Originally Posted by
Mabuk dan gila
This is a little longer version of the video that features the TSA guys running for cover to the restrooms. In the background you can clearly see many dozens of PAX taking a direct hit while running for cover from what looks like the gate area at the moment the tornado hits. Clearly the sterile areas were not at all evacuated even slightly.
http://www.kmov.com/video/featured-v...120544144.html
I'm of the impression no one was even aware of the Tornado Warning at the airport.
I arrived into MSP once when a menacing storm was approaching, but I was able to hear the tornado sirens inside the Boeing 757-300 I was on as we were landing. We did a quick taxi and deplaned.
Inside the airport terminal, you could also hear the tornado sirens from outside. Announcements were made via the overhead PA to take shelter and to stay away from glass.
While very few people did take shelter, many at least moved away from the big glass windows. I waited out the warning in the F/G club where staff also kept us away from windows. There were a # of diversions, but airport ops resumed once the storm cleared.
At least, in MSP, there was awareness of the Tornado Warning.