[OPLINLIST] Tornado procedures

[Colon, Karl]

Hi Linda --

We do PA announcements and move all staff and patrons to shelter. We implore folks not to leave the building, but we have no legal authority to stop them if they choose to leave.

We just leave everything in place: we treat it like a fire evacuation. As you can imagine, we take tornados super-seriously here in Xenia, and we've never had any getting folks to shelter or with theft during an emergency.

Thanks!

karl (Greene County)

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On May 15, 2014, at 8:49 AM, "Linda Swartzel" <swartzli at oplin.org> wrote:

> What do other libraries do when a tornado warning is issued for their 
> library?  Do you "suggest" or require patrons to move to a tornado safe 
> area (or as safe as you can get?)  What considerations do you take for 
> cash register drawers, DVD collections, etc.?
> 
> Any insight is appreciated.
> 
> Linda Swartzel
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