Mass casualty incident reported after tornado hits Amazon distribution center in Illinois - Officials are confirming there are fatalities at the Amazon facility in Edwardsville following Friday night’s severe weather.

The Nothingness said:
This tweet is rightfully getting ratioed. What a charming thing to say for those affected by the storms two weeks before Christmas *sigh*

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I'll remember this when the big one hits California.
 
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Sithis said:
I'm not looking to really defend amazon here because they are extremely shitty, but a few things:

First, it looks like this system really took a lot of people by surprise, and tbh that's how they go a lot of the time. Even if you have a feeling something's going to happen or have good meteorology skills you can't know a storm is going to actually produce a touchdown tornado until it does. And when that happens, like you said, best thing is to bunker down. Sending people home even with a half hour head start could have ended up with people getting caught in traffic which would be worse than in a building.

As far as the building tbh it probably was the cheapest shit Amazon would spring for in construction but I guess they may have been thinking at least it didn't have windows or something so that could explain why people chose to stay there as well.

I know Amazon warehouses are probably run on an individual level by very different types of people like anywhere else but tbh the Amazon warehouse my buddy works at seems to do pretty decent about letting them either go home or stay home with weather related shit. Better than the grocery store there did when I lived there lol had to think about bunkering down in a deli freezer once when we were under a warning
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Until more detailed reports come out we can't really know what went down there. It could be the alarms went off in the Amazon Building, and everybody went to the interior shelter area (generally the bathroom/breakroom area of a large warehouse like that) and that the storm did enough damage to collapse that as well. It would explain the concentration of people in the collapse area. And these were particularly strong storms and tornados. way outside the norms.
Android raptor said:
Still, bare minimum they need to build a stronger area for workers to take shelter. Those warehouses are flimsy AF but some kind of storm shelter or something. Storm shelters arent uncommon in the area.

Like at the very least it seems like these warehouses need to be built to different codes in tornado-prone areas. Especially since tornados aren't even the only storm shit you gotta worry about in those areas, theres also straight line winds and other fuckery. Thunderstorms dont fuck around in the southeast.
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Illinois is not really a Tornado prone area. Not like Oklahoma or Kansas. or even the deep South.
 
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RodgerDodger said:
Until more detailed reports come out we can't really know what went down there. It could be the alarms went off in the Amazon Building, and everybody went to the interior shelter area (generally the bathroom/breakroom area of a large warehouse like that) and that the storm did enough damage to collapse that as well. It would explain the concentration of people in the collapse area. And these were particularly strong storms and tornados. way outside the norms.

Illinois is not really a Tornado prone area. Not like Oklahoma or Kansas. or even the deep South.
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I thought Illinois was still edging into tornado alley? Regardless the fact that two factories/big industrial complexes had mass casualty incidents from the storms seems a bit fucked.
 
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The Nothingness said:
This tweet is rightfully getting ratioed. What a charming thing to say for those affected by the storms two weeks before Christmas *sigh*

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Heh, tough luck, chuds. If you weren't such stupid MAGATS, you would have voted in my favorite neoliberal shamans to perform a rain dance -- they could have stopped all the tornados from forming in your historically tornado-prone area.

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RodgerDodger said:
Illinois is not really a Tornado prone area. Not like Oklahoma or Kansas. or even the deep South.
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Normally a system of supercells like this would have had a best by date of Nov 14-21 and it would have started at least 500 miles west of where it did. The southern plains have been weirdly warm for December while there was a blizzard warning for parts of Nebraska and Iowa last night. Generally supercell tornadoes Don't happen East of the Mississippi, but they did last night.
Maurice Caine said:
NOOOOOOOOO NOT THE CORVETTE MUSEUM
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Texted a friend that knows one of the curators. The museum has avoided a second catastrophe. The original tweet just says "fire in the direction of corvette factory"
 
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Didn't the Corvette museum fall in a sinkhole a few years ago?

I respect what weather can do. I have PTSD that I will likely never get over from having a front row seat for some of it back on March 10, 1986.

