Anyone hurt when the floating tea light fell in the crowd?

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  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    given2fly23 wrote:
    whoever did this should be arrested, severely beaten and then imprisoned. people's stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

    Since he put so much thought into what songs and during which part of the lyrics to release these things (and not as much thought into whether or not it was a good idea) the least they can do is play something appropriate, like "Whipping" maybe, while they pummel his ass.

    Maybe he should have just released doves or something. Flaming, explosive doves.
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  • Dirty Mosquito
    Dirty Mosquito Chicago Posts: 621
    I too saw this and was in fear of the pavilion going up in flames. I would have been so pissed. The things look cool don't get me wrong, but doing that at a venue of 30K+ people was not a smart idea.

    I am glad no one was hurt as far as I know. That would have been horrible.
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  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    It looked like a flimsy laundry bag that came up to my waist. I could have snuck it in I barely got searched. Guess tea lights are easy to sneak in. It would have been a nightmare if they were super strict with searching folks but thanks to douchebags like this class act maybe that's what needs to happen.

    If he was going to put so much thought into it, fucking figure out how to do it with something non flammable. Hope they found the guy and banned him from future Pearl Jam shows. This could have been really bad. I'm glad it wasn't but I'm still really angry about it.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    was almost next to me ,the guy do it..all ok,in the end..but this shit seem dangerous when was on the roof
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  • tschav
    tschav Posts: 2,899
    So that was the candle smell a few OS us were pickin up (I was in 203 AA)
  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Maybe he should have just released doves or something. Flaming, explosive doves.

    As long as they're organic flaming explosive doves.
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  • RobbieC2008
    RobbieC2008 Posts: 432
    JB56195 wrote:
    Glad the dumbass didn't set the place on fire. When it was trapped under the roof, I thought for sure the thing was going to start to smolder. That would be harder then hell to get a fire crew down there with 30k people.

    I was in 203 YY staring right at it, it kept flipping around, the whole time I'm watching I am thinking of an escape route for my wife and I, and than thinking about how crushing this would be to the band...and than it blew away...but that scared the shit out of me for a few seconds...would the roof have caught that easy?
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    given2fly23 wrote:
    whoever did this should be arrested, severely beaten and then imprisoned. people's stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

    I agree with the above statement, except that I would substitute "tried by a jury of his or her peers" for "severely beaten."
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    we were on the deck, at the right of the field and thought what an incredibly stupid thing to do. Especially when Eddie mentioned the disasters at concerts in Belgium and Indiana this summer
  • vedhead011
    vedhead011 Posts: 300
    They sold these things at fireworks stands by us this year. We saw one floating through the sky on July 2nd and were very confused by what it was. Then we saw it at the stand the next day, bought one, and set it on its way in our neighborhood.

    And those things TRAVEL. Fast and with good distance. A person mentioned they're usually set off over water, it would have to be a large body of water, like a Great Lake or the ocean to be able to guarantee it would land in water. I wouldn't be surprised if the range of those things is over 5 miles.

    If you want to google, try "sky lantern" or even "wish lantern".
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  • vedhead011
    vedhead011 Posts: 300
    Also, I obviously agree with everyones assessment of how stupid an action it was and am very relieved that no one was reportedly hurt.
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  • 81
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    i missed the sat one's...did see one sunday that went off into the distance and disappeared.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,853
    I was in the last row of 203 and saw it go up. You could hear a gasp when it made contact with the ceiling and stayed there. It was bouncing a little and seemed to move to the lyrics of Call Me a Dog.

    I was scanning for an easy safe escape for sure. Not sure how quickly the roof would go up, but my mind was playing out the worst case and it was an eternity of a minute that thing was up there. There would be nothing possible to get the fire out.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    Someone near me let the "Nothingman" lantern off ... I'd never seen one before and thought it was really cool ... but the second one during "Call me a Dog" made me realize that setting a flaming bag aloft at a venue with 30,000 to 40,000 people is a really, really, really, really bad idea.

    I saw the whole thing from beginning to end. I thought the thing was going to nose dive into the lawn crowd a few seconds after lift-off. Whoever lit it didn't allow the lantern to expand all the way before they "launched" it. After being relieved that no one in the crowd had a flaming bag set them on fire, it was going to be close on whether or not the lantern would clear the wooden pavilion roof ... it didn't.

    I had about 5 scenarios run through me head as this thing was thrashing around and none of them were good. I remembered seeing video of the Great White concert and how quickly the fire spread. I was concerned is would start the video screen on fire and start a chain reaction.

    When if finally went sideways and dropped a bit, I thought it may get free but then it dropped into the crowd. Luckily, that seemed to be the end of the issue. Props to the guys who put the fire out.
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  • butterjam
    butterjam Posts: 221
    It was just amazing when it was let off during "Nothingman". The second one was just dumb. Seeing it fall as quick as it did was scary as hell. It seemed like someone shot it with a hook and line and then reeled it in.
  • Daron Oshay
    Daron Oshay Middletown, NJ Posts: 2,592
    The guy that stomped the second lantern out is a hero. That could have turned ugly real quick. I wish I knew him so I could thank him for all of us
  • mary justice
    mary justice Posts: 89
    My family and I were watching the show when this landed on my head. Thank god for my daughter and the man in front of us who pulled it off me and stomped it out! Never saw it coming. Just a extremely bright light. It burned off some of my hair and my nose inside (from breathing it in). My nose still hurts inside...but will recover! Thank god it wasn't any worse!!! I would like to thank Suziemay and the sweet gentleman in front (never got your name) His quick thinking saved not only me but others in the area!!! What a totally STUPID thing to do. Not the place to let these off!!! Thank you again to Suzie and the sweetheart in front of us!!!!! PEACE to all....Mary
  • PJammin'
    PJammin' Posts: 1,913
    edited September 2011
    there is always some idiot in the crowd. i wasn't there but i'm glad no one was seriously hurt.
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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    mary justice wrote:
    My family and I were watching the show when this landed on my head. Thank god for my daughter and the man in front of us who pulled it off me and stomped it out! Never saw it coming. Just a extremely bright light. It burned off some of my hair and my nose inside (from breathing it in). My nose still hurts inside...but will recover! Thank god it wasn't any worse!!! I would like to thank Suziemay and the sweet gentleman in front (never got your name) His quick thinking saved not only me but others in the area!!! What a totally STUPID thing to do. Not the place to let these off!!! Thank you again to Suzie and the sweetheart in front of us!!!!! PEACE to all....Mary


    Just glad you weren't seriously hurt. What a jackass.
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    mary justice wrote:
    My family and I were watching the show when this landed on my head. Thank god for my daughter and the man in front of us who pulled it off me and stomped it out! Never saw it coming. Just a extremely bright light. It burned off some of my hair and my nose inside (from breathing it in). My nose still hurts inside...but will recover! Thank god it wasn't any worse!!! I would like to thank Suziemay and the sweet gentleman in front (never got your name) His quick thinking saved not only me but others in the area!!! What a totally STUPID thing to do. Not the place to let these off!!! Thank you again to Suzie and the sweetheart in front of us!!!!! PEACE to all....Mary

    I'm really glad you weren't hurt. I was up on the lawn and saw the thing float to the roof, and was thinking, "I'm ready to run, that roof is made of wood!"

    Then I saw it float down and up then it started crashing, didn't see where it went, but saw that it did land in the crowd. Idiot move on the guy's part letting it off.

    Kudos to Suzie and those around you that took care of it!
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