Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis
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#2*"reduce to rubble" or "destroys"
How tragic, I feel awful for their families and so close to the holidays. :(
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#3I 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 information. 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.
I imagine if nuclear armageddon ever happens, it'll be similar. Though at least with that, there'll be some information channel to turn to.
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#4https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/tornado-hits-southern-il-...
EF-3 tornado: 136-165 mph
Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis
#5Unfortunate 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 because its too dangerous" and some of that paid for that with their lives. Everyone responsible for that decision should be prosecuted criminally for each of those deaths.
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#7I 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?
Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis
#8Unfortunate 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…
> They didn't feel like they had the power to say
You definitely don't know this. Please don't speak to the mindset of people that just died when you have no idea.
Re: Six dead after tornadoes destroy Amazon warehouse near St Louis
#9Unfortunate 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…
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#10I 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…
One day, fully alert and sober at something like 5 PM with no excuses, during a thunderstorm, I heard tornado sirens go off. I thought to myself, "sheesh they are only supposed to run tests at noon once a month, and not during sto- oh"