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Seven Stabbed at Reggae Festival Rampage

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Seven victims, aged 15 to 30, were stabbed Sunday morning (June 22, 2008) at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, with one victim requiring a life flight evacuation for a wound to the upper torso, in yet another tragic episode of ‘why drugs are bad’. I called the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital to find out if the victim was ok, but the operator was unable to give me any information. I learned from the message boards that the victim was in stable condition.

Meanwhile, on Friday afternoon (June 20, 2008), lighting had passed through the area, igniting over a hundred blazes that would quickly choke the sky with a thick, unhealthy smoke. The Santa Rosa local paper, the Press Democrat, has good local coverage of the blazes which continue to rage. The air was so bad I slept in my car one night, and it reminded me of the San Diego fires in 2003. The sun was caught behind a smoky veil for the entire day, an orange globe trying to penetrate the haze. It is now hazy over the entire SF bay area. I woke up last night gasping for breath and had to break out my inhaler to help breathe.

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1 response // Seven Stabbed at Reggae Festival Rampage

  • I too was up at this shindig. Love that roots reggae music, but don't dig on those negative, drugged, stabbing vibes. I also slept in my car to avoid the fire smoke. Cool visually, but harsh on the throat & lungs. I heard the Flight 4 Life chopper in the morning, but caught only roomers of the ugly event. That festival preaches "good vibes", sucks that someone had to go and spoil it.
    amaness

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