago I took Butler County’s CERT training Class. Four things stood out for me, because they were unexpected. For instance: CPR has no role in a disaster.
Cancel Saturday Events on Friday: Nope. Stock Up on Bread and Water: oops, this isn’t winter. Get some cash from the ATM? Not a bad idea. 5 steps for families to prepare and 3 suggestions for event organizers.
With school coming to an end, here’s some useful information for those who will be moving later this month.
SPC has posted an infographic concerning the meaning of their five-tier system for communicating storm risk in their outlooks. Our terminology matches SPC and our usage is generally identical. However, the areas we serve are different, which can lead to occasional discrepancies.
Outlook, watch, warning….does all that confuse you? This webinar from the Storm Prediction Center will sort it out.
Bottom line for today: be wary, not worried. Be ready, not complacent. Act, don’t react.
All photos taken by Jarod Carlisle and Copyright 2014, KSStormMedia, LLC
What do you get when you blindfold a weather forecaster and take away their computer? We’re about to find out….
Accuweather explains why (via Mike Smith Blog). Mike Smith Enterprises Blog: Cars ARE Safe in Lightning. Key tip: keep your hands, etc. off the metal parts and you’ll be fine.
Welcome to a new week! Our focus in this morning’s outlook is going to be on the twin winter storms that will impact the state through the next 48 hours.
Will it be a “busy” storm season? It’s all relative! If there’s only one single tornado this year, that’d be a dud, right? Unless it hits your house or town, then 2020 is a “bad” year…for you. Mark Bogner looks at the climate hints that point to what this spring may look like.
What is shaped like a boat and has a floatie at each corner? Your car, truck or van. The reason we say “Turn Around, Don’t Drown,’ explained in today’s Awareness Week article.
Grass Fire and Range Fire conditions across Kansas vary from very high in the northeast to Near-Critical in the southwest. Burning is discouraged.
