Thursday, January 12, 2006
...reasons I don't like crowds.
Hundreds die in haj stampede
PANIC: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
After reading about the haj stampede deaths, I remembered the deaths from stampede at The Who concert. I googled The Who concert and found that there have been many stampede deaths as shown in the two links following the haj link. How sad it is that these deaths occur.
AT LEAST 345 pilgrims were killed yesterday when one of the holiest rituals of haj in Saudi Arabia turned to tragedy.Death by Human Stampedes
White-robed believers rushing to stone the Devil in a symbolic ceremony were caught up in a stampede and crushed. Many who escaped death were seriously hurt, with 289 people reported injured...
PANIC: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
After reading about the haj stampede deaths, I remembered the deaths from stampede at The Who concert. I googled The Who concert and found that there have been many stampede deaths as shown in the two links following the haj link. How sad it is that these deaths occur.