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My hometown was damaged, family members were missing for a while (but turned up) and I saw some things. It was not fun. I feel for those who were affected by this latest nonsense that Nature is doing. I hope they don't have to deal with idiots trying to politicize it.
 
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RodgerDodger said:
Until more detailed reports come out we can't really know what went down there. It could be the alarms went off in the Amazon Building, and everybody went to the interior shelter area (generally the bathroom/breakroom area of a large warehouse like that) and that the storm did enough damage to collapse that as well. It would explain the concentration of people in the collapse area. And these were particularly strong storms and tornados. way outside the norms.

Illinois is not really a Tornado prone area. Not like Oklahoma or Kansas. or even the deep South.
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It gets plenty of tornadoes, especially the further south you go in the state, and tons of damaging windstorms too. Deadliest in the 20th century occurred in Illinois. I think I read somewhere that "tornado striking Chicago" is considered one of the worst potential disasters that's scarily plausible (only a few places below "Cascadia tsunami" and "Memphis/St. Louis earthquake") because the area (or Chicago at least) is considered not prepared enough compared to cities like Dallas or OKC. So the risk is probably high enough that greater disaster preparedness is worth it.
 
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WKU reports there are no injuries on campus, however one student who was due to graduate today died at his off-campus residence. Damages are minimal, but phone and power lines are down.
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Scarlett Johansson said:
Poor guy was gonna graduate. Fuck....how awful. I can't imagine....
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Update: the graduating student is not actually dead. According to WKU, the deceased is actually a close relative of the student.
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T0oCoolFool said:
Last night was terrifying. I live in the South and last night I was minding my business, not really thinking the storms would be any worse than your typical thunderstorm, when all of the sudden I heard the tornado sirens blasting and my phone suddenly started screaming about seeking shelter immediately. Power outtage shortly after that, loud gusts of wind 10 mins later. The lightning was the scariest (but also coolest) part, it was non-stop flashing with HUGE long strikes that made the sky look like a giant spider web. It was so bright it looked like daytime outside every time it flashed. Never seen that kind of lightning before. Grabbed my cat after the wind really picked up and ran to the bathroom. For a hot minute I thought I might actually die, was praying like crazy, and I'm not even religious.

Thankfully the tornado just missed my town. Power was out most of the night. I consider myself damn lucky.

I'm pretty used to sudden tornadoes out here but this was something else. I have friends and family all over TN and KY, and almost all of them have been impacted by these tornadoes. 2 tornadoes touched down directly where my family members live, and I still haven't heard from one of them. My uncle finally texted me back this morning after everyone's been trying to get ahold of him; dumb ass said "Just woke up. There was a tornado? Wow, that explains why my power's out lol". Just glad he's okay.

Pretty sure my cousin is okay, the tornado that hit his town is only reporting injuries, not deaths. But still, can't help but worry (:_(Hopefully he's just sleeping and blissfully unaware like my uncle was.
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Some updates:

Good news: Cousin is okay! House was damaged, but nothing too serious and thankfully he wasn't even home when it happened.

Bad news: I took a drive around my city and, without giving away too many revealing details... my city is so fucked up. I mean completely. My neighborhood was damn lucky the tornado missed us and we're on a separate power grid, the surrounding areas about 5-6 miles from my house looks like a war zone. So many businesses, completely gone. Power lines down everywhere. Huge trees uprooted and all over the road. Houses that were once there are gone. Post office is gone too.

I cannot believe this. It's so surreal. You see this kind of destruction all the time on the news, and yeah you know it's bad, but it really is different when it happens to your town.
 
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Sithis said:
As far as the building tbh it probably was the cheapest shit Amazon would spring for in construction but I guess they may have been thinking at least it didn't have windows or something so that could explain why people chose to stay there as well.
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IL governor and police chief just had a news conference. PC said the warehouse walls were 11” thick concrete and they collapsed inward while the roof collapsed straight down.

Related: he also said it was now a search and recovery mission, no more rescue. And they’re getting ready to wrap up for the night. “It’s a daylight operation.” Seems kind of harsh but that’s what he said.
 
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