Rainy Weather Driving Tips: 1. When driving on the freeway, try to drive in center lanes as water tends to pool in the outside lanes 2. Turn your headlights on 3. Increase your following distance 4. SLOW DOWN-it takes longer to stop in wet weather 5. Drive slowly through any puddle of uncertain depth 6. NEVER drive through moving water

Maintenance tips: 1. Replace old or brittle wiper blades 2. Check the tread and inflation of your tires 3. Consider carrying a portable car starter with you

TORNADO Precautions & Preparations: 1. Properly design a "safe room" or in-ground tornado shelter 2. If your house has a basement, find a place where you will be safe from falling debris 3. If no basement, on the first floor find a closet, hallway, or bathroom without windows. Try to put as many walls between you and the outside as possible. Bathrooms often survive tornadoes because the plumbing in the walls provides added structural strength to those walls. If you do use a bathroom, the bathtub is a good option to lay in. Try putting a mattress over you for extra protection 4. If you live in a mobile home, abandon it immediately. Have a proper shelter pre-selected, which needs to be reached in 5 minutes or less 5. Buy a weather radio and use it 6. Stay away from windows and don't open windows to "relieve the air pressure" this has been shown to be a myth 7. If you have helmets of any kind this would be good to put on for protection 8. Have a tornado kit ready at all times near or in your designated tornado shelter, including: first aide kit, special needs for family members, nonperishable food items, battery powered radio, a flashlight, spare shoes, spare clothing, blankets, a whistle or other loud noisemaker, cell phone 9. If you have time turn off all electricity and gas but ONLY if you have time 10. Make sure EVERYONE in the family knows the details of the plan and rehearse going to shelter at least once a year

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