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August 30 • 2007
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Weathering The Storm
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verything was in place for
• In general, a basement is the safest
Temple Kol Ami's Summer
place during a tornado. If no base-
Camp Shabbat service Friday ment is available, then seek shelter in
night, Aug. 24: Dozens of kids mill-
the lowest, centermost part of your
ing around dressed in "camp" attire,
building. Put as many walls as possible
the membership committee busy in
between you and exterior walls (to pro-
the West Bloomfield temple's kitchen
tect you from flying debris), stay away
preparing a special "camp" dinner
from windows and avoid large rooms
(including s'mores), Rabbi Norman
with wide-spanning roofs.
Roman making final preparations in
• Temple leadership and ushers need
his office.
easy access to flashlights
Then the sirens went off.
and cell phones in the event
Most synagogues do not
of a power failure.
have the benefit of a con-
• Have a NOAA Weather
gregational meteorologist
Radio handy to receive
monitoring approaching
warning information. It was
severe weather during a
the weather radio I set up in
service, but I am a member
Kol Ami's office last Friday
of Temple Kol Ami and serve
night that alerted us about
on its board of trustees. I
the tornado warning. Were
informed temple leadership
it not for that weather radio,
an hour earlier that we would have
we probably would not have heard
a strong storm around 6 p.m., but a
the warning as soon as we did and, if
tornado warning had now been issued; a tornado approached our area, the
we had to act without delay.
resulting delay in getting everybody
Rabbi Roman and I quickly con-
to the basement could have been cata-
sulted, and the decision was made
strophic. Weather radios now being
to immediately move all 130
adults and children down to the
basement. Almost everybody
had already taken seats in the
sanctuary when Rabbi Roman
walked in. He calmly informed
the congregation about the
approaching storm and tornado
warning and instructed them
where to take cover.
An orderly line of children,
parents and grandparents
2 1) ,
marched downstairs, where
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Rabbi Roman started a song
session. Sitting around in a
Kol Ami's Jenna Himeihoch, 8 of
circle and singing songs had
Farmington Hills and Melissa Strome, 7 of
many people thinking they were West Bloomfield after the warning expired.
at camp ... the only thing miss-
ing was the campfire.
sold allow you to program them only
"It really was amazing:' observed
to sound the alert for warnings affect-
Membership Committee Chairwoman
ing your particular county.
Cynthia Katz. "What could have been
• Finally, all leadership and ushers
such a disappointing turn of events
need to know your building's tornado
ended up turning out to be a wonder-
safety plan and be prepared to act the
ful and unexpectedly special Shabbat." moment a tornado warning is issued.
After I issued the all clear, every-
Our experience at Temple Kol Ami
body returned upstairs to the sanctu-
last Friday night is an example to the
ary, where the service was completed
rest of the Jewish community. All syn-
agogues should have a severe weather
without incident. There were numer-
ous reports of tornado touchdowns,
safety plan in place, and everyone
should know what to do when that
funnel cloud sightings, wind damage
and flooding across Metro Detroit, but tornado warning is issued. I strongly
West Bloomfield was spared the worst. suggest discussing this at your next
I do not know what happened at
board of trustees meeting. I I
other synagogues last Friday night, but
Paul Gross is a Detroit-based WDIV-TV/
here's what you need to know about
tornado safety:
Channel 4 senior meteorologist.