# Eight Dead in Houston **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-dead-in-houston/953893 "2021-11-06T15:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-dead-in-houston/953893/1 "2021-11-06T15:18:55Z")
[Reports this morning](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/astroworld-festival-houston-deaths_n_618636eae4b0c8666bdd11ba) say eight people were killed last night in a crowd crush at a concert by [Travis Scott.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Scott) Few real details yet. There will be an investigation of course. I suppose some fire code rules were not in place of were ignored. All in all, just very sad. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-dead-in-houston/953893/2 "2021-11-06T15:24:59Z")
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-dead-in-houston/953893/3 "2021-11-06T15:25:37Z")
There is already an open thread on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-dead-in-houston/953893/4 "2021-11-06T16:52:46Z")
> [@Fatal crowd surge at Houston concert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-crowd-surge-at-houston-concert/953887): > > The crowd surged towards the stage for a Travis Scott performance at the Astroworld festival. [Article.](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/least-8-dead-many-injured-texas-music-festival-media-2021-11-06/) It seems like trouble started hours earlier when some of the crowd rushed the entry gates. [Article.](https://abc13.com/astroworld-festival-travis-scotts-houston-crowds-trampled/11202546/) My first instinct was to say people have forgotten during Covid how to deal with crowds, but Lollapalooza had a good turnout and no such troubles. My second instinct was to attribute it to the broader understaffing problem, as crowds must be actively and carefully controlled. I should wait for …