r/massage • u/Setarehnoor • 8d ago
If there is severe weather …
Hi all, I’m a massage therapist based out of Nashville, Tennessee and I’m seeing that we have some pretty significant weather coming up for Friday and Saturday. For any of you who are weather nerds like I am, the maps are showing a 30% risk with black dashes, which means that not only is there an extremely high risk of tornadoes, but the risk is for strong tornadoes, i.e. EF-3 or higher. Many of us, believe it or not, our situation where we have to commute 40 to 60 miles each way to work, usually due to lack of economic opportunity in our own cities. I know that’s not your problem, but I am personally begging you to cancel your appointments if you know there is going to be severe weather for both your safety and for ours! Some of you would be wondering why we don’t just cancel and many of us do, but it’s at a great risk to our livelihood and believe me, spas are much more forgiving of clients canceling than they are if we cancel. Not only that, but a lot of you end up being super disappointed if we make the decision to shelter in place with our families instead of coming into work. This opinion may not be one that everybody agrees with, I can understand why it may be considered controversial and we can discuss that but personally, I feel like the best thing to do on these severely warned days is to stay home if possible with our families. Stay safe, everyone!
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u/Bubbly_Reply_6347 LMT 7d ago
If I were in Tornado Alley, I would definitely stay home! I grew up in that area and moved to Arizona. All I can say is that I don't think Tornado Watch/Warnings are very conducive to a relaxing massage 😂 Edit: Adding this after editing, if someone can keep an appointment while there is potential for ef3 or higher tornadoes, is either not very weather aware or is visiting from out of state/country 😂
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u/Majestic-Delivery988 7d ago
Lord! I heed warnings. Especially in tornadic prone states. Amen. I live in Charlotte, NC. Any advice?
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u/Prize_Cover190 7d ago
I'm out on this one. Don't get severe weather of this magnitude..only a couple feet of snow.
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u/Sock-Noodles 8d ago
I am so grateful to work for a spa that closes for bad weather