* Forwarded (from: alt.audio.pro.live-sound) by Richard Webb using timEd   
   1.10.y2k+.   
   * Originally from Richard Webb (1:116/901) to all.   
   * Original dated: Wed Aug 17, 12:35   
      
   On Wed 2011-Aug-17 07:00, Bigguy2010 writes:   
      
   > RIP all who died.   
      
   YEp, agreed, I really feel for that guy up there running   
   that spot.  HE had a few seconds of wtf before it took him   
   out to experience.   
      
   > Someone will be going to jail for this extreme negligence.   
      
   ONe can only hope.  What i don't understand is wtf people   
   are thinking using structures like that in the midwest that   
   don't have good methods for handling such situations.  IT's   
   a common occurrence in the middle of NOrth America this time of year.  That's   
   why carnivals etc. that do double ferris   
   wheels stop them and clera people away when such a system   
   starts up, then again, if they have the time.  They have the time only if the   
   meteorology folks are paying attention, and they're paying attention to the   
   weather folks.   
      
   Simple fixes such as Bob describes would do a lot to   
   mitigate such circumstances, but it sure seems to me that   
   the rash of such failures recently is indicative of a   
   problem that needs correcting.  These large shows are just   
   getting too complex to be left to slipshod engineering.   
      
   I'll attend such spectacles when paid only anyway.  IF you   
   need a video wall, a flying pig, drums on a roller coaster   
   ride, etc. to entertain the fans then you need to spend some more time on your   
   performance chops, at least if you purport to be a musician.   
      
   IF your songs and your performance of them isn't compelling   
   enough at those prices to buy a ticket then you're in the   
   wrong business.   
      
   When you consider all the stage collapse and other tragedies lately in the   
   business it's an indicator that we're making   
   these traveling show extravaganzas too complex without doing proper   
   engineering.  One person who works as a hand on these shows came up with a   
   solution that would have gone far   
   toward mitigating this latest one.  There is a reason that I try to steer   
   clients toward keep it simple stupid.   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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