Reports to the Florida Panhandle were published. What happened in Alabama that the people were obviously compromised and allowed to be in the path of danger?
March 3, 2019
"Tornado Watch Issued for Panhandle" (click here)
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties.
The hazardous weather outlook said scattered thunderstorms could bring the potential for damaging winds and quarter-sized hail.
Davel Johnson, a forecaster for the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama, said the tornado watch will remain in effect until around 6 p.m.
The problem as I see it is this: The tornado warning sirens are used in TESTING of the alerts. The people grow used to the testing which is not necessarily announced. Usually what occurs in conjunction with the tornado sirens when there is a real danger is an announcement stating there is a tornado watch that is in effect and to take shelter, etc.
In one video after the tornado struck and there was heavy damage, the siren was blaring. It is unclear that the siren went off as it was supposed to before the tornado hit. At any rate, if the siren sounded and the people had no other warning besides that many could have dismissed it as a test of the system.
The other issue is, let's say people took shelter, here again, as in most of the Oklahoma tornadoes the shelter they take is grossly inadequate to the danger. This danger of inadequate shelter from tornadoes is typical throughout the south where basements are not used in the construction of homes.
No matter the issue, there is inadequate protection of the people in this region of the country and now in addition to this, there was a breakdown in communication between the emergency warning system and the people. There needs to be an investigation of the deaths of these people.
At least a dozen tornadoes (click here) are reported across Alabama and Georgia, leading to a number of fatalities and multiple people injured.
