Overview
- Local jurisdictions may choose to sound tornado sirens during the drill, with participation varying by county and city.
- Alerts for the exercise may appear on TV, radio, wireless devices and community siren systems depending on local participation.
- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer urged residents to make a plan, assemble an emergency kit and enroll in local emergency alerts.
- Residents, schools and businesses are asked to identify safe shelter areas such as basements or interior rooms away from windows.
- The preparedness push follows four tornadoes on March 6 in Branch, Calhoun, Cass and St. Joseph counties that killed four and caused extensive damage.