If you were faced with this, would you run alone?

If you were faced with this, would you run alone?

Monday, June 13, 2011

Romain Morgan vs St. Louis City

For the states known as being part of the "tornado alley," there are many people who lose their lives with any tornado powerful enough to do any damage, the power of the tornado could be anything from F1-F6 on the scale. The question is, how do some prepare better than others? There is talk of a "tornado proof building," and a woman by the name of Romain Morgan decided to have just that. After being stuck under a refrigerator with her baby, something had to change. The change presented itself by means of a monolithic dome that she chose for her house to be structured as. The dome got its chance to prove its toughness against a tornado all too soon. There was talk of a tornado coming to Morgan's town, and the tornado came right at her. It hovered over their roof  for quite an amount of time. “We were not scared,” she said. “We were absolutely confident. We always knew the dome was tornado-proof and that’s why I built it.” She had a positive reaction due to her preparation for the tornado. 

St. Louis airport, on the other hand, had the exact opposite reaction. "It was like being in a horror movie. Grown men were crying. It was horrible." says a passenger waiting in the terminal. The airport was unprepared for the tornado, both in infrastructure and awareness. Glass, doors, and other debris blew everywhere. An airport director expresses her thoughts, "we're fortunate we didn't have larger (numbers) of injuries." No injuries, but complete panic in the reactions of waiting passengers. St. Louis was not prepared; therefore many people mishandled the situation.

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