What I learned today:

First Visit -

• We learned about weather emergencies and natural disasters.
• We got some bad news.  Natural disasters will occur and we cannot always predict them.
• We also got some good news.  We can prepare for them.
• We discussed many types of weather emergencies such as tornado, forest fires, hurricanes, earthquakes blizzards and rain storms.
  
  
• We learned about how to know when a weather emergency might be coming.
• We learned about the National Weather Service.
• We learned about severe weather watches.  These tell us severe weather is possible, and to start planning.
• Severe weather warnings tell us severe weather will or is occurring and you need to seek shelter or react in some way.
• We can receive severe weather watches and warnings from TV, radio, computer and by text message.
• We learned that severe weather can produce wind, downed trees, downed wires, rain, flooding, dangerous road conditions, loss of power and many other problems.
• We spoke in depth on the correct actions to take for different severe weather effects.
• Wind- we learned to stay inside away from windows.
• Downed trees-stay away as they may be tangled with live power lines.
  
  
• Power lines down- stay away treat all wires down as live wires.
• Flooding- stay out of overflowing creeks and deep pooling water on roads.  Flood water is often contaminated.
• We learned about having a family disaster plan and how to make one.

View a Disaster Preparedness Guide for Kids

Second Visit -

• During this visit we played a game to help review for the fire safety test.  This game reviewed many of the important parts of all of the lessons we have had since kindergarten.  If you missed this classes review the lessons here to get much of the same information.

Fire Prevention Practice Test

Practice Test Answer Sheet