A few years ago, in Ottawa Canada tornados touch down causing widespread damage, flattened a neighbourhood and killed power in the city for nearly a week. Thankfully there were minimal casualties.
I was 22 years old and worked at a Restaurant on the other end of town as a dishwasher. The sky was nearly black as pitch and we knew the weather was going to be nasty. People in the restaurant carried on as normal. In the break room, the television had tornado warnings on and we recieved and emergency alert. But none of our customers seemed to pay it any mind. Nor did our management decide it was a good idea to close so we could seek shelter, or to warn the guests of the dangerous storm. What if another tornado touched down nearby? Are we only supposed to react when there was imminent danger? Storms can be very unpredictable.
Maybe I'm whining, I don't know. But if I were manager of that establishment I'd have closed down for the evening to give people enough time to find shelter, or to get home.