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Hi there. I'm K. C. C. I. Storm teammate, meteorologist and Campo Longo. We're talking about tornadoes here this afternoon and we wanted to talk about the ef scale that tornadoes are rated upon. Here's what it looks like right behind me EF zero. Obviously the weakest tornado that we can have goes all the way up to an EF five which is the strongest, most catastrophic tornado that can develop Across the United States. That's when winds are greater than 200 mph or stronger. So this is the level where the National Weather Service will rate these tornadoes on and that's the information that we find out after the storm has pushed through and that's all based on damage that they see out in the neighborhoods and in the suburbs. As far as tornado safety tips go, this is kind of what you should follow if there are strong storms in the area and there is the potential for tornadoes. First off don't panic. You definitely want to be in your basement or an interior room in the house or building that you're in. Stay away from windows and protect your head. If you do have to go into stay an interior bathroom you're in the bathtub. Maybe if you can bring a helmet or blankets, best thing, some pillows perhaps or even a mattress. If you have the ability to do that too put on top of your head to protect your head from any flying debris and of course obviously want to keep staying informed if you can bring your cell phone, the ipad, anything, your laptop into the bathroom with you and have a way to continuously get the warnings and hear the information from the T. V. From the radio, whatever it is that you're listening to. So again if you're in a house perhaps that's the best place to be but you want to be on the interior portion of the house, the basement is the best place to be. Again avoid the windows, you want to stay away from outside walls, bring blankets, pillows, whatever you can to kind of protect yourself. And no matter if you're in a house or again just another building interior spot is the place to be bathrooms are surrounded by the plumbing inside the walls and that will protect you again from the Torino from flying debris, anything that's coming through your house from the wind hallways. Also good. But again basement is the best place to be if there is a tornado and you are in that tornado warning. So here's what you can do if you're at school or work, follow the tornado drill and go to the tornado shelter. It's not advised to go to any large open rooms like a cafeteria, gym or auditorium. You want to kind of be again an interior spot in that building. And also of course stay away from windows. You can find more information on tornado safety right here on K. C. C. I. Dot com