gwalchmai Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 https://www.startribune.com/crowd-surge-kills-at-least-8-at-houston-music-festival/600113590/ HOUSTON — The crowd at a Houston music festival suddenly surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Travis Scott, squeezing fans so tightly together that they could not breathe or move their arms, witnesses said Saturday, hours after at least eight people died in the chaos. The pandemonium unfolded Friday evening at Astroworld, a sold-out, two-day event in NRG Park with an estimated 50,000 people in attendance. As a timer clicked down to the start of the performance, the crowd pushed forward. "As soon as he jumped out on the stage, it was like an energy took over and everything went haywire," concertgoer Niaara Goods said. "All of a sudden, your ribs are being crushed. You have someone's arm in your neck. You're trying to breathe, but you can't." Goods said she was so desperate to get out that she bit a man on the shoulder to get him to move. The dead ranged in age from 14 to 27, and 13 people were still hospitalized, Mayor Sylvester Turner said. He called the disaster "a tragedy on many different levels" and said it was too early to draw conclusions about what went wrong. More at link. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I have always hated crowds and made an art out of avoiding them. This is partly why. The other part is I just don't much like people. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crockett Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 I stopped at the word "rapper". Libtards are talking about toxic masculinity and white supremacy, but hey, that ghetto culture is no problem whatsoever. Libtards are the voting low IQ tools for Dem politicians, that like to paint their opposition dirty so they can take over the country once and for all. Once they have done that, those libtards will be the first to fall victim to failed socialism, but in order to know that beforehand, they would have to read one of those pesky history books they try to remove from the pool. Its like cancer feeding from its own. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 That would be a horrible way to go. I have a phobia of being around too many cows, with no fence between us, for that exact reason. I've seen them in action. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 19 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: That would be a horrible way to go. I have a phobia of being around too many cows, with no fence between us, for that exact reason. I've seen them in action. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Then there's that. Last year, me and a friend (he knows them well) were going to an Amish farm-retirement auction. A really big deal. No cars allowed down the driveway (why do they call them "drive"ways?), because it freaks the livestock. All us English parked along the highway and walked down the two mile driveway. I don't know what kind of bull it was, but 1/4 mile down, it came from waaaay off and started giving me the stink-eye. It was as big as a steam locomotive. As big as a box truck. A mobile home. There's a fence there, that the bull is pushing against, but it's only three strands of barbed wire. A strand of wire can't stop a Mac truck. That's following you, making grunting sounds, and drooling all over. After about a mile, I thought maybe we should run. My friend's a lifetime farmer, just said, "Bad idea." Then he suggested going over the fence on the other side of the road. Great. Two strands of wire between us. The bull was actually making fenceposts move, now. I hid behind a tree, for a while, and my buddy kept going. The bull stayed with me. I found a big stick. I didn't make eye-contact, and kept going from tree to tree. By the time I got to the house, the hundreds of Amish loved me. I was magnificent entertainment. They said I must have looked like someone he didn't like. Like an English guy. I had a beard, but no hat. They said he actually probably respected the stick, but just made him not like me more. On the way back, they threw a bunch of hay in the field, so he wouldn't follow me back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: That would be a horrible way to go. I have a phobia of being around too many cows, with no fence between us, for that exact reason. I've seen them in action. Has happened several times and places on Black Friday when hundreds or even thousands try to squeeze through a door to get one of the three laptop computers at $9.99 each. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Fog said: I have always hated crowds and made an art out of avoiding them. Same here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Animal mentality! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 10 hours ago, crockett said: I stopped at the word "rapper". Libtards are talking about toxic masculinity and white supremacy, but hey, that ghetto culture is no problem whatsoever. Libtards are the voting low IQ tools for Dem politicians, that like to paint their opposition dirty so they can take over the country once and for all. Once they have done that, those libtards will be the first to fall victim to failed socialism, but in order to know that beforehand, they would have to read one of those pesky history books they try to remove from the pool. Its like cancer feeding from its own. Yeah. Still a scary thing to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 15 hours ago, ChuteTheMall said: You couldn't force me to be a part of this by putting a gun to my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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