Or was he trying to keep things calm???
Back - 15-20 years ago, I was at the NY State Fair - and the State troopers started going around and informing the outdoor venders, games, rides, food, ect they needed to close down. They never said why, just please close down. Now that everything outdoors was closed down -[ people either started to leave or went inside the buildings.
Well, after everyone got into the buildings - then the extremely fierce storm arrived. Now, if the troopers and been announcing that the storm was coming- there would had been kaos - as there were tens of thousands people in that small area. Sometimes - its best to NOT give all the info.