Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse

[mkepethead]

My prayers go out to the injured and the famlies of those who died.

[executioner]

I know some one that was at the fair at the time of the accident, and he said everyone was being warned about the incoming weather and fair and concert personel had just started moving everybody out. He didn't see the stage come down, but he said everyone was trying to help.
Pray everyone involved will be comforted with the peace of God.

[mkepethead]

I remember hearing about that one too. When I think about all the concerts I've been to over the years, I thank God for watching over me.

[executioner]

In 1994 on the WUC Tour at Six Flags in Arlington, Tx Petra was getting ready to come on stage when a huge storm blew in, and I remember the backdrop curtain blowing away and basically everything was left exposed. It started raining so hard and all the equipment was getting drenched. Needless to say the show was canceled, but thankfully no one got hurt, just a lot of wind and rain.

[LivingRock]

I remember seeing a video of Bob talking about one time when the stage did collapse when Petra was playing, fortunately the stage was only a foot high so no one was hurt, but the stuff went everywhere. I can't remember what year it was, think it might have been 97 or 87, but my computer won't let me access the video for some reason

Prayers going out for those people in Indiana!

[p-freak]

The stage collapse Bob talked about was in 87 in Norway. I think trodlan was even there when it happened.

[brent]

this happens all the time. Sad.

Go to roadie.net and look at the pages of vehicle, structural failure and storm induced accidents. A friend of mine is the stage manager for Linkin Park and has some cool pics of the tornado damage from a festival on there. He said the storm came with no notice, they hopped into a shipping container (semi-truck trailer) and the whole thing levitated from the ground then came to rest softly. Wild.