Nope unfortunately the teachers and staff moved everyone to a gymnasium which is a very bad place to be during tornadoes, because of the weak structural integrity of large open buildings like gynasiums, malls, etc.Robert Gift wrote:A fire alarm would compel everyone to go outside, where they could be more severely hurt by a tornado.
I bet (hope) this was an involuntary activation.
So sorry to learn of deaths and injuries.
Did they use the best shelter in the school; small rooms, bathrooms, closets, interior hallways, etc.?
I also think they went into the gym on their own. They likely were directed to take cover in the hallways. Some of them died in one hallway, but many more survived. I think the school officials did the right thing in making the students remain in the building instead of allowing them to leave immediately prior to the storm's arrival.JasonC wrote:Whoever thought of the plan to let the kids seek shelter in the gym is an outright idiot. I live on the coast of NC and we never get tornadoes (only waterspouts). I've been through 2 tornado drills when I was in gym class (once in middle school, once in high school) and both times we'd walk out of the gym and "duck and cover" in the hallway away from the windows.
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