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>As for warning time, Amazon got between 11 and 21 minutes of lead time[1]. Enough time to walk a mile, or drive 15. Tornado warnings don't have pinpoint accur

>As for warning time, Amazon got between 11 and 21 minutes of lead time[1]. Enough time to walk a mile, or drive 15. Tornado warnings don't have pinpoint accuracy. There is just high of a chance for tornado to touch down on your car on the road. Staying in an existing build's shelter absolutely is the right thing to do. No business/organizations send their employees out of the door when there is a tornado warning. THAT, would be corporate manslaughter.

romwell 5y ago
>Staying in an existing build's shelter absolutely is the right thing to do. It was not the "right thing to do" for someone who wanted to leave, couldn't because his job was on the line, and died as a result. There's no way to spin it. >No business/organizations send their employees out of the door when there is a tornado warning. THAT, would be corporate manslaughter. You're almost there! See, if forcefully kicking everyone out is manslaughter, then forcefully keeping people inside (threat of termination is a force for working people, you know) in a building that was absolutely not built to withstand such tornadoes (built for Amazon), and then directing people to go to "safe" places within the building that became their graves is . . . Business is usual, you appear to think? Just stop. Once Amazon puts the ball-and-chain of "do exactly as we say, or be fired" on people, they take responsibility for their livelihoods in case of an emergency. The genuine thing to do there would be to tell everyone that they are off for the day the moment they got the tornado notice, that there's a tornado, and that Amazon asks everyone to follow safety procedures. The fact that Amazon did not relieve their workers is what makes them murderers. These people were still on the clock. They died as employees, doing what their supervisors told them to do. By not telling their workers that they are free for the day, Amazon took responsibility for their lives. The deaths of these people are on Amazon.

romwell 5y ago

>Staying in an existing build's shelter absolutely is the right thing to do. It was not the "right thing to do" for someone who wanted to leave, couldn't because his job was on the line, and died as a result. There's no way to spin it. >No business/organizations send their employees out of the door when there is a tornado warning. THAT, would be corporate manslaughter. You're almost there! See, if forcefully kicking everyone out is manslaughter, then forcefully keeping people inside (threat of termination is a force for working people, you know) in a building that was absolutely not built to withstand such tornadoes (built for Amazon), and then directing people to go to "safe" places within the building that became their graves is . . . Business is usual, you appear to think? Just stop. Once Amazon puts the ball-and-chain of "do exactly as we say, or be fired" on people, they take responsibility for their livelihoods in case of an emergency. The genuine thing to do there would be to tell everyone that they are off for the day the moment they got the tornado notice, that there's a tornado, and that Amazon asks everyone to follow safety procedures. The fact that Amazon did not relieve their workers is what makes them murderers. These people were still on the clock. They died as employees, doing what their supervisors told them to do. By not telling their workers that they are free for the day, Amazon took responsibility for their lives. The deaths of these people are on Amazon.