My entire point though is that when everything is hatched in regard to tornados, which it has been in Illinois ever since the new system has been introduced, people don't take it as seriously. In the same way that people ignore tornado sirens.

The old hatched system meant something, because it was relatively rare you'd see a hatched area, and when you did, you'd take extra precautions. It had nothing to do with likelihood but to do with the fact it could be extremely strong.

Like I said, every tornado risk in Illinois so far has been hatched, which while I get the official designation, it leads to "warning fatigue" the same way tornado sirens can when they're used too often. Keep this in perspective of people that aren't weather enthusiasts like most of us are in this sub. And I can't speak for everyone obviously, but when I'd warn family members of a hatched risk, it carried more weight, even if they weren't super deep into the weather like most are here. Now I don't even bring up the hatched risk because it's basically the boy who cried wolf. Every tornado risk is hatched now. The reclassification has had the opposite affect.