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re: Woman run over by float during Nyx and killed on parade route in NOLA
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:38 am to Woolfman_8
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:38 am to Woolfman_8
No, some of the larger floats were just split up.
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Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:38 am to Hangover Haven
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we were constantly ducking and diving from oak tree limbs.
frick that.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:38 am to Pico de Gallo
Has the lawsuit been filed yet?
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:38 am to Ed Osteen
Fair enough lol
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:39 am to Woolfman_8
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Did they have some floats not roll that year?
That was back in 2010 if I remember right. Before pontchartrain float was apart of the krewe
This post was edited on 2/20/20 at 10:40 am
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:39 am to Hangover Haven
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Had that happen at a big yard in Chicago 15 or so years ago. Guy was coupled up and there was enough pressure he wasn't bleeding out. Had his wife come down so he could say goodbye then he had them leave before they uncoupled him.
Biggest urban myth out there.
it was on a tv show. ER or one of the "rescue" shows.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:46 am to TH03
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Riders cant throw full bags of beads
Yeah we got this notice this year. Lame.
How are you supposed to snipe the tables of food and drinks all the way in the back of the crowd? Need the nice tight packs to get good distance.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:48 am to LazloHollyfeld
Don’t think Nyx floats 22-the last one are going to ride after another krewe this year. They were ordered to dump all their throws off the floats because they are rentals. Even if they could piggy back on a parade, they got rid of all their throws
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:53 am to Woolfman_8
Has the city changed ordinances to allow parades to reschedule? At one time if a parade canceled, that was it for the season which is why many of them would parade in monsoons and worse.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:54 am to Hangover Haven
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NOPD in very incompetent..
Not saying NOPD doesn't have its issues but this seems to be more of a manpower/logistics issue rather than incompetence. Having to staff the UPT route, quarter, rest of the city, and then Endymion isn't exactly a simple thing to do.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:57 am to RedPop4
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Has the city changed ordinances to allow parades to reschedule? At one time if a parade canceled, that was it for the season which is why many of them would parade in monsoons and worse.
I thought rescheduling wasn’t possible for many because other parades use the same floats
Posted on 2/20/20 at 10:59 am to Woolfman_8
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They were ordered to dump all their throws off the floats because they are rentals.
Damn! The people at that part of the parade made out well.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:00 am to LazloHollyfeld
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How are you supposed to snipe the tables of food and drinks all the way in the back of the crowd? Need the nice tight packs to get good distance.
The bags are artillery. The individual beads don't have the same impact.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:00 am to Woolfman_8
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floats because they are rentals.
This surprises me, for as big as they are, I assumed they owned their own floats.
That sucks they had to dump stuff. At least they could have taken it home, given away the current year stuff, and save the generic stuff for next year.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:00 am to Woolfman_8
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They were ordered to dump all their throws
What do you mean by dump?
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:01 am to danilo
That is a logistical issue between krewes and float-builders. But there was a time and it was a long time where you parade at your scheduled time, or you don't parade. Period.
That may have changed, and I am unaware of it.
Jefferson Parish is another deal altogether, and even in the salad days of the late 1970s and 1980s, would let krewes reschedule behind other krewes. They still do, they will also adjust start times up or down to avoid weather as best they can.
That may have changed, and I am unaware of it.
Jefferson Parish is another deal altogether, and even in the salad days of the late 1970s and 1980s, would let krewes reschedule behind other krewes. They still do, they will also adjust start times up or down to avoid weather as best they can.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:02 am to danilo
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I thought rescheduling wasn’t possible for many because other parades use the same floats
Depends of which floats, who uses them, do they own their own floats, etc.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:03 am to TJG210
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What do you mean by dump?
Basically “get all of your stuff off the floats now”
Nyx is buying a few floats per year. But they still rent a lot, and all the rentals are in the second half
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:03 am to BuckyCheese
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Had that happen at a big yard in Chicago 15 or so years ago. Guy was coupled up and there was enough pressure he wasn't bleeding out. Had his wife come down so he could say goodbye then he had them leave before they uncoupled him.
Died within seconds once the pressure was released.
I'm not saying you're lying buy you're lying.
I grew up right by a train holding yard and I've heard this tale told at least 1,000 times. The urban legend is actually called "The Last Kiss."
15 years ago isn't that long ago and they're would be stories about it all over the internet. There's nothing so just stop passing this story along to your buddies.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 11:04 am to RedPop4
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But there was a time and it was a long time where you parade at your scheduled time, or you don't parade. Period.
That may have changed, and I am unaware of it.
They will allow a reschedule, if the schedule allows for it, including city manpower.
The problem is, the schedule is so tight from Wed on. You also have to have enough riders to make it worthwhile.
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