In 2002 an EF4 tornado hit Van Wert.
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In 2002 an EF4 tornado hit Van Wert. As it approached, families were gathered with their kids to watch "The Santa Clause 2" in a movie theater. The theater had a radio designed to pick up the Federal Signal Informer, a radio that could broadcast a warning tone. The theatre staff moved everyone to the hall. Not long after the theatre was destroyed. Cars were tossed into the seats. Everyone survived.
The deaths from this kind of thing always get more coverage.
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In 2002 an EF4 tornado hit Van Wert. As it approached, families were gathered with their kids to watch "The Santa Clause 2" in a movie theater. The theater had a radio designed to pick up the Federal Signal Informer, a radio that could broadcast a warning tone. The theatre staff moved everyone to the hall. Not long after the theatre was destroyed. Cars were tossed into the seats. Everyone survived.
The deaths from this kind of thing always get more coverage.
The video is cued to the bit about the theatre which just seems like such a clear example of WHY you'd want to have these kinds of systems in place.
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The video is cued to the bit about the theatre which just seems like such a clear example of WHY you'd want to have these kinds of systems in place.
@futurebird The thing about preventable deaths is that they're hard to quantify, and we don't tend to report on them. Newspapers don't publish "Nobody died of scurvy again today!" because "nothing happened" isn't a very interesting headline. And, you know, I'm fine with that? More boring news, please. That sounds nice.
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@futurebird The thing about preventable deaths is that they're hard to quantify, and we don't tend to report on them. Newspapers don't publish "Nobody died of scurvy again today!" because "nothing happened" isn't a very interesting headline. And, you know, I'm fine with that? More boring news, please. That sounds nice.
Well until people start picking apart the systems that make these kinds of preventions of deaths possible.
