Tent outside Hilton catches fire....

[ISUcyclones11]

No one hurt, except maybe the pride of the people who decided to put blankets right next to a space heater.

http://whotv.com/2016/01/22/tents-catch-fire-as-isu-students-camp-out-for-kansas-game/

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Kid shoulda just said, "I thought I saw a spider"

 

[CycoCyclone]

good thing no one was hurt

Crazy Kids

 

[DeereClone]

How long before there is a big movement to stop kids from tenting outside the stadium?

 

[alarson]

As long as they oversell seats, there will be a line for big games. As long as there's a line during a time of year where its frigid, there will be tents and heaters.

 

[bringmagicback]

I wondered that when I saw someone had a mr. buddy heater inside their tent.....how long before it catches fire.

 

[2forISU]

How long before there is a big movement to stop kids from tenting outside the stadium?

Starts today.

 

[isu5000]

I am glad no one was hurt. I am just wondering with the tent catching on fire, if ISU might banned people from camping out like this anymore in tents and ice fishing schacks for safety reasons.

 

[DeereClone]

Someone sue Bayer for not warning them that their tent is flammable.

 

[mj4cy]

How long before there is a big movement to stop kids from tenting outside the stadium?

That's what I was thinking. They are going to somehow regulate this or maybe it's as simple as no heaters.

 

[Cycsk]

Whatever the system, these guys will find a way to get in line to be first.

 

[CynadoAlley]

As long as they oversell seats, there will be a line for big games. As long as there's a line during a time of year where its frigid, there will be tents and heaters.

Yup. With the system the way it is (and I believe the system is about as good as it can be) and an oversell of tickets, there is always going to be a line of some sort. What I can see happening is the university banning heaters. That would greatly discourage kids from camping out, which is ultimately what the university would want. Still love seeing Tent City out there.

 

[Wesley]

Did they keep their place in line?

 

[Schfinkter]

First Veishea and now tent city.. Silly kids can't have anything nice anymore...

 

[Go2Guy]

Wow, lucky it wasn't worse:

"....I did the first thing I could think of. I grabbed the propane tanks and moved them...."

 

[NWICY]

Stuff happens the kid lived and learned and so did the others. Let the students camp.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I saw a set up on TV the other night with a TV, space heater and generator, and was thinking it looked like a fire waiting to happen. Glad no one was hurt.

 

[cyclonedave25]

I'm blaming this on Leath's wife.

But seriously, this is a simple fix: no space heaters allowed. Just bring extra blankets or heated blankets.

 

[Cycsk]

Wonder if the students in the tents that caught fire will need to pay for the fire call.

 

[CRcyclone6]

See, this is where my sense of humor goes. Glad to one got hurt, but it's a little funny.