{"id":554,"date":"2020-08-15T15:55:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T15:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2020-08-18T21:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:57:26","slug":"severe-weather-and-tornado-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/residents-beta\/severe-weather-and-tornado-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Weather and Tornado Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tornado Planning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Seek Refuge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: You receive a Severe Weather Alert to seek refuge or hear tornado sirens signal severe weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You Should<\/strong>: Seek refuge inside a building and remain there. Go to the lowest level of the building, interior rooms or hallways and away from doors and windows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GET IN, GET DOWN, COVER UP!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DO NOT<\/strong> seek refuge in a car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IF NO STRUCTURE IS AVAILABLE<\/strong> lie flat on the ground and cover head with hands and arms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DO NOT<\/strong> seek refuge under a bridge or overpass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WAIT<\/strong> for official notice to resume normal activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Severe Weather and Tornado Safety:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Norman maintains a citywide civil defence warning siren that will be sounded in the event of a tornado warning. If severe weather is imminent and you are outdoors, move indoors as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Consider obtaining an emergency kit and weather radio for your department.<\/li><li>Shut off any equipment that might be affected by a temporary loss of electricity. <\/li><li>Close hallway doors and you leave to shield the corridors from flying debris.<\/li><li>Move to any of the best available refuge areas in the building. Become familiar with the location of the best available refuge area in your building before a storm occurs. <\/li><li>When you are in buildings without designated shelters, move to a small room on lower levels, an interior hallway, or basement. <strong>GET IN, GET DOWN AND COVER UP!<\/strong><\/li><li>Avoid upper floors, large glassed areas, and windows.<\/li><li>Stay out of parking garages and exterior walkways. Stay away from electrical appliances.<\/li><li>Use the telephone for emergency calls <strong>ONLY<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>STAY CALM AND STAY ALERT.<\/strong><\/li><li>Call 911 to report any damage.<\/li><li>There <strong>WILL NOT<\/strong> be an all clear signal from the siren system in Norman. <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tornado Planning Seek Refuge When: You receive a Severe Weather Alert to seek refuge or hear tornado sirens signal severe weather. You Should: Seek refuge inside a building and remain there. Go to the lowest level of the building, interior rooms or hallways and away from doors and windows. GET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":442,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/554\/revisions\/556"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cottonwoodridgenorman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}