[kushie18]

San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico

[Mufasa7]

I guess you could say the political winds shifted to the opposition

[Suicide_Note]

Something tells me that wasn't a planned part of the rally.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

Clearly, mother nature doesn't like left wing progressives...

[Mr.NoCredit]

Why can’t this happen in Washington DC!?!

It sure needs to..

[mexx]

Originally Posted by Mufasa7 ↗

I guess you could say the political winds shifted to the opposition

You bud are straight up LOL

[Stevieaitch]

tossers

[William May]

For those of you who have heard about the rock band's demands that all the brown M&M's be removed from the bowl of supplied M&M's, this is the REAL reason. It had nothing to do with M&M's. It had to do with the concert promoter in each location READING and UNDERSTANDING the requirements contract that the band supplied. The band was concerned that a promoter in a small town would NOT have the expertise to completely follow all the requirements in the show contract, and thus the M&M's requirement. What they were trying to avoid is the stage collapse, or light pyramid collapses that have happened at several major concerts in the U.S. They felt if they found the bowl had no brown M&M's in it, it was a good indication that the promoters had thoroughly read the contract and complied with all the requirements. Their staff STILL checked the stage and lighting arrangements anyway, but they felt better with that solid indication that the promoter was competent.

[Xtatic]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

For those of you who have heard about the rock band's demands that all the brown M&M's be removed from the bowl of supplied M&M's, this is the REAL reason. It had nothing to do with M&M's. It had to do with the concert promoter in each location READING and UNDERSTANDING the requirements contract that the band supplied. The band was concerned that a promoter in a small town would NOT have the expertise to completely follow all the requirements in the show contract, and thus the M&M's requirement. What they were trying to avoid is the stage collapse, or light pyramid collapses that have happened at several major concerts in the U.S. They felt if they found the bowl had no brown M&M's in it, it was a good indication that the promoters had thoroughly read the contract and complied with all the requirements. Their staff STILL checked the stage and lighting arrangements anyway, but they felt better with that solid indication that the promoter was competent.

I remember that. It was Van Halen, wasn’t it? Sammy was also known to climb up on the scaffolding too. It’s a good method too if you ask me. I’d throw in more than one odd requirements just to make sure the entire contract was covered top to bottom.

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by kushie18 ↗

San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico

Mother Nature strikes again.

TL;DR - 9 deaths including a child, 192 injured.

From Wiki:

On 22 May 2024, at 20:08 CST (UTC−6), a stage collapsed during a campaign rally for mayoral candidate Lorenia Canavati of the Citizens' Movement in San Pedro Garza García in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León, killing nine people and injuring at least 192 others.

Campaign rally
As part of the end of her campaign, a closing campaign rally was held at 18:00 CST on 22 May 2024 for Lorenia Canavati [es], who was running for mayor of San Pedro Garza García as the candidate of the Citizens' Movement in the 2024 local elections. Other Citizen's Movement candidates were invited to appear with Canavati, including Jorge Álvarez Máynez, the presidential candidate; Martha Patricia Herrera González, a senatorial candidate for Nuevo León; and Javier González, a candidate for federal deputy. The local band Bronco was scheduled to perform after the political portion of the rally.

A temporary stage was erected on the El Obispo baseball field prior to the campaign rally. According to Máynez, civil defense teams had ensured the stage was secure.

During the rally, around 10,000 people were in attendance.

Weather conditions
On 22 May 2024 at 18:28 CST, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) issued a warning from 18:00 to 21:00 for heavy rainfall, strong winds of up to 70 kph (40 mph) and tornadoes across northern Mexico, including in Nuevo León. A similar warning had been issued previously at 13:13 CST from 12:00 to 15:00.

Collapse
At 20:08 CST, the wind picked up as the candidates on stage were chanting campaign slogans. A gust of wind caused a large screen and stage rigging to topple towards the candidates, prompting them to rush off stage.[9] The collapsing structure struck the attendees in the front rows and caused those behind them to run away.[10] Some members of the crowd were buried under metal poles.

According to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the collapse was caused by strong winds. After seeing videos of the incident, some meteorological experts conjectured that it was caused by a microburst.

Victims
On 23 May 2024, the state government confirmed the death toll to be nine people and 192 non-fatal injuries. One of the fatalities was a child. Of the nine deaths, four occured at the site of the incident, three at a clinic, and two at a hospital.