quote: Ken Lackner

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When is Apple going to fix the bug on the iPhone that allows users to shoot video in portrait orientation?

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quote: Ken Lackner

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When is Apple going to fix the bug on the iPhone that allows users to shoot video in portrait orientation?

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quote: Ken Lackner

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When is Apple going to fix the bug on the iPhone that allows users to shoot video in portrait orientation?

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But that image fits perfectly in auditoriums that were the victim of bad twin splits.
 

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Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 06-15-2015, 10:05 PM:
 
The caption under the video describes it as a 'roof collapse'. From what I can see in
the video, only the ceiling collapsed, not the roof, which would have been a lot worse.

As everyone knows, the worst non-fire theater disaster in the US was the collapse of the
roof of the Knickerbocker Theater (Washington DC) in January 1922, after the weight of snow
and ice from a blizzard that had raged for over 24 hours caused the main roof truss to pull
away from its' support beams and collapse into the auditorium killing 98 people and injuring
over a hundred more. Investigations into the accident placed at least some of the blame on
deficiencies in the design of the roof and its' support structure. Several years later, the
architect who designed the theater, and the man who owned the building both committed suicide.


 

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Posted by Terry Monohan (Member # 8285) on 06-15-2015, 10:14 PM:
 
Thanks Brad for the flood link footage. Looks like everyone got out of the mid section in time before the roof tile came down,and the pre show show kept going. This is the type of rain we need in California but not on a bad drainage roof of a theatre. The timing may have been on spot during a rainy part of the movie but the downpour came before the movie even started I think. How many people in the crowd would have recorded the whole film with their cell phones? At least they got the roof coming down for the whole world to see even in stereo sound. Thanks again Brad for sharing this. In the US this would be the top news story of the day If It had took place in Dallas TX and give J Park a big plug.
 

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Posted by Marco Giustini (Member # 4544) on 06-16-2015, 05:31 PM:
 
too bad the clip has been removed...
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 06-16-2015, 10:56 PM:
 
here
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 06-17-2015, 05:39 AM:
 
At least they kept the Hooray for Hollywood theme song going!
 

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Posted by Marco Giustini (Member # 4544) on 06-17-2015, 04:29 PM:
 
Thanks Brad

Shocking. Truly Shocking. I hope nobody got hurt.

What hurts me most is that the show is going on nevertheless - obviously nobody in the projection room, no emergency stop button and nobody skilled enough capable to stop the show and put the lights on straight away. Why would you ever need anything like that?
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 06-17-2015, 04:46 PM:
 
I was thinking the same thing.

With a ceiling collapse that bad, they should have cut the shows in all of the auditoriums and dumped the building. If the weather outside was severe, they could have brought at least some of the people out to the main lobby, instead.

Point being, if there is THAT much water draining into one auditorium, it could happen in ANY auditorium and somebody should have been looking out for the safety of ALL the people inside the WHOLE building.
 

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Posted by Marco Giustini (Member # 4544) on 06-17-2015, 04:56 PM:
 
a person at a time they've fired everyone. Now the whole place is run by an underpaid manager and a computer.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-17-2015, 05:40 PM:
 
With so much water it looks more like a water pipe breaking than a rain leak.
 

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Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 06-17-2015, 06:08 PM:
 
Hahahahahah IMMERSIVE- I just got it.
 

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Posted by Mark Ogden (Member # 43) on 06-17-2015, 06:24 PM:
 
If this were still the film era, I would congratulate the guy in the booth for staying on the screen.
 

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Posted by David Buckley (Member # 2600) on 06-17-2015, 08:45 PM:
 
At least they didn't e-etop the projector before they found the switch for the fluorescents...
 

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Posted by Marcel Birgelen (Member # 6801) on 06-18-2015, 02:59 PM:
 
Maybe I don't understand people at all... The roof is clearly collapsing above their head and instead of vacating the room, they just stay and record the whole stuff on their mobile phones. Even after the whole mid section comes down, they keep on filming.

A few weeks ago, the show I was attending was interrupted by a (later acknowledged to be false) fire alarm and mandatory evacuation. The movie stopped, the tape announced you're supposed to get the f*ck out in three languages... So, I took just my basic belongings and escorted my girlfriend out of the room trough the nearest emergency exit. To my absolute surprise, people only started moving after I went out of the door. After we were sent back by the manager, I noticed almost half of the room never even got out of their seats.

I'm certain there are ample situations where a fire went so fast out of hand that there was simply no escape possible, but having experienced similar situations in the past, I'm now blissfully aware many victims are just a result of utter stupidity.

quote: Mike Blakesley

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With so much water it looks more like a water pipe breaking than a rain leak.

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quote: Marcel Birgelen

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I've seen similar things, with my own eyes, although only the roof panels ended up collapsing, not the strutting itself

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Yes, I've seen roof leaks that brought down the ceiling, too.
Yes, only the panels came down and, except for a few bars that come loose, the rest of the grid stayed up.

If there is enough water to bring down the whole grid, there is a problem.

If there is problem enough to cause water to rush into a theater at that rate and bring down the whole ceiling like that, grid and all, it is wise to assume that it's a BIG problem until you get a responsible person in there to check things out.

If there is a potential problem, that big, it warrants evacuating the theater until things are sorted out.

Yes, people as a group can be "stupid."
Any responsible theater manager should know that and take action in an emergency.

It could be as simple as sending somebody to the back of the auditorium and announcing to the customers that they need to proceed to the nearest exit in an orderly manner.

To do otherwise is borderline criminal negligence and, if somebody got seriously hurt, it would be negligence.
 

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Posted by Don Furr (Member # 1469) on 06-19-2015, 12:01 AM:
 
Picture it. Columbus, Mississippi. The Varsity Theatre. 1962 and I was a freshman in high school. To Kill A Mockingbird was on the screen. Half way through the movie several sections of the ceiling tile fell from the overhead for some never determined reason. The good news is no one was seriously injured but with all the dust caused by the celotex type ceiling panels falling one would have thought the entire roof had fallen. The theatre reopened the following night.
 

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Posted by Tim Asten (Member # 4051) on 06-19-2015, 04:24 AM:
 
This report says it actually was a burst pipe.
 

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Posted by Ram Melegrito (Member # 8652) on 06-26-2015, 04:38 AM:
 
Construction is very shady here in the Philippines. Too many people asking for too much kickback. Contractors end up cutting corners and installing sub-standard materials to recuperate the costs.
 

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Posted by Marcel Birgelen (Member # 6801) on 06-26-2015, 01:59 PM:
 
If it was a burst pipe, then I'm wondering who decided to route such a high pressure water pipe trough the roof of an auditorium.
 

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Posted by Ram Melegrito (Member # 8652) on 06-27-2015, 09:04 PM:
 
From a sprinkler maybe
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 06-27-2015, 10:05 PM:
 
If it was a sprinkler, it would have had to have been a standpipe.
 

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