The people who died in their homes: what if they had gone to work and been spared? We only hear about the deaths, but people working or going to school during storms (anyone remember Moore, OK?) happen.
Well, it would be a different matter if these factories and warehouses had tornado shelters that were fit for purpose.
After all, it would be pretty absurd to believe that extreme weather is so common that factories and warehouses need to keep working through it; and yet at the same time so uncommon that factories and warehouses don't need adequate shelters.
Threats of extreme weather are common, but the number of storms that are truly deadly or cause destruction of this magnitude can be a bit over-hyped.
The truth is most people get notifications about warnings and then nothing happens and over time they shrug it off or don't take it seriously.
Yes.
OR! at the least! not force your employees to come in at the threat of firing if they don't.
Let them have the freedom to choose their own personal risk factor.