You're at home and you hear the news on TV that a tornado is heading for your neighborhood. You've got at least 3 minutes to get yourself, your kids and pets into the safest part of your home. Where do you go, and what do you do?

You're driving in town, and you see a tornado in the distance. What do you do, and where would you go?

What's the #1 most dangerous aspect of chasing tornadoes? It's not the tornado itself.

Even if you don't have all the gear the pro chasers travel with, don't leave home without these necessities.

There is cutting edge research going on right now that will allow us to better predict high winds, flash flooding, tornadoes, and lightning. Video

"VORTEX2," the world's biggest tornado research project begins this week as scientists will chase storms across Tornado Alley.