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When there are Tornado Warnings in the area, are there any policies at big warehouses like this one (not just Amazon's others too) to take shelter? Is there en

When there are Tornado Warnings in the area, are there any policies at big warehouses like this one (not just Amazon's others too) to take shelter? Is there enough time to get to a reinforced area? How long would staff have to stay in the reinforced area? Low probability, high consequence events are hard to plan for. Sad for all those who have died or are suffering in the wake of the storms.

marricks 5y ago
Right? In a place called tornado alley who could have thought. If only a company like Amazon had some money to spare to figure local risks and plan to protect their people. In fact, its amazing Amazon is seen as so reliable since they couldn't foresee something like a Tornado in Tornado Alley killing their workers and disrupting business. You imagine a company which couldn't factor in that sort of risk goes out of business from a sea of missed deliveries.
- gammarator 5y ago
  St. Louis gets tornadoes, but it is not in tornado alley.
  - pigbearpig 5y ago
    Yeah, probably not what most people think of as Tornado alley, but it’s pretty loosely defined. Just about anywhere east of the Rockies should be prepared for tornadoes.
  - jfrunyon 5y ago
    It absolutely is. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Tornado_Alley.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Tornado_...
    - dave78 5y ago
      That map is not showing "tornado alley", this one is (from the same Wikipedia article): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Tornado_Alley_Diagram.svg/1280px-Tornado_Alley_Diagram.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/To... Note that there's no formal definition, but most people would not consider Missouri/Illinois to be "in" tornado alley, despite regular tornadic activity.
      - jazzyjackson 5y ago
        I dont know who most people is, but the map is just an illustration, there are no official boundaries because tornado alley is not an official thing. I grew up in central illinois and we regularly drilled taking shelter in the school’s hallway when the tornado sirens were tested, and feel pretty strongly that counts as living in tornado alley.
      - jfrunyon 5y ago
        That map is showing the only definition of tornado alley there can be if you insist on a single definition: where tornados happen. I'm not sure who your most people are but they ain't mine.
        Dylan16807 5y ago
        > That map is showing the only definition of tornado alley there can be if you insist on a single definition: where tornados happen. That's a weird definition you're insisting on. More than half the width of the country isn't an alley. It's true that anything narrower is giving up on "single definition: where tornadoes happen". But that's also what you have to do. It's an inherent part of the term to be more narrow than that entire map. Raleigh isn't in tornado alley.
        jfrunyon 5y ago
        You're correct, Raleigh isn't in tornado alley. Raleigh also gets a fraction (somewhere around 1/3rd) of the tornadoes that St Louis does. Whereas St Louis gets as many tornadoes as most of whatever YOU consider "tornado alley".

marricks 5y ago

Right? In a place called tornado alley who could have thought. If only a company like Amazon had some money to spare to figure local risks and plan to protect their people. In fact, its amazing Amazon is seen as so reliable since they couldn't foresee something like a Tornado in Tornado Alley killing their workers and disrupting business. You imagine a company which couldn't factor in that sort of risk goes out of business from a sea of missed deliveries.

gammarator 5y ago
St. Louis gets tornadoes, but it is not in tornado alley.
- pigbearpig 5y ago
  Yeah, probably not what most people think of as Tornado alley, but it’s pretty loosely defined. Just about anywhere east of the Rockies should be prepared for tornadoes.
- jfrunyon 5y ago
  It absolutely is. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Tornado_Alley.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Tornado_...
  - dave78 5y ago
    That map is not showing "tornado alley", this one is (from the same Wikipedia article): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Tornado_Alley_Diagram.svg/1280px-Tornado_Alley_Diagram.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/To... Note that there's no formal definition, but most people would not consider Missouri/Illinois to be "in" tornado alley, despite regular tornadic activity.
    - jazzyjackson 5y ago
      I dont know who most people is, but the map is just an illustration, there are no official boundaries because tornado alley is not an official thing. I grew up in central illinois and we regularly drilled taking shelter in the school’s hallway when the tornado sirens were tested, and feel pretty strongly that counts as living in tornado alley.
    - jfrunyon 5y ago
      That map is showing the only definition of tornado alley there can be if you insist on a single definition: where tornados happen. I'm not sure who your most people are but they ain't mine.
      - Dylan16807 5y ago
        > That map is showing the only definition of tornado alley there can be if you insist on a single definition: where tornados happen. That's a weird definition you're insisting on. More than half the width of the country isn't an alley. It's true that anything narrower is giving up on "single definition: where tornadoes happen". But that's also what you have to do. It's an inherent part of the term to be more narrow than that entire map. Raleigh isn't in tornado alley.
        jfrunyon 5y ago
        You're correct, Raleigh isn't in tornado alley. Raleigh also gets a fraction (somewhere around 1/3rd) of the tornadoes that St Louis does. Whereas St Louis gets as many tornadoes as most of whatever YOU consider "tornado alley".