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Mobile homes are biggest problem in a tornado disasterIf you live in. a mobile home, chances are twenty times greater for you that you will*be injured or die as a result of a tornado, according to Alan Pearson, director of the National Severe Storm Forecast Center in Kansas City, Missouri. .Mobile homes constititute the biggest problem in a tornado disaster, he con tinued. Pearson said he f anally figured out whythey call them ‘mobile homes* because they blow away when the wind comes along.Pearson recommended that states and local communities adopt tie-down ordinances, requiring ail mobile home owners to be tied-down with cables or straps attached to ground anchors. 90 per cent of mobile home deaths could be prevented with tiedowns.CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT7.90% on 7.00% on *.81% on 8.088% onHATS7.58%8.75%8.58%5.75%48 mo*. 30 mo s. 12 mo*. 90 day*MINIM UNI AMOUNTS All I REQUIRED GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS REQUIRE 'PENALTY FOR EARLY WITHDRAWAL OR TRANSFER FROM PRESENT CERTIFICATESINTEREST COMPOUNDED CONTINUOUSLY•IT OF DEPOSIT TO 111 OF WITNBilWllMonthly Interest Checks AvailableINSURED SAVINGSALLEYAVINGSHOME MORTGAGES'5.13 VINE STREET . 45216 • 242 2345 7721 BEECHMONTAVE . 45230 • 231 5515Spring Has Come ToBOWEN’S•Onion Sets and Plant* •Bulk Garden Seeds •Grass Seed •House Plants •Milorganite •Gypsum •Peat Moss •Lawn and Garden Fertilizer Supplies for Growing Your Own Plants •FRUIT TREESDon't guess which fertilizer to use - hove your soil scientifically tested - call for information.A•Pansies •ViolasStrawberry Plants• Complete line of Ortho lawn garden products“We Grow Our Own”•Asparagus Roots •Rhubarb Roofs •Horseradish RootsBowen’s Plant Farm4162 Round Bottom Road2 miles north-east of Newtown_561-4047Open 7 DaysPearson also urged 'that mobile home communities provide a shelter for residents to use in the case of severe weather.Nearly six million Americans now live in mobile homes, according to a booklet published by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Department of Defense. Use of mobile homes as permanent residence has been growing with a half million new mobile homes purchased in 1970, and over 600,000 built in 1972.However, the * booklet entitled “Protecting Mobile Homes from High Winds’ * states, high winds damage or destroy nearly 5,000 mobile homes every year, The winds of hurricanes, tornadoes and severe thunderstorms can toss mobile homes around, roll them over and over to destruction, and smash them into other property, including other mobile homes The booklet sites four major means of protection mobile home owners can use to protect against the wind: POSITIONING Placement of your mobile home with the narrow side facing the prevailing winds will provide some degree of continuing protection. A 12-bv 60-ft. mobile home so positioned presents only 20 per dent as much wall area to the prevailing winds, as it would if the long side were so positioned. Mobile home owners should check with their local weather office to find out the direction of the prevailing winds and if it exists' to a meaningful degree. Caution: Proper positioning alone cannot assure safety You units should also be tied down securely.WINDBREAKS - Natural barriers, such as trees, provide excellent windbreaks. The protection to be gained from trees outweighs the danger from falling limbs in a severe windstorm. Two or more rows, of trees are more effective than single rows. Windbreaks of 80 per cent density, even though narrow, are generally as effective as wider barriers. Trees 30 feet in height are most effective.TIEDOWNS - Tiedown systems are easy to install on existing units, as shown in this booklet. Costs generally will not exceed $150 per mobile home. When buying a new mobile home, be sure it has built-in tiedown straps.SHELTER - Even though your mobile hdme may be well-anchored, you should quickly seek other shelter when warned of an approaching tornado or hurricane. In addition to the wind hazard of hurricanes, unusually high tides and waves, and heavy rains, can cause flooding-especially in low-lyin^ coastal areas. Heavy rains can also cause flash flooding-particularly in mountain valleys. Many operators of mobile home parks provide shelter for their residents. Shelter design information is presented on page 14. Red Cross chapters operate public shelters in hurricane areas.Now in the timeContinued from page 1 tornadoes • are medium tornadoes. Warningchances are fair.The maxi tornado is the killer. It can be up to one and a half mile wide with the typical maxi being one-quarter mile wide. This tornado has tremendous force with winds up to 300 mph. and can travel up to 200 miles on the ground, lasting up to three hours. Two out of ten tornadoes are maxi tornadoes. Warning chances are very goodTwo per cent of all tornadoes account for 95 per cent of the tornado related deaths.Prevention of deaths was the purpose of last week’s meeting between weather officials and media representatives. Pearson urged that the media have disaster plans ready and out in the open because time is of the essence when a tor nado strikes The public should be informed as clearly and calmly as possible, but “make sure the information gets out,’’ he added
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Forest Hills Journal
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Wed, Mar 19, 1975
Page 13
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