Weather service officials say studies after deadly tornadoes in Joplin, Mo., and Tuscaloosa, Ala., last year found that most people didn't heed the initial warnings about the oncoming storms. They also say people in tornado-prone areas have become desensitized by frequent false alarms and don't always pay attention to the first warnings. And so, offices in Missouri and Kansas will start sending out "impact-based" warnings during severe weather that describe how much damage a storm could cause.
Among the messages in the new warnings:
"COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS IS LIKELY"
and
"MASS DEVASTATION IS HIGHLY LIKELY MAKING THE
AREA UNRECOGNIZABLE TO SURVIVORS."
Maybe they should think of adding those warnings to other states, such as Texas, which was hard hit the other day by massive tornadoes that caused devastation. And considering the year we've had so far, how about Tennessee and Kentucky, too?
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