Candle factory. owned by white supremacist scammers and grifters. what a surprise

[Ms. Toad]

41. So the tornado knew to hit places owned by white supremacist scammers and grifters?

No one who lives in an area frequented by tornadoes shuts down for a watch.

No one who lives in an area frequented by tornadoes sends people outside of the building when there is a warning. The employees were sent to a safety area before the storm hit. That is standard procedure for a tornado, regardless of political beliefs.

There is way too much ignorance about tornadoes on DU based on the tons of posts about the candle factory.

I've lived in places frequented by tornadoes all of my life. Every drill I've been subjected to or later led, urged AGAINST evacuation and moved people to the designated safety area (in a basement if available, or against inside walls if there was no basement). Within the last month, as a member of the building's emergency response team, I helped move 100 fellow students staff, and faculty members into the basement where we spent a bit more than an hour when the first warning was extended twice as more clouds with circular rotation were spotted on radar.

We may, of course, find out that the safety area was not chosen appropriately, or there were structural problems, but nothing we know currently suggests the factory owners/managers acted inappropriately. As much as everyone would like to blame these deaths and injuries on political affiliation.