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Scenario 1 – Thunderstorm

Multiple Choice

Read the scenario below carefully and select the most correct answer from the four choices given for each question.

A severe thunderstorm has swept over the property where you live and work, with large hailstones and fierce squalls. An empty grain silo was blown over and rolled into the home paddock dam. There is a blackout but the telephone still works. Large branches, blown out of the surrounding trees, litter the yard.

1. About two hours before the storm struck you heard a storm warning broadcast on the local radio station. You should have:
   
   1. Immediately stopped work and had lunch.
   2. Rung the neighbours to tell them they might be getting some good rain.
   3. Informed all farm staff of the storm warning and checked that items of property were stored or secured safely.
   4. Left the homestead to check the stock.
      
      
2. At the height of the storm the farmhouse guttering overflowed, blocked by hail and leaves. The lightning, with loud thunder, was very close and the rain was blowing almost horizontally. The most important thing to do at that point was to:
   
   1. Get a ladder and climb up to clean out the blocked guttering.
   2. Stay inside away from windows and electrical items and avoid using the phone.
   3. Ring the local radio station to tell them about the bad storm.
   4. Put on rainwear and rubber boots to go outside and take photos of the spectacular lightning.
      
      
3. During the storm a sheet of iron was torn off the roof of the chicken house. A workmate went to check the chickens and received a severe gash to the arm trying to remove the iron. The immediate course of action to deal with this situation would be to
   
   1. Tell your workmate how stupid it was to go out during the storm.
   2. Bring the workmate inside and apply a compression bandage.
   3. Telephone for an ambulance.
   4. Check that no chickens have escaped and give them fresh pellets to eat.
      
      
4. After the storm you are shocked to see the grain silo partly submerged in the dam. You should:
   
   1. Carefully assess the damage now that the storm has passed.
   2. See if the rain gauge survived the hail and measure the rain.
   3. Get the tractor out and tow the silo back to its site.
   4. Ring up the neighbours to find out how much rain they had.
      
      
5. The storm has moved away. It will be dark in two hours and there is still no electricity. The best course of action is to:
   
   1. Light the barbecue.
   2. Hope another storm comes soon with lots of lightning.
   3. Drive into town to stay with a friend.
   4. Telephone the electricity provider to tell them you have a blackout, check the power generator is ready to start and find torches and batteries.

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