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<blockquote data-quote="Milt Hathaway" data-source="post: 50546" data-attributes="member: 26">Re: Commissioned Report on Indiana Fair TragedyThank you for the link. Nice comprehensive read about their emergency procedures. Looks like no one person had the power to call the show, and those closest to having that didn&#039;t have timely weather info.However, WTF?: &quot;There was no device to measure wind speed near the Structure.&quot;Even the smallest roof companies in my end of the world mount an anemometer directly to the highest point on the structure. You&#039;d think Mid-America would have a road case dedicated to that out with every roof system. How do you know (and prove to the promoter) that limits are being reached without it?Then again, Mid-America hid behind their lawyers so their input to this investigation is extremely limited.What really sucks is that Doppler radar has the ability to measure the windspeed, landspeed, and direction of gust fronts and outflows. At the very least anyone out with a roof should have a good radar app and be trained to read it. Anyone with a smart phone or ipad can do that now.Maybe my standards are just too high.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Milt Hathaway, post: 50546, member: 26"] Re: Commissioned Report on Indiana Fair Tragedy Thank you for the link. Nice comprehensive read about their emergency procedures. Looks like no one person had the power to call the show, and those closest to having that didn't have timely weather info. However, WTF?: "There was no device to measure wind speed near the Structure." Even the smallest roof companies in my end of the world mount an anemometer directly to the highest point on the structure. You'd think Mid-America would have a road case dedicated to that out with every roof system. How do you know (and prove to the promoter) that limits are being reached without it? Then again, Mid-America hid behind their lawyers so their input to this investigation is extremely limited. What really sucks is that Doppler radar has the ability to measure the windspeed, landspeed, and direction of gust fronts and outflows. At the very least anyone out with a roof should have a good radar app and be trained to read it. Anyone with a smart phone or ipad can do that now. Maybe my standards are just too high. [/QUOTE]

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