Oh Cambodia!

[Warped]

Cambodian prime minister: 180 dead in stampede

[Posted at 1:55 p.m.] More than 100 people were killed Monday in a stampede that occurred during a festival near Cambodia's royal palace in Phnom Penh, a Cambodian Embassy official in Washington said.

Dozens of injured people appeared to be laying on what appeared to be the waiting room floor of a hospital with IV lines hooked up to them that were strung across benches.

[Updated at 2:04 p.m.] Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday on state-run Bayon Television that 180 people have died in the water festival stampede.

More than 4 million people were attending the Water Festival when the stampede occurred, said Visalsok Nou, a Cambodian Embassy official in Washington.

[Updated at 2:23 p.m.] Video from state-run Bayon Television in Cambodia showed panic in the streets and outside local hospitals.

[Updated at 2:26 p.m.] Ambulances appeared to be making runs back and forth between the scene of the stampede and the hospital - dropping off the injured and then speeding away again, video on state-run Bayon Television showed.

Doctors stood outside a hospital, trying to direct traffic, between ambulances and vehicles of regular citizens bringing in the injured.

Friends and family clutched some the injured already in the hospital while others raced from the streets clutching the injured in the arms.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/22/more-than-100-killed-in-cambodia-festival-stampede/?hpt=T1

Seriously how do over even 10 people die in a stampede. I just find it crazy that shit like this happens

 

[Unfocused]

Up to 339 now. What was the cause of this? I just skimmed through this and I didn't see any reason for panic.

 

[Warped]

holy crap! over 300. shit hit the fan

Updated at 2:41 p.m.] Khieu Kanharith, the Cambodian Minister of Information, has said the death toll from the stampede has now reached 339.

The three-day festival attracts people from all over Cambodia - and around the world - to the Royal palace. The festival is held annually to commemorate a victory by the Cambodian naval forces during the 12th century reign of King Jayvarman VII, according to the Tourism Cambodia website.

The festival is also used to pray for a good rice harvest, sufficient rain and to celebrate the full moon, the site says. The festival dates back to before the 7th century.

[Updated at 2:36 p.m.] Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday on state-run Bayon Television that more than 200 people have died in the water festival stampede.

Officers with the Prime Ministers Bodyguard Unit stood outside a local hospital trying to help those who brought injured and control the scene of chaos outside.

Hundreds of shoes, clothing and personal items still littered the streets, the bridge and the underlying water near where the festival took place. The road on the bridge was so covered you could barely see the surface.

 

[Shakermaker]

Up to 339 now. What was the cause of this? I just skimmed through this and I didn't see any reason for panic.

Big crowd on a small bridge, a couple of people fainted, panic ensued.

 

[Mr. Djees]

Stuff like this is why I'm never going on holiday to Cambodia....

Cut me some slack, it was the best I could do.

 

[VirusType2]

Seriously how do over even 10 people die in a stampede.

Because it's a stampede. The people in the back of a crowd are pushing and shoving, trying to move, but the people in front of them cannot move any further or fast enough. People are pushed down and trampled. The people who trample them can't stop because the people in the back are pushing and shoving. They have no idea that people are being trampled. Anyone who tries to avoid trampling someone may also be knocked down when they try to stop the force of the crowd.

 

[Warped]

thats a shame. i do know the dynamics of a stampede but people are just stupid. remember back in elementary school when they said if there really was a fire, to safely exit the building. i'm sure that wouldn't go down well either because everyone has to run mentality.

 

[FrostedxB]

One of the many reasons I hate huge crowds. Hell, a few people died in Walmart two years ago on Black Friday from a Stampede.

People are ****ing stupid.

At least one person dies every year at the Wal-mart near me on Black Friday.

They never learn.

 

[VirusType2]

Humans are very susceptible because bipedal walking is controlled falling. We are easily tripped to the ground. So if there is a huge crowd moving and people are knocked down, it starts the domino effect.

The people in the extreme back do not know there is a problem because they cannot see or hear over the commotion, all they know is that the people in front of them are moving, so they press on. Also people are jockeying for position, cutting in a line or trying to be first or furthest.

 

[CptStern]

At least one person dies every year at the Wal-mart near me on Black Friday.

They never learn.

ya but how much of that is trampling and how much of that is simple asphyxiation

http://www.redundancycom.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fat-guy-on-scooter.jpg

 

[Maestro]

Did you have to show us that, Stern?

 

[CptStern]

you're in texas, surely you've seen fat people before

 

[Tony]

I expected more Dead Kennedy puns in this thread.

 

[Maestro]

you're in texas, surely you've seen fat people before

It's one of the circus of reasons I don't go to stores if I can avoid it.

 

[Warped]

Humans are very susceptible because bipedal walking is controlled falling. We are easily tripped to the ground. So if there is a huge crowd moving and people are knocked down, it starts the domino effect.

