By the time the tornado siren sounded one week ago, the roof of Sydney Moore’s mobile home in Clarksville, Tennessee, had been sheared off and her 4-month-old son Lord sucked up by the twister.
“There was no warning,” said Moore, 22, who immediately moved to shield her 1-year-old son, Princeton, with her body.
Moore’s boyfriend, Aramis Youngblood, 39, rushed to protect Lord, who was sleeping in a bassinet swept up in a swirl of wind and debris Saturday evening as a series of powerful tornadoes and storms tore through the state.
So, like, yeah, holy shit, that’s crazy, but what concerns me is…
“There was no warning"
Is this just a case of negligence where they ignored the sirens or something, or is there a bigger issue with the warning system?
Just to add to the other comment… Mobile homes. There’s a reason why the poor and infirm live there. No structural integrity. Light up like a match. Little protection against any serious weather. Mobile homes are notorious for uping kill counts for natural disasters.
Read the first sentence in the description, it literally says it all started going down before any sirens or anything.