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Tornados

Grainger has the products and expertise to help prepare for and recover from tornados.

The most important thing you can do to protect yourself, your workers and your business from tornado damage is to prepare in advance. Grainger has the products and expertise you need to be ready for emergencies. When an emergency happens after business hours, call 800-CALL-WWG and we will
open a branch to help you--even nights and weekends (a $50 fee may apply).

Before and during a tornado

• Monitor radio or television for weather updates.

• Look for dark, greenish sky,
hail, and large, dark, low-lying
clouds (particularly if rotating).

• Listen for a loud roar, similar
to a freight train.

• If you see these danger signs,
take shelter immediately.

• Go to the basement or the lowest
part of the building.

• Follow instructions of local authorites.

• Stay away from windows.

• Get under a piece of sturdy furniture such as a workbench or heavy table and hold on to it.

View a list of supplies to help prepare for tornados.

After a tornado

• Monitor radio or television for emergency information.

• Give first aid where appropriate.

• Do not move seriously injured people unless they are in immediate danger of injury.

• Leave any area that smells of gas
or chemical fumes.

• Clean up spilled gasoline or other flammable liquids immediately.

• Leave the area if you smell gas
or fumes from other chemicals.

• Call 800-CALL-WWG
(800-225-5994) for 24-hour Emergency Service

View a list of supplies to help you recover from tornados.

Portable Coolers
& Beverages

Grainger services and additional tornado resources

Grainger services Grainger provides special emergency services to our customers and their communities.
After-hours emergencies When an emergency occurs after business hours, call 1-800-CALL-WWG (1-800-225-5994) and we will open a branch for you. A $50.00 fee may apply.	Emergency support teams When an emergency unfolds, we have a plan in place that quickly mobilizes internal and external resources to assist troubled communities.
Extended hours and personnel During major emergencies, Grainger branches stay open 24 hours (unless curfews are imposed by local authorities). Additional personnel are brought in to take orders, assist customers at the counter, and load trucks. Our Call Centers are able to accept phone orders 24 hours a day.	Essential product availability Within hours of an emergency, trailers containing critical products are dispatched to support the relief effort. Contingency plans with our suppliers allow us to provide additional equipment quickly.

Additional tornado resources
• FEMA: Tornado preparedness
• American Red Cross: What to do during and after a tornado
• NOAA: Storm Prediction Center
• NOAA: National Weather Service
• Storm warnings: Weather Channel

Download our handy tornado product checklist

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