1. WHAT IS A DEVASTATING TORNADO LIKE? Based on experiences on March 2, 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. SECOND EARLY SEASON TORNADO OUTBREAK IN USA March 1-2, 2012

3. SUDDENLY - - - With little of no warning, you hear a loud noise You turn to walk back to the house and it’s gone. You are alive, but homeless.

4. SUDDENLY - - - You’re in the middle of an eerie state of confusion. You’ve lost everything. So have your neighbors.

5. AND ALMOST AS SUDDENLY - - - People you’ve never met before are giving you food, water, clothing, and medicine, and helping you find the strength to start over again.

6. MARCH 2 STORMS STRETCHED FROM GULF COAST TO GREAT LAKES

7. “TORNADO ALLEY” IN THE USA

8. THE TWISTERS TOUCHED NEARLY ALL AREAS OF LIFE FROM THE GULF COAST TO THE GREAT LAKES TO THE EAST COAST

9. SOCIETAL IMPACTS Homes, schools, fire stations, trailer parks, shopping malls, churches, hospitals, prisons, senior centers, resorts and complete towns were damaged and destroyed by high winds and hail.

10. DEATH TOLL (about 38) COULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER BECAUSE 10 MILLION PEOPLE WERE AT RISK

11. WARNING MESSAGES ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS

12. WIND DAMAGE- TONEY, ALABAMA; MARCH 2

13. WIND DAMAGE- HARVEST, ALABAMA; MARCH 2

17. DAMAGE: OOLTEWAH, TN

18. BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY: MARCH 2

20. INDIANA: EXPERIENCES SEVERE DAMAGE HENRYVILLE AND MARYVILLE DEVASTATED

21. TORNADO IN NEW PEKIN, INDIANA

22. HAIL

23. AN EF-4 TORNADO IN INDIANA: MARCH 2

24. ES-4 TORNADOES HAVE WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 277 KIPH (166 MPH)

25. HENRYVILLE, INDIANA: DAMAGE AT JR – HIGH SCHOOL

26. BUS DAMAGED, BUT CHILDREN ESCAPE: HENRYVILLE, INDIANA

27. DAMAGE: HENRYVILLE, INDIANA

28. MARYVILLE, INDIANA—A TOWN OF 2,000

29. MARYVILLE, INDIANA DEMOLISHED

30. STORM APPROACHING ATHENS,GEORGIA AREA

31. DAMAGE- ATHENS,GEORGIA; MARCH 2, 2012

32. CHURCH DAMAGE- ATHENS,GEORGIA