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So, like, yeah, holy shit, that's crazy, but what concerns me is...
“There was no warning"
Is this just a case of negligence where they ignored the sirens or something, or is there a bigger issue with the warning system?
My friend is an amateur storm watcher and loves this stuff. The way he explained it is tornadoes are notoriously hard to predict and track. You can have widespread areas under tornado warnings (i.e., "all the ingredients are ripe for a tornado to form somewhere") but beyond that it's difficult to immediately report the formation of a funnel, its heading and speed, etc.
These storm watchers actually help quite a bit in providing real-time information when feasible.
Im an avid weather watcher, and there was plenty of warning for people who are even slightly weather aware. The problem is, most people are not weather aware in the slightest. It was well known that there was going to be a severe weather outbreak with the possibility of dangerous tornados a day or two before the event. Hell, even growing up in the Midwest it is common to just ignore the tornado sirens because you've heard them a million times. Not sure if that's what happened here.
Just to add to the other comment... Mobile homes. There's a reason why the poor and infirm live there. No structural integrity. Light up like a match. Little protection against any serious weather. Mobile homes are notorious for uping kill counts for natural disasters.
Read the first sentence in the description, it literally says it all started going down before any sirens or anything.