Just seeing footage and reports all over Twitter. Tornado hit the venue and the roof collapsed, seeing reports of 12 fatalities but unsure if confirmed. Fucking terrible if true.
Fuck.
True. Awful news
https://blabbermouth.net/news/roof-at-morbid-angel-concert-in-illinois-collapses-1-dead-28-hospitalized
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65145104
'luckily' it was early in the show and there wasn't a huge amount of folks there yet. Opening band Crypta had finished so numbers down the front (where the roof collapse happened) were likely low enough.
Was thinking this was a shitty April Fools gag at first.
Mental stuff, though!
Dreadful news altogether. Especially for the poor sod who got crushed.
The number is up to four dead now.
What a disaster. Was the storm unexpected I wonder.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on April 02, 2023, 09:43:12 AMWhat a disaster. Was the storm unexpected I wonder.
Seems it may not have been, venue at least could be in hot water....
Quote from: hellfire on April 02, 2023, 09:29:14 AMThe number is up to four dead now.
Where are you seeing that? I'm still only seeing one dead.
Saw it on Facebook earlier, can't even remember who posted it. Checked a few pages and you're right. It still seems to be one.
I think there were four deaths in the area, that's probably where that number is coming from.
Wasn't it a tornado, though.
How can they predict that, like.
From what I've read there was only 10 minutes between a tornado warning being issued and the roof collapsing, people inside the venue likely didn't even know there was a warning issued.