What to do incase of a natural disaster?

Question

I have never experienced a tornado, earthquake, hurricane or flood or anything other than heavy rain and strong winds. But I am leaving the country soon for university and I am going to the states. I am going to Arizona. I was wondering what I should do incase of an earthquake, tornado or hurricane? I have absoloutely no idea and realized that I should know what to do just incase.

Answer 1

Earthquake - Get between the frame of a door or a heavy table or something solid to protect you from falling debrie. After the quake, turn off all natural gas lines if possible and if not leave the house immidiately.

Tornado - Get below ground, if no basement, get into a place that has no windows, such as a hallway or closet. If outside lie down in a ditch, and dont try to outrun a tornado because it could change paths in a second. Get out of cars, trailer homes as they can be flipped by a good tornado and stay away from overpasses because the wind will increse under them making flying debrie faster.

Hurricanes - Evacuate is at all possible, if not, get to the highest ground that you can reach before it arrives. Stay away from coast lines. It should be advise to go to a shelter and not your home because homes tend to stand but stuff caves in and falls on you where at shelters you will mostly hear is high wind.

Arizona is a desert climate, so the only disaster I would be aware of is a heatwave, which would mean stay cool and drink liquids.

Answer 2

Arizona is largely desert and not generally subject to serious earthquakes, tornados or hurricanes.  However, flash floods are common, especially in the spring.  Be careful driving back roads as there are no bridges over many of the arroyos, and the arroyos are subject to flash floods after heavy rains or in spring when snowmelt runs off the mountains and is compounded by spring rains.

Answer 3

I have lived in Arizona for 18 years (in the phoenix area) and have never experienced anything. Arizona does not get tornadoes or hurricanes, and if we have an "earthquake" it is so small you can't even tell because it has to travel hundreds of miles from California.

If you are going to ASU or U of A you won't have to worry about anything, but hot weather in the summer. Wear sunscreen, don't get sunburned lol.

Answer 4

Arizona? I don't think anything ever happens in Arizona. Gets pretty hot, but that's about it.