Yeah, I've seen all the armchair engineers over there.
Yeah, I've seen all the armchair engineers over there.
I'm frustrated by people who are over reacting and posting mindless crap:
Yeah, a weather man blogging about what he thinks of out door stages, what a valid source!
I've said it before but I'll say it again. Why not put release points for the roof fabric. To me there would have been a lot less force applied to the stage had the roof been able to quickly and safely been "canvased", I can't be the first one to think this and to me it screams improvement. Why is the industry so stubborn against changes? While, I may be over reacting a bit I feel that there shouldn't be an issue with adding a simple release mechanism to the tarp.
Makes sense, but what happens to that fabric/plastic/canvas once it's released. It goes flying over onto the crowd? I doubt you'll get too may people liking that, either.I've said it before but I'll say it again. Why not put release points for the roof fabric. To me there would have been a lot less force applied to the stage had the roof been able to quickly and safely been "canvased", I can't be the first one to think this and to me it screams improvement. Why is the industry so stubborn against changes? While, I may be over reacting a bit I feel that there shouldn't be an issue with adding a simple release mechanism to the tarp.
A few unhappy possibly minor injuries compared to a major collapse with major injuries and possibly death? I'll go with the pissed off people...
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Until it hits the ferris wheel, knocking that over and taking out the building of 4H kids staying inside protecting their prized pigs. There is no perfect solution.
And speaking of ferris wheels... with this storm you heard no word of anything on the midway or any other issues at the fair. So, a 100' tall ferris wheel... that is portable... and put together by carnies stayed together but the stage put together by stagehands fell apart? Really, we can't do better then carnies? With this it might be time to consider stagehands rank in the world compared to carnies.
The ferris wheel doesn't have a giant sail either
And speaking of ferris wheels... with this storm you heard no word of anything on the midway or any other issues at the fair. So, a 100' tall ferris wheel... that is portable... and put together by [-]carnies[/-]a traveling fair crew stayed together but the stage put together by stagehands fell apart? Really, we can't do better then [-]carnies[/-] a traveling fair crew? With this it might be time to consider stagehands rank in the world compared to [-]carnies[/-]a traveling fair crew.
"funfair employee"
Anyway, sorry to take that off topic. Back to topic.
If I haven't said it already, this entire event makes me more angry than it does sad, and it makes me pretty sad. What are we, as an industry, going to do about it, after we are doing pointing fingers and playing armchair engineer?
Do portable stages come with a set of conditions that can't be exceeded like wind speed in this case?
For the 150th anniversary of the Indiana State Fair Mid-America Sound needed to upgrade our 80’x60’ Thomas Supertruss roof to handle this years grandstand shows. The lineup included Brad Paisley, Big and Rich, Kid Rock, American Idol Live tour, Kanye West and Rascal Flatts.
The acts performing at the fair this year required trim heights of 50’or more. The ability to support 8,000 lb video walls in the center of the structure was also needed.
Rigging plots and some ideas were sent to Mike Garl at James Thomas Engineering. With very minor modifications we were able to achieve the height and weight capabilities that were necessary.
“Rascal Flatts was the largest and heaviest rig coming through” said Bob Williams-Lighting Director and project chief for the roof. “With over 50 points and a total weight above 60,000lbs between lights, video and sound it was an interesting challenge, but Mike Garl and the rest of JTE came through as usual for us”.
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