Expecting people to monitor a radar loop on TV or the Net is not the same thing as issuing public warning of oncoming severe weather. They really needed to toot the civil defense sirens. I was actually biking in the South City neighborhood where Don Fitz had his meeting, and there was no siren to be heard at any point.

This was unusual, since I distinctly recall hearing the siren at least once this year to warn of severe weather. Whoever operates those sirens clearly was not on the ball this time.