Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis

reuters.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

11–20 of 367 posts

Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis

#11

Post by asdfasgasdgasdg »

genocidicbunny wrote: post #5

Unfortunate that the title got cut off: "Six Amazon workers killed after tornadoes reduce warehouse near St. Louis to rubble" But the bigger story here is that despite multiple warnings of dangerous weather, the workers at this warehouse still ended up having to choose between risking their life or being fired/written up for refusing to come in. They didn't feel like they had the power to say "No, I won't work becaus…

Can you post some citation for these allegations? Maybe this is being widely reported and I've just missed it, but I'm not aware of positive evidence for the allegations you've made.

Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis

#12

Post by sillysaurusx »

xwdv wrote: post #7
sillysaurusx wrote: post #3

I slept through three tornado sirens last night. It was pretty wild. The first one, I thought it was a test. (We have tests every month on the 1st.) But it wasn't until a few minutes in that I realized it was for real. Then apparently I just... went to sleep? That wasn't the smartest decision I've ever made. It went off a couple more times. One strange thing was the realization that I had no idea where to turn for in…

Interesting that your reaction was to just go to sleep. Do you feel you have nothing left to lose in life?

I'm really not sure. It surprised me. I was just comfy.

It was also a question of probabilities; very few people die in an event like this, so the odds seemed in my favor. But of course, https://xkcd.com/795/ points out that fallacy.

EDIT: Their question was fair. I feel bad that they're downvoted; please be nice.

Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis

#13

Post by bluefirebrand »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #3

I slept through three tornado sirens last night. It was pretty wild. The first one, I thought it was a test. (We have tests every month on the 1st.) But it wasn't until a few minutes in that I realized it was for real. Then apparently I just... went to sleep? That wasn't the smartest decision I've ever made. It went off a couple more times. One strange thing was the realization that I had no idea where to turn for in…

Isn't this what emergency alerts are for on our phones?

Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis

#14

Post by barney54 »

genocidicbunny wrote: post #5

Unfortunate that the title got cut off: "Six Amazon workers killed after tornadoes reduce warehouse near St. Louis to rubble" But the bigger story here is that despite multiple warnings of dangerous weather, the workers at this warehouse still ended up having to choose between risking their life or being fired/written up for refusing to come in. They didn't feel like they had the power to say "No, I won't work becaus…

The article doesn’t say that. Where’s an article that says they had to come in despite the dangerous storms?

Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis

#16

Post by jazzyjackson »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #3

I slept through three tornado sirens last night. It was pretty wild. The first one, I thought it was a test. (We have tests every month on the 1st.) But it wasn't until a few minutes in that I realized it was for real. Then apparently I just... went to sleep? That wasn't the smartest decision I've ever made. It went off a couple more times. One strange thing was the realization that I had no idea where to turn for in…

if you live in tornado alley you ought to have an emergency radio, it at least gives you something to listen to while the power’s out

https://www.amazon.com/Raynic-Emergency-Portable-Flashlight-...

Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis

#17

Post by boomboomsubban »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #3

I slept through three tornado sirens last night. It was pretty wild. The first one, I thought it was a test. (We have tests every month on the 1st.) But it wasn't until a few minutes in that I realized it was for real. Then apparently I just... went to sleep? That wasn't the smartest decision I've ever made. It went off a couple more times. One strange thing was the realization that I had no idea where to turn for in…

>The fall of TV means that in a situation like that, there isn't any "tune to your local TV station" type broadcast. All you get is a tornado siren.

You didn't get a phone alert about it happening? I thought those were mandatory for these kinds of events, I think they even overrule some of the DND rules on your phone.

I had something similar happen this summer, and I can't remember if I woke up from the alert and went back to sleep or woke up to a missed alert, but I definitely got more information on my phone without ever asking for it.

Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis

#18

Post by ceejayoz »

asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #11
genocidicbunny wrote: post #5

Unfortunate that the title got cut off: "Six Amazon workers killed after tornadoes reduce warehouse near St. Louis to rubble" But the bigger story here is that despite multiple warnings of dangerous weather, the workers at this warehouse still ended up having to choose between risking their life or being fired/written up for refusing to come in. They didn't feel like they had the power to say "No, I won't work becaus…

Can you post some citation for these allegations? Maybe this is being widely reported and I've just missed it, but I'm not aware of positive evidence for the allegations you've made.

https://twitter.com/JonathanAhl/status/1469809376894541825

Governor says it happened during shift change. Active tornado warning in the area at the time.

Post reply on HN