The people in the extreme back do not know there is a problem because they cannot see or hear over the commotion, all they know is that the people in front of them are moving, so they press on. Also people are jockeying for position, cutting in a line or trying to be first or furthest.

I read this twice now and just can't help but feel that you want people to walk on all fours now. Its not gunna happen, bro.

 

[Raziaar]

Harness the essence of the cow.

 

[VirusType2]

I read this twice now and just can't help but feel that you want people to walk on all fours now. Its not gunna happen, bro.

No. Humans have the most efficient ground movement of any creature on the planet.

 

[Warped]

No. Humans have the most efficient ground movement of any creature on the planet.

true, i was just saying. also someone needs to make a graph of the amount of stampedes in the last 100 years. I'm sure we'll just see it skyrocket more and more. imagine if this planet ever hits 20 billion people

 

[Maestro]

We'll all die of starvation, and solve the problem before it gets that bad.

 

[Ravioli]

This is really horrible. I have never been to huge festivals like that, but ive been to concerts and enormous rave events and shit gets scary when you are at the wrong part of the crowd at the wrong time. I tried to get a drink at the bar when it was relatively calm, and out of nowhere thousands upon thousands of people came pushing behind us. I got so incredible squeezed between everyone that i had a mild panic. I couldnt move at all except for my head, but what kept me from going insane was the hot girl i was pushing up against. Mmmmm dat ass.

 

[Warped]

This is really horrible. I have never been to huge festivals like that, but ive been to concerts and enormous rave events and shit gets scary when you are at the wrong part of the crowd at the wrong time. I tried to get a drink at the bar when it was relatively calm, and out of nowhere thousands upon thousands of people came pushing behind us. I got so incredible squeezed between everyone that i had a mild panic. I couldnt move at all except for my head, but what kept me from going insane was the hot girl i was pushing up against. Mmmmm dat ass.

sounds liek a good excuse for raep

 

[Maestro]

Who needs an excuse?:naughty:

 

[CptStern]

I expected more Dead Kennedy puns in this thread.

I've canceled my holiday in cambodia

 

[VirusType2]

Holy crap. So the final death toll was 450 people killed in the stampede.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVy7JdMyn7Y

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11832900

 

[Raziaar]

That is an absolutely astronomical death toll.

 

[VirusType2]

Timeline: Deadliest stampedes

Let's see how Cambodia measures up in the official stampede stats

22 November 2010, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: More than 375 people die in a stampede on a bridge on the Tonle Sap river during celebrations of the annual Water Festival.

30 September 2008, Rajasthan state, India: More than 220 people die in a stampede at the Chamunda Devi Hindu temple inside Jodhpur's famous Mehrangarh Fort.

3 August 2008, Himachal Pradesh state, India: At least 140 people die in a stampede at a hilltop Hindu temple in northern India.

A rain shelter on a mountain path to the Nainadevi temple collapsed in bad weather, causing panic. Dozens more pilgrims were hurt.

12 January 2006, Mina, Saudi Arabia: At least 364 die in a crush during the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

Officials say the stampede happened after pieces of luggage spilled from moving buses in front of one of the entrances to the bridge of Jamarat, causing pilgrims to trip.

31 August 2005, Baghdad, Iraq: Up to 1,000 Shia pilgrims are trampled to death or drown in the Tigris River after rumours of a suicide bombing sparked panic. Many of the dead are women and children.

25 January 2005, Maharashtra state, India: Up to 300 Hindu pilgrims die in a stampede during a Hindu pilgrimage to the remote Mandhar Devi temple.

Many pilgrims are crushed and burned to death as fires in roadside stalls force crowds into a narrow stairway leading to the hilltop temple.

1 February 2004, Mina, Saudi Arabia: Some 251 pilgrims are trampled to death in a 27-minute stampede during the Hajj.

Officials say many of the victims were not authorised to participate in the Stoning of Satan ritual, after new procedures were introduced following previous stampedes.

9 May 2001, Accra, Ghana: Some 126 die in a stampede following a football match.

The tragedy takes place at the Accra Sports Stadium during the match between rival teams Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko.

The Ghanaian police are blamed by many survivors for causing the stampede by firing tear gas in the packed and locked stadium, after angry demonstrations by fans of the losing side.

9 April 1998, Mina, Saudi Arabia: At least 118 pilgrims die and more than 180 are hurt during the Stoning of Satan ritual. The pilgrims, mostly from Indonesia and Malaysia, are trampled to death after panic erupts when several people fall off an overpass.

2 July 1990, Saudi Arabia: Some 1,426 pilgrims, mainly Asian, die in a huge crush in a tunnel leading to Mecca's holy sites.

The authorities say most died of asphyxiation after the tunnel's ventilation system broke down.

'Statistics vs. tragedy'.