NO WATER for YOU

[RedBug58]

Oh how great would a 7:00 game have been last night. Too bad a comedy of errors ruined it all. No Day Games in September Ever. Get it??

[Esqueleto]

Unfortunately we didn't know about the free water station. Wish they would have announced it on the PA system, but the PA was too busy in blaring way too loud music drowning out any chance of hearing our band play. You would also think the band director would be in contact with the PA person to not play the way to loud PA rap music when the band plays. Just sad that some may never come back after their terrible experience yesterday. I am told all this will be fixed with the new stadium. LOL.
Anyway, why are we surprised. Moving on. Beat Wake.

The PA is so obnoxiously loud I can't even have a conversation with the person sitting right next to me.

[Esqueleto]

Good thing we don't have 30-40k people who want to show up and watch. We'd be in trouble.

This is why Ray Authement was smart and ahead of his time. You don't want to be so successful that there's expectations to have enough water on gameday.

Lol

[JMV JustMyView]

Hey _______, this is a fan message board. If you don't like negative comments, don't read the board.

What's crazy is this dude hasn't been in Cajun Field in over 25+ years and he is giving advice to real fans.

[R1Letterman]

Were you at cajun field yesterday? If not then Please
Just shut up...

No wonder the administration takes all of the RP recommendations seriously and implements them.

[R1Letterman]

The PA is so obnoxiously loud I can't even have a conversation with the person sitting right next to me.

If they had announced the free water station better, then how do we know that wouldnt have run out as well.

Does anyone have some actually temp comparison data vs other games?

[fanof71]

If they had announced the free water station better, then how do we know that wouldnt have run out as well.

Does anyone have some actually temp comparison data vs other games?

You weren't there...why don't you just go away..

[ZoomZoom]

6000 bottles of water were available. For 23000 people?? I asked someone with a background in food service what they would have had on hand. Answer was two to three bottles per person. Doing a quick google search seems to confirm that number is close. While not exclusive to just water the planning should be for 1 drink per person per hour. Obviously that number isn't taking into account a venue with high temps and direct sun.

Sodexo didn't even come close on this one. No excuse for that and their failure wasn't just an inconvenience it put peoples health in jeopardy.

And those 36 heat related injuries are just what was serious enough to be reported. You can easily triple or quadruple that number.

Fact. Years back, we’re at a hot/humid UL game, Mrs. Zoom looked at me and said “home or hospital”. You can easily double that number.

[cjr3888]

If they had announced the free water station better, then how do we know that wouldnt have run out as well.

Does anyone have some actually temp comparison data vs other games?

There should be more than one of these water stations. Should have one in each corner.

[R1Letterman]

You weren't there...why don't you just go away..

The majority of those who werent there, made that decision based on reading a majority of your posts

[Big Buds]

During the 1st half the usher would not let my son into Sec 105 because he didn’t have a phone with ticket info. He went another way to find me.

[Cajun90]

LSU had similar problems and ended up treating over 100 people. They did however put out a notice about the heat early on and advised fans each person could bring in one sealed water bottle up to 32 oz.

Maybe there is a chance to get some momentum behind this and push the networks to consider the heat when they are doing their schedules. You can't account for every instance but it is a pretty sure bet that midday games in the deep south are going to be a cause for concern.