8. A tornado can contain within its circulation two or more smaller vortices called suction vortices. 9. An interior room of a building with no windows is one of the MYTH safer places to be during a tornado. 10. When the tornado siren goes off you should grab your camera and go outside to record the event. 11. If you are driving in a car on the highway and see a tornado behind you, seeing an overpass and hiding under it is not a safe course of action. 12. When the tornado siren goes off, go to the innermost room in the lowest level of your house or building. 13. If your area is under a tornado watch the safest course of action is to grab your camera phone, jump in the car and chase it. MYTH 14. If you have no basement, during a tornado seek shelter in a ground floor level bathroom, get in the bathtub and cover yourself with a blanket to protect from flying debris. MYTH MYTH MYTH MYTH MYTH FACT FACT FACT FACT FACT FACT FACT

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Indicate whether each of the following statements about tornadoes is fact or myth.

 

8. A tornado can contain within its circulation two or more
smaller vortices called suction vortices.
9. An interior room of a building with no windows is one of the
safer places to be during a tornado.
10. When the tornado siren goes off you should grab your
camera and go outside to record the event.
11. If you are driving in a car on the highway and see a tornado
behind you, seeing an overpass and hiding under it is not
a safe course of action.
12. When the tornado siren goes off, go to the innermost room
in the lowest level of your house or building.
13. If your area is under a tornado watch the safest course of
action is to grab your camera phone, jump in the car and
chase it.
14. If you have no basement, during a tornado seek shelter
in a ground floor level bathroom, get in the bathtub and
cover yourself with a blanket to protect from flying debris.
MYTH
MYTH
MYTH
MYTH
MYTH
MYTH
MYTH
FACT
FACT
FACT
FACT
FACT
FACT
FACT
Transcribed Image Text:8. A tornado can contain within its circulation two or more smaller vortices called suction vortices. 9. An interior room of a building with no windows is one of the safer places to be during a tornado. 10. When the tornado siren goes off you should grab your camera and go outside to record the event. 11. If you are driving in a car on the highway and see a tornado behind you, seeing an overpass and hiding under it is not a safe course of action. 12. When the tornado siren goes off, go to the innermost room in the lowest level of your house or building. 13. If your area is under a tornado watch the safest course of action is to grab your camera phone, jump in the car and chase it. 14. If you have no basement, during a tornado seek shelter in a ground floor level bathroom, get in the bathtub and cover yourself with a blanket to protect from flying debris. MYTH MYTH MYTH MYTH MYTH MYTH MYTH FACT FACT FACT FACT FACT FACT FACT
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