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Maybe we should be lobbying for stricter druqk searches as well? That certainly only acts as a multiplier of the heat-and-the-human-body issue.
This is just a rediculous(sp) request. It'll never happen. They can open the gates on Monday and spend the next four days searching everyones cars on the way in and it wouldn't make a dent. Teaching people about drugs is the way to go. Bonnaroo is a very mainstream event. A lot of people go to Bonnaroo that don't go to other festivals. With that you are going to have a percentage of people that are going to be experimenting for the first time. Out of that percentage, you are going to have a portion that are uneducated about whats going into their bodies.
These percentages and portions of people I'm talking about make up a much larger group than the one suffering from simple heat stroke.
Education about everything invoved with a music festival is IMPORTANT. Even the things that aren't supposed to be talked about. You can't prevent something that you don't understand.
I agree with most of the posters above with their great points, moving the date will do nothing. Even if the high temperatures were only in the 80's you would still have medical emergencies and yes even deaths.
With a little more investigation I would love to list out the deaths and see what ones were due to heat. I'm betting not many.
When do we start taking accountability for our own actions? I saw a bunch of dusty cars with "Bonnaroo" etched in their windows, one was in a ditch on I-81, it that Bonnaroo's fault also? In 2010 one was on it's roof on I-24.
Some people make poor decisions and pay the ultimate consequence. It's a very sad fact but there is no denying it.
I don't understand how anyone can put drugs into their body without heavily researching them. But then again, that's just me. It's very apparent in this country that a lot of people just don't give a fuck what they put into their bodies. There are definitely some drugs out there that are safer than others, but pretty much all drugs have the potential for dangerous misuse. If you don't research the drugs you choose to take, how much you should take, how long they take to "come on" so you don't think they aren't working and take a whole bunch more. what you should do to stay safe while under the influence, etc, you are just asking for an accident to happen.
Maybe we should be lobbying for stricter druqk searches as well? That certainly only acts as a multiplier of the heat-and-the-human-body issue.
This is just a rediculous(sp) request. It'll never happen. They can open the gates on Monday and spend the next four days searching everyones cars on the way in and it wouldn't make a dent. Teaching people about NO NO WORD!!! is the way to go. Bonnaroo is a very mainstream event. A lot of people go to Bonnaroo that don't go to other festivals. With that you are going to have a percentage of people that are going to be experimenting for the first time. Out of that percentage, you are going to have a portion that are uneducated about whats going into their bodies.
These percentages and portions of people I'm talking about make up a much larger group than the one suffering from simple heat stroke.
Education about everything invoved with a music festival is IMPORTANT. Even the things that aren't supposed to be talked about. You can't prevent something that you don't understand.
Its luck of the draw. Moving it up will not help, it would only lead to more chances of sever weather. Tornadoes and campers don't mix! The last 3 days have been in the mid 80's. Loading up Monday the weather was extremely pleasant. OF COURSE!!! just as the fest is over When I drove in Thursday afternoon there was a monsoon about 10 miles north of Manchester. I was excited and certain it would have watered the farm but it didn't. Had it hit Manchester it would have all but eliminated the dust
This is just a rediculous(sp) request. It'll never happen. They can open the gates on Monday and spend the next four days searching everyones cars on the way in and it wouldn't make a dent. Teaching people about NO NO WORD!!! is the way to go. Bonnaroo is a very mainstream event. A lot of people go to Bonnaroo that don't go to other festivals. With that you are going to have a percentage of people that are going to be experimenting for the first time. Out of that percentage, you are going to have a portion that are uneducated about whats going into their bodies.
These percentages and portions of people I'm talking about make up a much larger group than the one suffering from simple heat stroke.
Education about everything invoved with a music festival is IMPORTANT. Even the things that aren't supposed to be talked about. You can't prevent something that you don't understand.
I was being sarcastic.
Sarcasm can be hard to detect on the internet. I misinterpret posts all the time.
That's fine to be sarcastic. But a large company like the one that produce Bonnaroo would be more apt to do this than acknowledge the fact that there is drug use at their product.
They would increase security so they could turn around and say "look at all we do to prevent drug use." This would take the blame off of them without actually doing anything positive. Not that blame is really on them, but you know what I mean.
I have no idea what the historical comps are for these numbers, and if there's traditionally a spike in temperature as soon as it hits June, but two weekends prior to Bonnaroo it was anywhere from 30 to 7 degrees cooler by day.
Exactly. It's a crapshoot.
The week of Bonnaroo this year, we had historically high temperatures for June. It also didn't help that we hadn't had much rain in the weeks leading up; in fact, it was the third driest start to June we've ever had.
Post by thehappyhippy on Jun 15, 2011 13:40:22 GMT -5
I agree that moving the date probably won't help. April was a very hot month in the area and now a week after the festival, the high is barely hitting 80. So if it was this week, it would have been perfect. But, if you pick this week for next year, it could be 100 all week. Also, if you get it too much out of summer, you could get a really cold spell. I really think the problem is education and awareness.
I was at Woodstock 99 and it was very hot there as well. And they weren't anywhere near as prepared as Bonnaroo. But most people were looking out after each other. I remember on the first day I had a couple ask me to sit in their shade at one of the shows and gave me some water because I looked too hot. And I saw plenty of situations like this where people were looking after each other. I didn't really see this at Bonnaroo. There were plenty of great people there and my neighbors in the camping area were great, but in Centeroo I just didn't see that attitude as much.
I thought the audio for the coo coo clock would have been better if they had been giving public service announcements about the heat. And of course more shade and water station is great, but I really think they need to focus on education and making everyone aware of there own codition and the codition of others. If someone looks like they're in trouble, ask if they need help. And if they look like they definately need help and won't accept it, tell a worker or medical staff. If we all look out after each other, we can avoid a alot of the trouble. Bonnaroo is responsible for ensureing that the festival is as safe as possible, but with all the people there, if we don't look out after our selves and each other, there will probably always be trouble.
The only reason they would give us the dates this early was if they already had an artist booked, don't you think ? If that's they case, they DEFINITELY aren't changing the dates.
The only reason they would give us the dates this early was if they already had an artist booked, don't you think ? If that's they case, they DEFINITELY aren't changing the dates.
Nah, there could be many reasons. I think they're just taking the cue from Coachella and announcing things super early while also making some money by offering to sell tix/payment plans.
The festival will probably be held June 14-17 next year so it would be 3 week difference this coming year and I think we would see a difference
Go look at the historical weather for May and June in Manchester. For the past three years at least, the high temperatures have been in the low-mid 90's most of the days with no rain. The weather during traditional Roo days and a few weeks prior is almost identical. The only way you would see a significant difference would be if it was held way back in early spring, or in mid-fall like Austin City Limits. There's no way they'll move to those times, though, because it would all but eliminate most of the college crowd (probably 1/3 of the attendees). Also, during spring and fall, you'd have to deal with a lot of rain instead of heat.
This would never happen, either, since they now own the land the festival is held on, but the best way to beat these problems would be to have the festival somewhere like the Northeast in mid-summer, where high temperatures are usually in the low 80's with low humidity and not much rain. The nights would be much cooler as well.
As far as the heat issue, its not always because people are drinking/doing other things.
Friday after Matt and Kim while waiting for Atmosphere to start I got super light headed, almost blacked out and thankfully got out of the tent on time. I was 100% sober as well and I thought I was drinking enough water but I guess not. Being at the front of those tents at mid day gets intense....