Storm warnings: Do you listen?
@PatZAnthony (14752)
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 20, 2017 10:53pm CST
So sad to say that many don't listen when they are told to stay home, stay off the roads, etc. when storms are flooding certain areas.
First responders are usually busy enough without having to deal with those who won't listen when the roads are flooded or just disappear because of stormwater.
Most we know just stay home unless they are a first responder. Somehow though, we all hear a story or two about a few people wandering around in the water going nowhere in particular.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
21 Sep 17
I remember a forecast that only said storm signal 1. I did not monitor the weather forecast because the electricity went off. Went we woke up the next morning, my uncle's concrete house was devastated.
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
21 Sep 17
That is awful. Was he rehoused. This must have been a really devestating experience for your family.
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
24 Sep 17
I always listen to the forecast and heed the warnings. I have been through enough hurricanes that I know the drill. Some people are just too fearless or too dumb... 
I don't know which it is? 
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Jun 19
@rebelann That's a very good point!
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
When people don't heed warnings they harm themselves and also other people and waste money for many of us.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
23 Sep 17
I do listen to storm warnings..on text, email and phone call..Code Red calls me.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
4 Oct 17
Paying attention to the warnings have helped us many times @bluesa
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
21 Oct 17
We don't have flooding where I live but we have nasty winters and when the news says its going to be bad, we stay home.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Oct 17
That is what we try to do too @PainsOnSlate
It just makes the most sense to us these days.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
1 Jan 18
i do to a degree-they often blow things WAY out of proportion on the news up here.
an inch of snow is a world ending event anymore..
@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
4 Oct 17
Some don´t listen to weather warnings. We only can hope the storm is not a heavy one and that it stopd soon without harming people
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Sep 17
Yes I listen, like you said no need to add to what they had to deal with already.
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@Hannihar (129365)
• Israel
30 Sep 18
@PatZAnthony
When the weather tells us about serious weather I pay attention.
@YrNemo (20261)
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22 Sep 17
I have heard cases in which fathers taking their children to dangerous areas intentionally to hurt the suffering mothers. (I always check the news the moment I feel something is wrong with the weather!)
@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
21 Sep 17
I think there is an "it won't happen to me" mentality people have. After I got injured years ago when a car door swung back on me during a severe storm I have always been very careful. We haven't had hurricanes here like elsewhere, but if there is a warning I stay close to home.
