Outdoor concerts and bad weather are a really bad mix

[David Baxter PhD]

[video=youtube;SRkdwrmzYXg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SRkdwrmzYXg[/MEDIA]

A similar thing happened recently at the Bluesfest here in Ottawa:

 

[AmZ]

Wow, that's scary. That man's big eyes are scary too in the second video!

 

[MWCT]

I agree and my thoughts and prayers are with the families of the 5 who died.

 

[AmZ]

Wow, 5 people were killed. I didn't realise. My thoughts and prayers are with the families also.

 

[Andy]

In 2009 that happened in Alberta too when Kevin Costners band was playing and a woman was killed and 75 or so injured.

 

[Andy]

Yet ANOTHER one today! Two reported dead. At Least 2 Reported Dead in Another Summer Concert Stage Collapse | Reuters