Traveling in Tornado prone areas
Will be traveling to SD the last of May. We are traveling in a Ram 3500 Dually with a 5th wheel. My husband who is a firefighter/EMT will have a weather radio. He has been West several times with Wild...
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Keeping a weather radio on 24/7 and watching the weather radar/warning often if storms are predicted is about the best you can do. You can try changing your route but most of the time the areas with chances of bad storms is so large it will be hard to avoid. It will just have to be a judgment call day by day.
Some rest areas seem to have a sturdy shelter and some campgrounds do too but you can never know for sure. Do some research on the Weather Channel and any other source to know what to look for and what to do in case of an approaching storm.
Try not to get too worried, enough to cancel your trip.
We have attended the weather spotter training offered by NOAA, very interesting and informative. Learn what you should and should not do.
Some rest areas seem to have a sturdy shelter and some campgrounds do too but you can never know for sure. Do some research on the Weather Channel and any other source to know what to look for and what to do in case of an approaching storm.
Try not to get too worried, enough to cancel your trip.
We have attended the weather spotter training offered by NOAA, very interesting and informative. Learn what you should and should not do.
