Ottawa: Bluesfest ( music ) Stage Collapse

cumulus1978 · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:45

because of a severe thunderstorm, windgust around 60 - 70 mph. panic images and probabily some injuries. :eek:

http://www.meteosottoceneri.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=55

Morgoth · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:47

The band literally raised the roof tbh.

cumulus1978 · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:48

here a official news...

The Ottawa Bluesfest Stage Collapse is Terrifying The closing night of the Ottawa Bluesfest was cut short after a violent storm moved in very suddenly, and an accompanying gust of wind blew over the main stage where Cheap Trick had played just minutes before. Watch the terrifying collapse in this video. (There's also footage of the dark clouds rolling in here. It's straight out of Harry Potter!) The official statement from the fest was that there were "no serious injuries on site." Had the stage collapsed forward, and not backwards, that might have been a very different scenario. The Toronto Sun reports Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson was in a booth in a scaffolding tower when the storm hit, and only the "action of a quick-thinking aide" who grabbed his arm saved him from a 50-foot fall.

cumulus1978 · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:49

Morgoth said:
The band literally raised the roof tbh.

rather incredible because a strong but not extreme wind should not causing something like that...

Clum · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:53

Morgoth said:
The band literally raised the roof tbh.

Looks like they did the exact opposite to me

cumulus1978 · 20 Jul 2011 at 20:39

Morgoth said:
The band literally raised the roof tbh.

Morgoth · 20 Jul 2011 at 21:41

Clum said:
Looks like they did the exact opposite to me

I'd swear it went up before it went down.

Number_25 · 20 Jul 2011 at 21:47

Morgoth said:
The band literally raised the roof tbh.

What a horrendous joke.

Made me laugh though.

Electronic Dave · 20 Jul 2011 at 21:57

Clouds above indicate turbulant descending air ahead of the thunderstorm (looks like mammatus clouds). This would probably produce quite strong downdrafts causing the stage to collapse as it would've acted as a big sail? You can see how strong the winds are by the amount of debris flying about in the air.

Have experienced something similar in this country (but less extreme) which blew away sun loungers on the beach because of the sudden increase in wind speed.

Pestilence · 20 Jul 2011 at 22:11

At least it was the closing night, eh?

Cosimo · 21 Jul 2011 at 07:51

Morgoth said:
The band literally raised the roof tbh.

What a way to bring the house down.

Feef · 21 Jul 2011 at 08:19

A friend over there told me about this a few days ago, he helped set the stage up a couple of years back and said it was an awfully designed thing with a lot of weight in the rafters. Glad there were no serious injuries though.

cumulus1978 · 21 Jul 2011 at 09:45

fifiov said:
A friend over there told me about this a few days ago, he helped set the stage up a couple of years back and said it was an awfully designed thing with a lot of weight in the rafters. Glad there were no serious injuries though.