Holy crap!

Hawkeye20 · 08-14-2011, 01:18 AM

Authorities: 4 dead in Indiana fair stage collapse - Boston.com

Sugarland (Country Band) stage at a County Fair collapsed 5 minutes before they went on-stage! 4 people confirmed dead, and there were so many wounded that the local hospital is no longer admitting patients to the E.R.

Deuce · 08-14-2011, 01:48 AM

That's nuts. I think my bud was supposed to be there.

Hawkeye20 · 08-14-2011, 02:52 AM

Let's all keep the dead and survivors in our thoughts and prayers....

t3h_s0ld13.- · 08-14-2011, 02:54 PM

I live about an hour north of Indy and we also got hit by a severe storm last night. About 5 minutes before it started raining we got hit by wind that seemed to come out of no where. It was strong enough that live trees fell over and knocked out the power in our neighborhood. It hit us about 2 hours before it hit the fair, but even if they had been aware of the high winds I'm still not sure they could have predicted that the stage would fall like it did. It is a real tragedy.

Video of the collapse can be found here

Mike Deep · 08-14-2011, 03:14 PM

More insight here: Horrible tragedy shows how quickly conditions can change during severe weather

volunteer paintball · 08-14-2011, 03:15 PM

that is an emergency management nightmare. i'm sure all the medically trained guys here would agree, the triage for this would suck tremendously. My thoughts and prays go out to all the wounded, dead, survivors and there families

Boone · 08-14-2011, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volunteer paintball

that is an emergency management nightmare. i'm sure all the medically trained guys here would agree, the triage for this would suck tremendously. My thoughts and prays go out to all the wounded, dead, survivors and there families

QFT!

tangus999 · 08-14-2011, 03:42 PM

without seeing a video this is the closest thing to seeing how bad it was.
i can't even imagine

08-14-2011, 01:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
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t3h_s0ld13.- Rec Poster Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: East Bay	I live about an hour north of Indy and we also got hit by a severe storm last night. About 5 minutes before it started raining we got hit by wind that seemed to come out of no where. It was strong enough that live trees fell over and knocked out the power in our neighborhood. It hit us about 2 hours before it hit the fair, but even if they had been aware of the high winds I'm still not sure they could have predicted that the stage would fall like it did. It is a real tragedy. Video of the collapse can be found here __________________ Purdue Paintball Paintball Barn

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volunteer paintball MCB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Between Kentucky and Alabama/Georgia	that is an emergency management nightmare. i'm sure all the medically trained guys here would agree, the triage for this would suck tremendously. My thoughts and prays go out to all the wounded, dead, survivors and there families __________________ Lapco T8 barrel "May we never forget the ones that came before, the ones we have now, and the ones that will come after us." the 343 brothers i never met the reason we do this my feedback

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tangus999 MCB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: cleveland ohio	without seeing a video this is the closest thing to seeing how bad it was. i can't even imagine __________________ my mcb feedback