Opinion: Ohio State’s severe weather response endangered students on the morning of Feb. 28. At 5:16 a.m., phones buzzed and sirens wailed as a tornado warning was issued for Columbus, including the entire campus area. While many dorm residents heeded caution, vacating the top floors of their respective buildings for the safety of the basements and lower floors, many others did not. The National Weather Service would later confirm four different tornadoes spawned in Franklin County alone. The closest directly hit Hilliard, less than 5 miles from campus. ————————————————————————————— 📸Canva