Heavy Rain, Lightning Prompts Evacuations At The DNC

CBSPhilly ^ | July 28th, 2016 | Unattributed

[Mariner]

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Wind gusts, heavy rain and lightning have forced people to evacuate the media tents outside of the Wells Fargo Center and take shelter less than an hour before the opening gavel on the final night of the Democratic National Convention.

Officials say that the media tents in the vicinity of the Wells Fargo Center are not designed to fully protect people in the event of a direct lightening strike.

They’re strongly recommending that people leave their tents due to lightening that becomes a concern when the strikes are within a six-mile radius of the DNC and evacuate to Lincoln Financial Field nearby.

People are being told to exit through the magnetometer tents at the corner of 11th Street and Zinkoff Boulevard (north of the Media Pavilions) and enter through the Lincoln Financial Field 11th Street gate or the XfinityLive! gate just north of the 11th Street Gate.

[papertyger]

No more stupid mistakes . Too much is at stake.

What stupid mistakes?

Oh, I get it. You're still pissing about Trump not lining up his tanks to do a "proper" equestrian cavalry charge....

Some people never learn.

[Lazamataz]

“Lightn up, Francis”