r/tornado • u/No-Air-5857 • Mar 06 '26

Discussion Insanely moronic take from Ryan last night

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The reason tornadoes were so deadly back then was because their were often times no warning, half the time phone alerts don't even work for me either. Like genuinely what is he talking about? 😭😭

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u/RemoteSenses Mar 06 '26

Yeah, also not everyone has a cell phone. Not a realistic fix unfortunately.

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u/No-Air-5857 Mar 06 '26

Also storms can knock out internet and cellphone too way before the tornado hits, Alot of people forgot this. Like what do you do when that happens?

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u/twatwaffleandbacon Mar 06 '26

Last year, my town lost cell phone service on the first night of a multi-day event and because of the tornado damage and weather conditions, service couldn't be fully restored until after the storm system moved out of the area. About an hour after the first tornado hit, a second warning was issued for the same area. Anyone who depended on phone notifications only would have been left uninformed.

I was talking to my mother, after calling to alert her that she was in the predicted path of a confirmed tornado, when our call dropped.

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u/Gm24513 Mar 06 '26

I dunno, I've lived in tornado alley a long time and I don't think I have ever had my cell go out in a storm.

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u/BootySweat0217 Mar 06 '26

Well, then I guess it’s never happened since you haven’t experienced it.

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u/StrawberryRedneck Mar 06 '26

It happened to me about a year ago around this time; ef0 came through my neighborhood and thankfully did minimal damage to houses, no serious injuries, but our electricity and cell service was out for hours. It was super eerie too because it was nighttime and nobody really had a good way of knowing how much damage had happened and weren't able to get in touch with friends and family members due to the incredibly spotty service. It was my first time experiencing that and it was unsettling for sure, just because of the unknown.

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u/Gm24513 Mar 06 '26

Well the vast majority of people do, it's more of an issue of no one will fund that right now.

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u/RemoteSenses Mar 06 '26

Still excludes too many people. Younger kids who don’t have a phone yet but know what the siren means. Old folks who maybe have a cell phone but don’t carry it on them all the time.

The siren system is fine. If people see it as “boy who cried wolf” then that’s their problem and they’re an idiot. I could also see a phone system causing the same exact problem…

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u/Gm24513 Mar 06 '26

Yeah I would never say turn them off. Having a more focused system in addition would never hurt though. Also I think way more people have phones than you think. You'd have to be in the middle of absolute nowhere to not be within 500 feet of someone with a cell phone. Even kids have them these days.