Bars kicking people out during the Tornado Warning???

[EngDawg]

A meteorology student reported to WTVA that the Cotton District bars kicked everyone out during the tornado warning. Didn’t anyone else’s hear about this?

 

[Rayburn8]

Yes, have friends who said it happened at the Bin 612

Edit: To add, the Bin had a whole basement everyone could have hid in.

Edit 2: Video, WARNING Language

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[campshelbydog842003]

If this happened to my kid the first thing I would do would be to punish them for being at a bar when the entire state knew terrible weather was coming. The second thing I would do would be to go find out whether the person that kicked my child out of a bar during a tornado was going to get their *** kicked or I was, because it’s going to be one or the other. Something should happen to that bar if this is true.

 

[CoolDawg]

I saw that report as well. If true, those bars should be boycotted to the point that they have to close for lack of business.

 

[Puppychow]

The timing would be the issue. If a funnel cloud is bearing down then yes hunker down. But if I owned a bar and a tornado warning was issued where there might be time to seek other shelter, then I’d want to be with my family. Perhaps those guys wanted to clear it out so they could go home. Just because some dumb drunk wants another brew ain’t gonna cut it when my family is concerned.

 

[Phil Wenneck.sixpack]

The city of Starkville is a joke. Always has been. It’s past time someone at

the university grow a set and tell them their town is nothing without it’s students. Without the university, that place would be Eupora. Do you think the bars on the square in Oxford would do this?? This is precisely why we are the butt of all jokes about being the land that fun forgot. The city of Starkville chooses to bite the hands that feeds them.

 

[Dawgcap]

The timing would be the issue. If a funnel cloud is bearing down then yes hunker down. But if I owned a bar and a tornado warning was issued where there might be time to seek other shelter, then I’d want to be with my family. Perhaps those guys wanted to clear it out so they could go home. Just because some dumb drunk wants another brew ain’t gonna cut it when my family is concerned.

I agree to the extent that with warning you want to evacuate a facility that is not set for a tornado but to classify a person who complained as a dumb drunk wanting another brew is even more asinine.

 

[Rayburn8]

The timing would be the issue. If a funnel cloud is bearing down then yes hunker down. But if I owned a bar and a tornado warning was issued where there might be time to seek other shelter, then I’d want to be with my family. Perhaps those guys wanted to clear it out so they could go home. Just because some dumb drunk wants another brew ain’t gonna cut it when my family is concerned.

L-O-L man. They were serving drinks until within 10 minutes of the warning, then they kick everyone out, dog cuss and push people around asking for shelter and tell them to leave with a tornado within 10 miles, so there wasn’t.

Don’t defend those A-holes. I know good that got kicked out. Dog cuss and shove people out the whole time will a tornado is bearing down on the city. Oh and news flash, they weren’t leaving to go see their families homes. After kicking everyone out they were seen inside the bar laughing while others had to run and seek shelter. The owner doesn’t stay at the bar all night, do you have any concept of what happened here?

What a BS excuse and calling everyone that goes to bars dumb drunks too. Get a grip man, lives could have been at stake there.

EDIT: Here is some video dawg, really looks like they can't wait to get to their families. WARNING language.

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[Rayburn8]

Students are starting to rally on social media, it'll be interesting to see if the Bin has built enough good will to survive this.

 

[Phil Wenneck.sixpack]

2 things. Show me a bar owner still at work past 10 PM. Secondly, not everyone that goes to a bar is drunk. I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don’t get out often. These establishments are a representation of the city. A city that for decades has been completely unfriendly to students in their decision making. Every day of the year they gladly accept students’ money but when the students turn to them, they are kicked out. That is unacceptable and completely low down.

 

[campshelbydog842003]

The timing would be the issue. If a funnel cloud is bearing down then yes hunker down. But if I owned a bar and a tornado warning was issued where there might be time to seek other shelter, then I’d want to be with my family. Perhaps those guys wanted to clear it out so they could go home. Just because some dumb drunk wants another brew ain’t gonna cut it when my family is concerned.

When a tornado siren is going off there is an actual tornado in the area. There is no time at that point. Get down where you can. You don’t kick people out in the street when a tornado siren is going off.

 

[johnson86-1]

Love that the guy told them to shelter in their 17ing cars. At minimum, the bin 612 owner is going to need to identify and fire that person. Probably needs to fire everybody working that night.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

That guy might have gotten a face full of fist from me. I hope every one of them gets fired.

 

[RocketDawg]

Sounds like somebody panicked under the circumstances, didn't know what to do, and did the wrong thing. I couldn't understand most of what was said, but one girl said "there's no cellar here".

 

[ArcherSPS]

No she said “there’s a cellar here”, because there is one there that the Bin uses for storage.

 

[MSUDawg25]

This isn’t directly related. Just reminiscing. I worked at Coconuts in the cotton district during Katrina. It was pretty nasty even all the way up in starkville. I asked the owner if I could close up and go home to my family. I had a wife and infant daughter at home at the time. He said we “needed to stay open for the community.” So I kept it open, at times without power, until 1-2am selling beer and cigarettes to students who knew they had classes cancelled the following day. Still a little bitter about it.

 

[woozman]

Yeah - they handled it incorrectly. I was in Shaggy’s in Pass Christian about a year ago eating lunch with my young daughter when a water spout came through and pealed part of the roof back and blew out some windows (the elevated building was swaying a lot).

The staff immediately evacuated us downstairs to a metal storage container they were using for food storage until it passed.

