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Showing Original Post only (View all)Why was the candle factory in Mayfield KY... [View all]
..operating full blast - 110 people in the building - when all indications are that tornado warnings went out hours before?
Same with the Amazon warehouse.
Did those companies ignore the warnings and keep people in the buildings? The Teevee is saying that one super-tornado was on the ground for 200 miles. Were there any "take shelter" warnings?
NOT from a tornado area, so I don't know how people normally deal with tornado threats.
Oh... and Welcome to Climate Change.
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Those areas are 'taker' areas. Typical RW baby jeebus dupes & gunners full of hate of the 'other'.
Celerity
Dec 2021
#29
I don't know but the Amazon warehouse fire in Ill is labeled as a mass causalty event but
ShazamIam
Dec 2021
#6
When the derecho (tornadic-like wind event) hit Iowa in August, 2020, we were
bullwinkle428
Dec 2021
#9
The effort to evacuate/shelter a warehouse is bigger than the risk of a direct hit.
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2021
#14
It's a majority R area, they likely don't believe in sciences like meteorology
traitorsgalore
Dec 2021
#27
"Did the company know a tornado was coming (i.e. were tornado sirens active?)"
BumRushDaShow
Dec 2021
#32