If you’re a musician, it’s been a rough year. On at least three occasions, we have seen stages collapse……in Oklahoma for a Flaming Lips concert, in Ottowa where the stage dropped out from under classic rock band Cheap Trick, and more seriously, last week’s stage collapse preceding a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair that killed five people and injured dozens more.
Which brings us to Bethlehem, PA, home of the annual Musikfest, where flash flooding has forced two sections of the festival to close down. Organizers estimate that the lost revenue from the shutdowns may approach $750,000, and are asking the public for donations to help defray some of the loss.
The flooding started late Saturday, as thunderstorms moved across the area. By 1AM Sunday, a significant portion of the festival area was underwater, with propane tanks being pulled loose and floating away in the flood waters.
The damage caused the Volksplatz and Handwerkplatz areas to be shut down as of Sunday. A spokesman for ArtQuest, which sponsors the festival, says that this was the worst flooding in the festivals 28 year history.
Many vendors spent Sunday cleaning up damage left by the flooding, and those who didn’t suffer damage still lost a crucial day of business. Vendor revenue was already about 30% lower than it was the previous year.
Stormy weather had plagued much of the festival, and losses were the worst in the event’s three decade history.
A concert by Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers was canceled Saturday night due to thunderstorm activity, and Sunday night’s Train concert was given an early start, with concertgoers being warned the event could end early if more severe weather moved into the area.
It is another illustration of the unpredictability of weather, how fast things can change, and exactly how much damage can occur in a very short amount of time.
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