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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Dermer" data-source="post: 34261" data-attributes="member: 234">Re: Indiana Stage Fair Stage Collapse&nbsp;Dave,Thank you for being (again) the anvil of reality. My company owns and operates a similar stage structure. My post on facebook last night:Though smaller, our 46x65 Applied roof is set in one location for the season, all towers are on concrete footings, we are guyed and cross braced to 80,000 lbs (yes) of ballast and we do not allow windwalls on the sides or more than one blowthrough scrim on the rear. But I for one will wait to pass judgement until some of the facts come out, word from better sources than facebook is that this was a by the numbers build that got hit fast with out of the ordinary circumstances.I am not making excuses by any means, only making the statement that all of us armchair quarterbacks need to take a half of a step back before pointing fingers. None of us were on the job, and so far the shit videos and pics that I have seen (including some stills from touring crew) show the storm moving in fast and furious, quicker than forecast. Steps were already being taken in the right direction, evacuating and battening down hatches. Not to mention that can anyone count on such said grainy images to accurately show just how the rig was guyed/ ballasted? And to call it &quot;spindly?&quot; This wasn&#039;t a radio tower on genie county park mess, it was a properly engineered pro stage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jason Dermer, post: 34261, member: 234"] Re: Indiana Stage Fair Stage Collapse Dave, Thank you for being (again) the anvil of reality. My company owns and operates a similar stage structure. My post on facebook last night: [i]Though smaller, our 46x65 Applied roof is set in one location for the season, all towers are on concrete footings, we are guyed and cross braced to 80,000 lbs (yes) of ballast and we do not allow windwalls on the sides or more than one blowthrough scrim on the rear. But I for one will wait to pass judgement until some of the facts come out, word from better sources than facebook is that this was a by the numbers build that got hit fast with out of the ordinary circumstances. I am not making excuses by any means, only making the statement that all of us armchair quarterbacks need to take a half of a step back before pointing fingers. None of us were on the job, and so far the shit videos and pics that I have seen (including some stills from touring crew) show the storm moving in fast and furious, quicker than forecast. Steps were already being taken in the right direction, evacuating and battening down hatches. Not to mention that can anyone count on such said grainy images to accurately show just how the rig was guyed/ ballasted? And to call it "spindly?" This wasn't a radio tower on genie county park mess, it was a properly engineered pro stage.[/i] [/QUOTE]

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