People at a concert not heeding severe storm warnings

[Bill Hark]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/18/us/backstreet-boys-fans-injured/index.html

Bill

 

[Steve Miller]

There's a lot of interesting information that resulted from this weather impact. Some high points are:

• The casino had a weather plan and someone monitoring it (no idea who)
• The casino executed the weather plan in a timely manner
• The casino did the right thing and postponed the concert

The low points:

• Communication after the storm was chaos and limited to just ticket-holder social media posts
• Conflicting reports: was it the stage, a platform, a metal sign, a metal fence or scaffolding?
• Casino PR made a huge mistake in publishing that everyone was treated and released on-scene (this has since been revised)

Being in the business of weather risk mitigation, these events are hard to watch unfold. The key takeaway though for me is that they did their due diligence and had weather coverage. How they communicated the threat and executed the weather action plan available when they determined impact was imminent will be the difference between multiple lawsuits and none at all.

 

[rdale]

And at the same time - they notified people of lightning. The NWS had no SVR out for this storm when the 60-70mph winds hit. The warning was issued after the storm passed by. I can't see how lawsuits would have much chance of success...

 

[Steve Miller]

Just depends on where the liability falls. It's not on the casino, however, it could fall on a contractor who installed the structure that failed or the materials provider for the structure. There's always someone with exposure to legal when these things happen.

 

[rdale]

True... But if it failed in 70mph winds (but I’m only getting that from the reports) I’m not sure if anyone still could be liable?


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