A Red Card for the Wind Storm

By: Bob | January 18th, 2007

There has been a lot of talk about South Africa’s ability to host the World Cup in 2010. Naysayers have talked about the country’s infrastructure, whether the stadiums will be ready in time and whether there is the political will to get the job done. One thing that hasn’t been mentioned is the weather. The video above would make me nervous if I were a World Cup player. Fortunately I am not a World Cup player so I can enjoy the craziness without having nightmares, other than the usual Oliver Kahm nightmares I always have, that is. By the way, a couple of players were injured but not seriously. Good thing it wasn’t a tornado.

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Tags: Africa, Black Leopads, Orlando Pirates, South Africa, video, Wind Storm

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• William Jones |  January 18th, 2007 at 12:36 pm

  
  
  

  That is the craziest video I have seen in a while. Those players are lucky they weren’t more severely hurt. I’m surprised something like that doesn’t happen more ofter. The side boards are rather flimsy. Should give some pause as to how they can be better secured.

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• Nick |  January 18th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

  
  
  

  Frightening stuff indeed. It also looks like a lot of fans were blown out of the stadium too!

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• Martha |  January 18th, 2007 at 5:27 pm

  
  
  

  That is MADNESS. Jesus.

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• Kahuru |  January 19th, 2007 at 5:44 pm

  
  
  

  Thank God no one was seriously hurt. Imagine if there was a tragedy and what the naysayers (against SA 2010) would have said had there been a tragedy, forgeting that it was mother nature who came into play.

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• Phil McCavity |  January 24th, 2007 at 9:18 am

  
  
  

  Great for the advertisers, mind you.

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• Chris P Bacon |  January 24th, 2007 at 9:20 am

  
  
  

  More carnage than Upton Park in the ’80s.

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