 

[8dog]

This is a terrible take. Even in starkville it can take 15-20 minutes to get home depending on how many people you came with, how you got there and where you live

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Give some props to businesses that did the opposite. Bulldog Burger made sure everyone stayed in and offered everyone to come get in the back and bathrooms.

 

[Shmuley]

Sounds like someone thought more highly of their liquor stock than they did their patrons.

 

[ShrubDog]

Yep the patrons had plenty of time to leave the bar, go through a OCSO road block, get home before the nader hits. Someone should have cleaned the floor with the screaming *******. I be damned if that would have happened 25 years ago.

 

[Allday.sixpack]

A meteorology student reported to WTVA that the Cotton District bars kicked everyone out during the tornado warning. Didn’t anyone else’s hear about this?

I take responsibility for my own safety and expect others to do the same. Everyone, especially a meteorology student, knew a powerful severe storm system was brewing, I’m so thankful no one was injured, but I also wouldn’t choose glass structure like the Bin to “protect” me. This should be a good learning experience.

 

[J-Dawg]

It’s better than being in the wide open.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

First, there was no excuse for people being out with this kind of weather in the area. They have been talking about it for days. If you got thrown out of a bar or any other business last night, look in the mirror.

Secondly, every business owner should have a plan for this kind of thing, and they should have communicated it with the employees working during the bad weather to ensure that the idiots "who don't have sense enough to get out of the rain" are as safe as possible.

 

[Len2003]

Oh good. Another thing to get fake outraged about on social media. Fire everyone, and burn it to the ground. Good god. Someone get the fainting couch.

 

[johnson86-1]

First, there was no excuse for people being out with this kind of weather in the area. They have been talking about it for days. If you got thrown out of a bar or any other business last night, look in the mirror.

Secondly, every business owner should have a plan for this kind of thing, and they should have communicated it with the employees working during the bad weather to ensure that the idiots "who don't have sense enough to get out of the rain" are as safe as possible.

This is idiotic. Maybe they shouldn't have gone out. But who in their right mind would assume a business would be so stupid to kick people out when a tornado is on the ground.

And why do you assume those people would have been better off at home. Not sure about bin 612, but there were quite a few bars that would have been safer than my thrown together, flimsy apartment when I was in school. Hell, most of the places in the cotton district are on 4x4 posts. I'm not sure all those tenants weren't being responsible by going to a commercial establishment.

 

[mcdawg22]

Oh good. Another thing to get fake outraged about on social media. Fire everyone, and burn it to the ground. Good god. Someone get the fainting couch.

So you’re saying Social Media holding businesses accountable and making their actions transparent is a bad thing. Are you the United Airlines CEO?

 

[IPMdawg]

You could make the argument that if the people shouldn’t have been out then the bar shouldn’t have been open.

 

[GTAdawg]

This was handled the absolute incorrect way by the bar’s leadership present at that time, and there is no debate about that. For those saying these drunks should have known well in advance of the inclement weather coming - well why didn’t Bin 612 and other bars react the same way and shut their business down for the night? Another example in Starkville of someone biting back at the hand that feed them.

This could have been totally avoided if they had handled it the proper way by giving them an option to stay and take shelter. Yes, we are all responsible for our individual safety - but businesses have an obligation to their customers as well. If you don’t like that or don’t want that, then get out of that line of business.

Plain and simple the language and inflection these people were using towards these customers is unacceptable in almost every circumstance.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Thinks Templeton is our best AD. Ever. ^

I rest my case. :gavel drop

 

[bigiron.sixpack]

nvm

 

[patdog]

I take it the Bin is the next latest bar in StarkVegas to go out of business. That's awful.

 

[Len2003]

So you’re saying Social Media holding businesses accountable and making their actions transparent is a bad thing. Are you the United Airlines CEO?

Social media is bad in a lot of these cases. It's wise to wait and see what the restaurant has to say before making a judgement. But calling for boycotts and firings from a minute long video posted on Twitter is ridiculous and emotional. Always, always exercise caution in these cases until you've heard from both sides.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

What did Starkville PD do?

 

[bigiron.sixpack]

nvm

 

[patdog]

Agree with you in general. But it's really hard to imagine any circumstance that could justify kicking patrons out during a tornado warning.

 

[GTAdawg]

I assure you that those guys cussing at customers weren’t using cautious judgement at the time.

 

[Rayburn8]

I’m amazed at the lengths people go to make sure to always blame the students.

And on SPD, it is said I feel tense and worried about everything I’m doing when they are around compared to feeling safe. And I’m a white guy. Bad relationship with students for years.

 

[Len2003]

I take it the Bin is the next latest bar in StarkVegas to go out of business. That's awful.

I mean, clearly the only sane response is to organize a boycott on social media and call for everyone to be fired. Additionally, we should all take up arms to make sure we run the owners out of business. That seems like a completely fair punishment for the accused.

 

[THE Bruce Dickinson]

the university grow a set and tell them their town is nothing without it’s students. Without the university, that place would be Eupora. Do you think the bars on the square in Oxford would do this?? This is precisely why we are the butt of all jokes about being the land that fun forgot. The city of Starkville chooses to bite the hands that feeds them.

This has more to do with a few specific bars than the overall city of Starkville. People that were thrown out of Bin 612 were taken in by Stagger Inn I heard. I have been a resident of the city most of my life, and don't necessarily disagree with you. The city has been getting in its own way for years now, but in this particular case this is more the fault of a private business that it is the city. if the police were also involved then that certainly needs to be addressed, but I will wait for all the facts to come out rather than believe one random Facebook post I saw.