Evacuate Katy!

Butterfingers · Jun 26, 2014

The ground and homes are not stable!

http://news92fm.com/450544/nearly-30-sent-to-hospital-after-katy-floor-collapse/

TheMystery008 · Jun 26, 2014

Look what you did Clutch Fan.

sugrlndkid · Jun 26, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/36-taken-hospitals-texas-floor-collapses-203415123.html

KATY, Texas (AP) — A floor collapsed under a large crowd of people gathered for a religious event Thursday at a suburban Houston home, sending three dozen people to hospitals, though most suffered minor injuries, authorities said.

The collapse occurred while as many as 125 people gathered for the event in a residential neighborhood in Katy, just west of Houston. People were in an apartment above a detached garage when the floor gave way, though it wasn't immediately clear how many people were inside at the time, West I-10 Fire Department spokesman Tim Thomas said.

He said 36 people were taken to hospitals, mostly with minor injuries, though three people suffered "urgent" but not critical injuries, he said.

More than a dozen ambulances rushed to the scene shortly after the collapse was reported around 1 p.m. A few people were trapped when the floor above the garage "pancaked in," though emergency crews were able to pull victims from the building, Houston Fire Department Capt. Ruy Lozano said.

Firefighters and emergency crews treated people in a makeshift triage area set up in the grassy front yards of nearby homes. Some of those injured were lifted onto stretchers before being taken away by ambulance.

Leticia Sahagun-Rubio, who lives across the street, said she was in her home when she heard a commotion outside. When she looked at her neighbor's home, "I saw streams of people were just coming out," she said.
She said many of them couldn't speak English, so she started giving them water and letting them inside her home to make phone calls. She said emergency crews started arriving almost immediately.

"It was just a stream of ambulances. For 30 minutes, you could hear nothing but ambulances," she said.

She said the family who lives at the home, an Indian couple and their college-aged son, had sent neighbors letters a few days earlier saying they would be holding a religious ceremony to bless a temple.

She estimated that between 100 and 150 people were gathered at the family's two-story brick home, where the front doorway was decorated with red, turquoise and white fabric and a large white tent had been set up with stacks of folding chairs. Men were mostly dressed in white linen pants and shirts, while many women were dressed in brightly colored saris.

Nobody was in the garage below the apartment when the floor gave way, Thomas said. Witnesses told local television stations that people were trying to hold up beams after the floor collapsed.

Lozano, the fire department official, said building inspectors don't regulate the number of people in such residential structures.

"We just have to use good judgment," he said.
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B-Bob · Jun 26, 2014

EDIT: nevermind. ^ gave me the info.

HPD · Jun 26, 2014

Dump of a neighborbood....nothing to see here....

Another Brother · Jun 26, 2014

Uprising · Jun 27, 2014

100-150 people....gee I wonder why it collapsed.

CrazyDave · Jun 27, 2014

Get off me, homes

RedRedemption · Jun 27, 2014

150 people packed in a single unit? WTF?
Common sense failure.

Fyreball · Jun 27, 2014

The homeowners are acquaintances of my parents. I have no idea why they would think that it was ok to pack that many people into one room. I'm just glad that nobody was mortally injured.

shastarocket · Jun 27, 2014

Oh man, I knew it would be a desi wedding!

cheke64 · Jun 27, 2014

Hispanic?

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