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06 Nov 2021, 1:55 am

https://abc13.com/


At least 8 people have been killed at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston.

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06 Nov 2021, 6:24 am

This is why I don’t bother with these sorts of gatherings.

This has happened too many times.



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06 Nov 2021, 9:05 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
This is why I don’t bother with these sorts of gatherings.

This has happened too many times.


Sentiment shared.

Astroworld is the name of a former Six Flags theme park in Houston (it closed in 2005).

NRG Park, where the festival was held, is across Loop 610 from the former theme park site. It's next door to the Astrodome.


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06 Nov 2021, 9:07 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
This is why I don’t bother with these sorts of gatherings.

This has happened too many times.


Sentiment shared.

Astroworld is the name of a former Six Flags theme park in Houston (it closed in 2005).


I assumed that it was named after the "Houston Astrodome".



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06 Nov 2021, 9:09 am

naturalplastic wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
This is why I don’t bother with these sorts of gatherings.

This has happened too many times.


Sentiment shared.

Astroworld is the name of a former Six Flags theme park in Houston (it closed in 2005).


I assumed that it was named after the "Houston Astrodome".


Same complex, connected by a walkway that goes over the freeway.


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06 Nov 2021, 10:27 am

I went there on vacation as a kid.There we’re bats in the astrodome.No joke.The guide pointed out some bats that were roosting way up high.


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06 Nov 2021, 1:03 pm

Should we wait for some Texas politician to step forward and demand an audit of the casualty count?



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06 Nov 2021, 1:59 pm

Absolutely horrifying. I don't know how it takes 8 people dying and many more getting injured for them to finally stop the concert. What a complete disregard for human life.



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06 Nov 2021, 2:05 pm

HeroOfHyrule wrote:
Absolutely horrifying. I don't know how it takes 8 people dying and many more getting injured for them to finally stop the concert. What a complete disregard for human life.


I'm horrified too. It reminds me of the trampling deaths at a Who concert in Cincinnati in 1979, after which they were supposed to stop general admission ticketing.

I don't do outdoor music festivals or even one-act concerts outdoors.

On top of everything else I'm totally shocked they were allowed to operate a music festival during Covid?! It's bad enough they had a mass gathering without masks or distancing, but I also heard the headliner was bragging on Instagram before the show saying that it was "Oversold!", to hype the event.

It's terrifying and my heart breaks for those families.


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06 Nov 2021, 2:34 pm

Large crowds of people are dangerous, sporting events and even holiday shopping can kill.
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06 Nov 2021, 2:37 pm

This has happened many times. It's the event organizer responsibility to make proper arrangements for the crowd's safety.


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06 Nov 2021, 2:42 pm

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On top of everything else I'm totally shocked they were allowed to operate a music festival during Covid?! It's bad enough they had a mass gathering without masks or distancing

I would say this has been typical in most of the US since late Spring, depending on the state.


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06 Nov 2021, 2:45 pm

MaxE wrote:
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On top of everything else I'm totally shocked they were allowed to operate a music festival during Covid?! It's bad enough they had a mass gathering without masks or distancing

I would say this has been typical in most of the US since late Spring, depending on the state.


Wow.

I still can't buy milk or bread without a temperature check, a mask or two, and someone forcing me to use hand sanitiser at the door.


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06 Nov 2021, 2:48 pm

The only place here that takes your temperature is the doctors office.


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06 Nov 2021, 3:06 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:
MaxE wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
On top of everything else I'm totally shocked they were allowed to operate a music festival during Covid?! It's bad enough they had a mass gathering without masks or distancing

I would say this has been typical in most of the US since late Spring, depending on the state.


Wow.

I still can't buy milk or bread without a temperature check, a mask or two, and someone forcing me to use hand sanitiser at the door.

From what I've seen/heard, Canada is extreme in this regard as compared to the rest of North America and Europe.


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06 Nov 2021, 3:33 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:
HeroOfHyrule wrote:
Absolutely horrifying. I don't know how it takes 8 people dying and many more getting injured for them to finally stop the concert. What a complete disregard for human life.


I'm horrified too. It reminds me of the trampling deaths at a Who concert in Cincinnati in 1979, after which they were supposed to stop general admission ticketing.

I don't do outdoor music festivals or even one-act concerts outdoors.

On top of everything else I'm totally shocked they were allowed to operate a music festival during Covid?! It's bad enough they had a mass gathering without masks or distancing, but I also heard the headliner was bragging on Instagram before the show saying that it was "Oversold!", to hype the event.

It's terrifying and my heart breaks for those families.


Thought of both things too. The disastrous Who concert of the Seventies.

And also ... wondering about the covid angle. Everyone is supposed to be six feet apart...yet they were close enough to crush each other to death. So it may also turn out to be a superspreader event.



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