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A different kind of Boom!!

Started by Muffin, August 13, 2008, 09:33:18 AM

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Muffin

Hello All!! Just received this little tidbit of information..  :)

Blasting alert Please read and understand if you plan on ever being
on fest grounds during the week!

Typically blasting will take place at noon one or two days a week
but not on Saturdays or Sunday, You should therefore plan that when
there is to be a blasting you will need to follow the following
safety procedures.

1. Vehicular access into the Booth site, campground and the parking
lots will be blocked until the blast has occurred (approximately 1
1/2 hours).

2. The Siren will be turned on for a short period of time, say at 11
am. That means that there will be a blast at noon that day (one hour
later) or within one houjr of whenever the siren first sounds. So
for example if for some reason the plan is to blast at 2 pm versus
noon you will hear the first siren at 1. Blasting will never occure
before 8 am or after 5 pm.

3. One half hour after the first siren (therefore 1/2 hour before
the blast) there will be a second siren which will mean that you
then must start moving towards the designated safety site. (which
is area 800 near the gypsy stage.)

4. Within 15 minutes after that second siren you must be at the
designated safety site or off fest grounds completely, that means
out the gate to the west of 145th street or out to the trail of
terror area toward highway 41.

5. Fifteen minutes from the designated blast time, representatives
of the mining company and MAF will drive through the campground and
the booth site to make sure that everyone is in compliance.

6. Because of the improtance of compliance, ANYONE who is not in
compliance will be fined $100. There will be NO exceptions. You are
personally responsible for making sure that your guests, invitees,
employees, booth suppliers, repair people or anyone on site at your
direction or request, complies with these procedures. If there are
repeated violastion, the penalty will increase and/or the right of
that person to remain on the premises for the duration of the
Festival will be terminated. We have no choice but to enforce such
rules for your own safety and to make sure that everyone conforms to
these rules for the good of the future of the Festival.

7. Therefore, as noted above within 45 minutes of that first siren
you sould be at the designated safety site. The designated safety
site for these blastes, unless you are informed to the contrary will
be the northwest corner of the booth site at booth numbers 835-844
(where the booths burned down several years ago)

8. You must remain at that designated safetly site until the blast
occurs or until the representative of MAF informs you that for some
reason the planned blast will not occur within the foreseeable
future, then and only then can you leave the designated safety area
site. Infrequently the planned blast is delayed for an hour or two
in which even the entire process will start again for the new
delayed blast time.

9. We welcome any ideas that you might have as to how to make this
procedure work better for you and others. We seek to minimze the
impact that it has upon your other activities on the site.

( This has been typed verbatim from a handout given to me by MAF )

I wanted to make sure you all have ample warning.
A Captains Wench

It's always Beer:30 here....

*sigh* So many kilts, so little time......

Ette

peggyelizabeth

BUT they won't be blasting on the weekends, only Mon-Fri & if Tuesday's blast was any indication of how others might go, it was no big deal. My mom was out there and normal conversation wasn't interrupted, but having to go to the safe zone was a pain.

groomporter

Quote from: peggyelizabeth on August 13, 2008, 09:50:40 AM
but having to go to the safe zone was a pain.

I'll say, I just Emailed Devon to ask if they are going to do any blasting Friday when many of us will be bringing our product and gear.  Humph.
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