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I have a few points to make regarding Sunday’s debacle and the festival in general.

Firstly, the weather forecasts running up to and including Sunday consistently showed that the chance of storms was higher in the evening than the afternoon. That being the case, opening at 6:30 was irresponsible given that the delay was due to “public safety” concerns”.

Secondly, the behavior of some CSC security staff was severely over zealous. After the announcement of the evacuation, I witnessed a young man in his late teens throw an empty plastic bottle toward the main stage in frustration. Immediately, he was shoulder barged to the ground by a member of the security team and three further security officers joined in to hold him down. When he finally was allowed to get up he was bleeding from his forehead and visibly upset. As far as I saw he posed absolutely no threat to anyone.

Thirdly, if public safety was your primary concern, why once the storm hit were people not allowed to shelter within the festival grounds? They would have been far more protected from the weather and potential lighting strikes than walking over the bridges back to Manhattan.

I have attended the event for that past 4 years, but this will be my last given the shocking way Sunday was handled. There are also other annoyances, such as the price gouging that occurs by charging $15 to collect a “will call” wristband.