Tornado Watch and no announcement from MCPS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not a warning

A tornado warning is issued when a tornado funnel is sighted or indicated by weather radar. You should take shelter immediately.

So you're saying that until little Jimmy or Sally is videotaped flying up into a funnel cloud, nothing should be done? You're an idiot.

It’s a tornado watch, not a warning. There is a difference.

The word needs to be completely different like Tornado Alert instead of Warning. The Ws will get you!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She didn't even make a cop-out announcement like "MCPS is monitoring the situation and parents should be prepared for an early dismissal". Otherwise some parents might be stuck in traffic as the weather rolls through, in which case MCPS will have a bunch of kids on their hands until who knows when.

They’re saying the highest chance of something happening is around lunchtime. Early dismissal is the opposite of what they should do. The last thing they need is to be in the middle of a dismissal when bad weather rolls through. The kids are probably safest in the school building.

This. It would be stupid to have an early dismissal for tornadoes. They’re supposed to be over by two. Keep the kids in school and they can always go in the hallways if the tornado comes their way. There is nothing safer about being home.

Actually not true. The higher ceilings and large rooms in schools are more dangerous than your basement at home.

As someone who lived through an F4 tornado and numerous F2/F3 tornados, I’ll say I’d much rather be in an interior hallway of a school than a basement of a house during a tornado. No question.

Are people in Maryland really clueless about how to react to a tornado? People here seem to get much more worked up about them than people in the midwest. I know Maryland doesn't get very many, but they're not exactly an exotic weather phenomenon.

Get to an interior room, preferably in basement if you have one, away from windows. Protect your head/neck from flying debris. For the love god, if you're in a car, get out and either find shelter inside or lie down in low-lying area outside.

[Anonymous]

It is a warning now, but I am sure the school buildings are safer than most homes for sheltering from a tornado. But they may institute a shelter in place and delay dismissal for high school.

[Anonymous]

The warning is in effect for areas east of Derwood:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a warning now, but I am sure the school buildings are safer than most homes for sheltering from a tornado. But they may institute a shelter in place and delay dismissal for high school.

Good for you. Ignore the 10,000 students in trailers. They won’t be missed.

[Anonymous]

My kids' school brought the kids in trailers inside the buidling for the duration of the watch. The school communicated it to me. The watch is over. They did the right thing- would you rather the kids be walking/parents be driving in the middle of the storm?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is a warning now, but I am sure the school buildings are safer than most homes for sheltering from a tornado. But they may institute a shelter in place and delay dismissal for high school.

Good for you. Ignore the 10,000 students in trailers. They won’t be missed.

If your school is leaving kids in trailers during a tornado warning, you should probably talk to the principal about that.

Our ES has no trailers, but they activated the severe weather protocol and moved all kids to the lower level of the building away from windows. Our principal communicated this to us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a warning now, but I am sure the school buildings are safer than most homes for sheltering from a tornado. But they may institute a shelter in place and delay dismissal for high school.

Good for you. Ignore the 10,000 students in trailers. They won’t be missed.

If your school is leaving kids in trailers during a tornado warning, you should probably talk to the principal about that.

Our ES has no trailers, but they activated the severe weather protocol and moved all kids to the lower level of the building away from windows. Our principal communicated this to us.

Our school does have trailers and they did the same thing. The schools know what to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a warning now, but I am sure the school buildings are safer than most homes for sheltering from a tornado. But they may institute a shelter in place and delay dismissal for high school.

Good for you. Ignore the 10,000 students in trailers. They won’t be missed.

If your school is leaving kids in trailers during a tornado warning, you should probably talk to the principal about that.

Our ES has no trailers, but they activated the severe weather protocol and moved all kids to the lower level of the building away from windows. Our principal communicated this to us.

Our school does have trailers and they did the same thing. The schools know what to do.

It's there, between the active shooter drills and the earthquake drills.

[Anonymous]

If I were in the CO, I wouldn't take a victory lap for doing nothing.

Although God has a special softness for fools, the deadly sin of Pride draws a line that shouldn't be crossed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were in the CO, I wouldn't take a victory lap for doing nothing.

Although God has a special softness for fools, the deadly sin of Pride draws a line that shouldn't be crossed.

Huh? Are you suggesting mcps did something wrong? If so, what?

[Anonymous]

At Magruder high school our phone alarms went off indicating a tornado warning and all students and staff took shelter in downstairs interior hallway/rooms.

[Anonymous]

Umm, we did a message about severe weather, the potential need to shelter in place etc. And my kid’s school even did a shelter in place tornado drill during one of the storms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Umm, we did a message about severe weather, the potential need to shelter in place etc. And my kid’s school even did a shelter in place tornado drill during one of the storms.

A drill or a “drill”?

Years ago, when I was growing up in the midwest, we had a “drill” during a thunderstorm. This was before smart phones, so we didn’t know what was going on, except we could clearly see the green sky and storm clouds out the windows. We all knew it wasn't a drill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Umm, we did a message about severe weather, the potential need to shelter in place etc. And my kid’s school even did a shelter in place tornado drill during one of the storms.

A drill or a “drill”?

Years ago, when I was growing up in the midwest, we had a “drill” during a thunderstorm. This was before smart phones, so we didn’t know what was going on, except we could clearly see the green sky and storm clouds out the windows. We all knew it wasn't a drill.

Where we are (Silver Spring), there was no tornado warning, just a severe thunderstorm. This was a drill.