My original response is to the comment saying that the managers should have let the workers go home when they realized there was a tornado... >A reasonable/dec

My original response is to the comment saying that the managers should have let the workers go home when they realized there was a tornado... >A reasonable/decent employer would have immediately sent everyone home for safety reasons alone. I detailed a believable timeline to how long it would take to do that and what would likely happen. >"Your shop should have implemented and tested an evacuation procedure and designated safe meeting spot ..." Completely agree and from comments in other parts of the thread, it seems like the company did in fact have a procedure that they did follow but it still lead to tragedy. Your previous comment indicates you would try and leave, which is ultimately your choice but also goes against all the expert advice of what to do in a tornado. I like to play a little game with myself whenever I enter a new building to determine what evac routes/shelter locations are available for different scenarios when ever I enter a new building. I think it is a good thing to think about/practice but other people have other things on their mind. The factory where I work has actually been hit by a tornado before I came to work here. One of the stories that they talk about is how they had to pull the VP of Sales or Finance back into the shelter(a stairwell) because he was trying to go into the lobby and secure the front doors that were being blown open by the wind.