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Okla-homey
3/12/2006, 07:15 AM
March 12, 1988 Hail causes stampede at soccer match in Nepal

Eighteen years ago on this day in 1988, a sudden hail storm prompts fans at a soccer match in Katmandu, Nepal, to flee. The resulting stampede killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds more.

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Doing the laundry in Katmandu

Approximately 30,000 people were watching the game between the Nepalese home team, Janakpur, and Muktijodha, of Bangladesh, at the National Stadium. A storm approached quickly and hail stones began pelting the spectators.

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Nepalese soccer fans

When the fans panicked and rushed to the exits, they found the gates locked, apparently to keep people without tickets from entering the stadium. As fans continued to push forward toward the exits, there was no space for them to go. The victims of the stampede, unable to breathe, were literally crushed to death.

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Sports fanaticism...an international phenomenon

The stampede in Nepal seemingly did little to prevent similar disasters. A year after the tragedy at National Stadium, 96 people were crushed to death at a game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield, England. Another 18 months later, more than 40 people were trampled to death at a game in Orkney, South Africa.

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I'm sure most of you hillbillies know hail can kill

Hail on its own can also be deadly. There are several recorded instances of hail crushing people’s skulls due to its size and force. In 1923 in Kostov, Russia, 23 people were killed in a single hailstorm as they attempted to save their livestock. Twenty-two were killed in Greece in 1930 from hail the size of eggs.

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Stay inside during a hailstorm. Otherwise, you could get killed.

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3/12/2006, 07:47 AM
Hail looks funny in Nebraska.

Oh, BTW, Muktijodha RULES!!

SoonerProphet
3/12/2006, 09:50 AM
Big hail storm here in Ft. Worth in the mid-90's. Jacked up a few folks at the Mayfest, but alas, no stampedes of death.

Sooner_Bob
3/12/2006, 09:53 AM
Up at 6:15 on a Sunday? You people truly are insane . . .


:D

BajaOklahoma
3/12/2006, 11:52 AM
Homey, I think it hasn't happened here because we know what to do.
Either stay home to avoid it (watch on TV) or dress appropriately (hockey helmets in my case) to deal with it.

I've been waiting for the required "Pffffft! It's soccer. Who cares?"

Okla-homey
3/12/2006, 03:06 PM
Homey, I think it hasn't happened here because we know what to do.
Either stay home to avoid it (watch on TV) or dress appropriately (hockey helmets in my case) to deal with it.

I've been waiting for the required "Pffffft! It's soccer. Who cares?"

Yeah, but seriously, if a freak hailstrom blew up out of nowhere over Norman during an early season game, think folks would stampede or calmly walk to the gates leading to the understands areas? I'm betting there would be some stampeding -- especially if the storm was tossing egg size hail. :eek: