Disaster planning SMH

So yesterday our "disaster management" specialists came up with this gem.

"In the event that a tornado is headed our way and we have a 15 minute warning the maintenance crew is to retrieve plywood from storage and duct tape it over the windows."

My facility has something like 2,500 windows, maybe a dozen sheets of plywood on hand, and perhaps 2% of the windows could be reached without a ladder.

Oh, and the windows in question are laminated safety glass (like a windshield) and double glazed which are virtually blastproof already. I suggested that since we are so concerned about tornado activity we should get steel roll down hurricane shutters for all 2,500 windows. That should only cost 25 million or so. SMDH

Sounds about as well thought out as diving beneath our desks to protect us from nuclear bombs.

Or what about grabbing scissors to defend yourself against an active shooter?

Maybe he doesn't like the Maintainance men and wants to see them scattered around the countryside with plywood kites.

foxtrapper wrote: Sounds about as well thought out as diving beneath our desks to protect us from nuclear bombs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

Dr. Hess wrote: Or what about grabbing scissors to defend yourself against an active shooter?

Dude, we were told to throw staplers at them the last time they plastered up the gun free zone signs.

/flounder (but this actually happened)

Dr. Hess wrote: Or what about grabbing scissors to defend yourself against an active shooter?

Throw a stapler.

tuna55 wrote:

Dr. Hess wrote: Or what about grabbing scissors to defend yourself against an active shooter?

Dude, we were told to throw staplers at them the last time they plastered up the gun free zone signs. /flounder (but this actually happened)

HAhahaha.. We posted the same thing.

Duct tape?! You're gonna need plywood tape. LOL

Sorry man! I used to work for those people.

Aren't you suppose to crack a window to equal are pressure in and out during a tornado?

Ask them what the protocol is for this.....

Sky_Render wrote:

foxtrapper wrote: Sounds about as well thought out as diving beneath our desks to protect us from nuclear bombs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

Thanks, there goes my afternoon.....

Fueled by Caffeine wrote:

tuna55 wrote:

Dr. Hess wrote: Or what about grabbing scissors to defend yourself against an active shooter?

Dude, we were told to throw staplers at them the last time they plastered up the gun free zone signs. /flounder (but this actually happened)

HAhahaha.. We posted the same thing.

We both probably laughed equally when they told us to do it.

Screw that. If I can't be armed on campus, I'm running. It's a 413 acre campus, I can hide somewhere.

Maybe if they provided bondo?

tuna55 wrote:

Fueled by Caffeine wrote:

tuna55 wrote:

Dr. Hess wrote: Or what about grabbing scissors to defend yourself against an active shooter?

Dude, we were told to throw staplers at them the last time they plastered up the gun free zone signs. /flounder (but this actually happened)

HAhahaha.. We posted the same thing.

We both probably laughed equally when they told us to do it. Screw that. If I can't be armed on campus, I'm running. It's a 413 acre campus, I can hide somewhere.

< continuing off topic >

I had to sit through our company's "active shooter" video, and I must say it was either the work of a comic genius (throw staplers) or from someone who believes waaaaaaay too much in Hollywood physics.

Then came the "oh snap" moment when I realized I was watching an "active shooter video" in a location that once had an "active shooter".

< / off topic >

trucke wrote: Ask them what the protocol is for this.....

putting a chain on the saw would be the first protocol.

In reply to Fueled by Caffeine:

That's what I was going to say!

Nice. Your disaster management experts might want to talk to your legal department. I doubt OSHA would be too happy with that guideline.

I am on the security team at my church. Somebody thought it would be a good idea to have a manual for team members.

My favorite rule is, "IN THE EVENT OF FIRE, NEVER USE ELEVATORS." It's the only rule in the manual printed in bold print, and capitalized.

I guess it's important, but I am still trying to understand it. The building is a single story building.

tuna55 wrote:

Fueled by Caffeine wrote:

tuna55 wrote:

Dr. Hess wrote: Or what about grabbing scissors to defend yourself against an active shooter?

Dude, we were told to throw staplers at them the last time they plastered up the gun free zone signs. /flounder (but this actually happened)

HAhahaha.. We posted the same thing.

We both probably laughed equally when they told us to do it. Screw that. If I can't be armed on campus, I'm running. It's a 413 acre campus, I can hide somewhere.

Yes... That training is openly mocked at my work.

Sounds like they value the lives of the maintenance team at less than whatever a handful of windows are worth. Now I doubt they THINK that, but somebody should remind them that's what they're implying.

Ahhh typical RWNJ convo, continue.

foxtrapper wrote: Sounds about as well thought out as diving beneath our desks to protect us from nuclear bombs.

back in the 50's we weren't taught to dive under our desks, we were herded out into the hallways, taught to sit, with our legs crossed knees against the wall and to put our heads down on our ankles and our hands on top of our heads ….

you couldn't do that with todays kids .. way to many of them are too fat to sit like that

Thanks to this thread I now know what SMH means. Had to ask the wife.

Dr. Hess wrote: Or what about grabbing scissors to defend yourself against an active shooter?

Jeez.... Scissors beats PAPER.

The company that I work for now has a very good safety record, they go out of their way to make sure that we have the tools to work safely.

OTOH, the place that I worked in the early nineties made WWII era submarines and coal mines look safe. Employees there had tons upon tons of safety training, but the plant was running at 150% capacity for years while critical maintenance was being put off until things broke (often spectacularly). Then repairs were done by the lowest bidder.

Those guys would have workers putting up plywood during a tornado for sure. Then they would blame them for getting killed.