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.

[Deo volente]

This convention has been a disaster for Hillary.

Not if you take a look at the news feeds or the networks. Nothing but happy talk about the glorious nomination of the first woman president. Not a disaster anywhere to be seen. Lots of praise heaped on Obama too. Positively Orwellian.

[Red Badger]

[Huskrrrr]

Hillary was overheard saying, “If I’m lying may I be struck by lightning.”

[dp0622]

lol and GWarming

[Zarro]

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.

Yes, "lightening" probably *is* an issue for our wonderful MSM. Let's shine a little light on what they've been doing (and NOT doing). A little lightning, on the other hand, seems like their just reward.

[colorado tanker]

LOL!

Great movie.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Aw (sic), lighten up.

:)

[advertising guy]

This this will twerk ya then

LIGHT’N

[who knows what evil?]

Lightning certainly is a ‘lightening’ phenomenon... :-)

[TexasTransplant]

I hope their Super Dangerous Air Conditioning goes out first

[RoseofTexas]

Yep!! God DOES NOT have a sense of humor when it comes to mockery of abortion on a national platform! Where everybody was clapping and whooping it at the expensive all those murdered babies!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Gaia is not happy.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Cue up the Allman Brothers “Tied to the Whipping Post.”

[Fido969]

They’ll blame Karl Rove and the hurricane machine.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

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www.accuweather.com/en/us/philadelphia-pa/19107/weather-radar/350540

[tomkat]

@ 16:30

             

[Sarah Barracuda]

that’s what happens when you Boo God at the convention..payback is a well..ya know

[PROCON]

Relax folks, the RNC rented the Rove Weather Machine for the day..

[Publius]

Your link doesn’t work.

[Publius]

Something that size could drop a funnel. I drove through an F0 on the Atlantic City Expressway a few years back. Scared the hell out of me.