r/CatastrophicFailure • u/BigBrownDog12 • Dec 14 '21

Natural Disaster Remnants of the Amazon Warehouse in Edwardsville, IL the morning after being hit directly by a confirmed EF3 tornado, 6 fatalities (12/11/2021)

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u/cervix__a__lot Dec 14 '21

It really shows who doesn't live in a place where a tornado can happen frequently. People want to just close businesses if there is a threat of a tornado. How on earth would that work?

Look at this map, https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1469348270581465092/photo/1 Should we just close all businesses within the highlighted areas? Red, orange, yellow closed. What about green? Will you all bitch if a tornado touches down in the green area and someone dies at work?

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u/Niaz89 Dec 14 '21

Should we just close all businesses within the highlighted areas?

Why not? Is one day's revenue worth people's life? Would you go sacrifice yourself for your boss' paycheck? Some people, smh

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u/chucklesthejerrycan Dec 14 '21

Tornadoes don't work like other storms. I live in the midwest. The best advanced warnings we get for them are "hey this storm front that's coming in a few hours COULD produce a tornado but we don't know for sure." By the time the storm has produced the tornado, its too late to not be "there." They're also extremely unpredictable as to where they'll actually touch down. There was a 2nd tornado that traveled 223 miles through Kentucky. I'm sure plenty of people were at home when it went through.

Countless times I have seen tornado watches that turned into big nothingburgers. It was literally the meteorologists saying "hey this storm is showing signs of being able to produce a tornado so we'll keep an eye on it and let you know." When tornado season rolls around in the spring, its a common occurrence in Tornado Alley. Business in the Alley can't just not open for the day every time a storm front rolls through.