Sugarland Concert Report

• On August 13, 2011 roughly 12,000 people were awaiting a Sugarland Concert at the Grandstand Stage at the Indiana State Fairgrounds when a windstorm rolled through and collapsed the Grandstand Stage taking the lives of seven people and injuring nearly forty others. The audience was briefly warned to vacate the area in an event of a storm, however the warning was given only moments before the stage collapse and the audience had no time to evacuate (Crandall, Parnell & Spillan, 2013). Throughout the day and evening of the concert, the National Weather Service issued notices and warnings predicting strong thunderstorms. Messages about the forecasts were relayed to various State Fair personnel via an automated text-messaging system. Cindy Hoye,