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  Connie Mettler June 8, 2011 at 9:04pm

  Here is another report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11159/1152052-53.stm

  You're right, Annette, it makes you thankful that you aren't there -- it is exhausting. Artists are very resilient because these outdoor events produce usually much better sales than indoor shows. But it is (as I'm sure you have been reading) a serious science with the weights, type of tents, wind shears, wind tunnels, planning on which way to face in case of the weather, plus having to worry that maybe your neighbor isn't quite as careful as you are and their tent could come flying at you.
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  jeanne cherry June 8, 2011 at 7:28pm

  i'm in pittsburgh, and everyone asks me why i DONT do this show...one of the main reasons is the weather..it is ALWAYS bad this week for some reason. there are other reasons why..but this is my main reason.  there are many nice days... but it always rains..and not just rains..but pours !
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  Annette Piper June 8, 2011 at 5:35pm

  I'm so glad its not every year, I'm getting exhausted just reading about your encounters let alone trying to work with those sorts of conditions!
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  geri a. wegner June 8, 2011 at 1:04pm

  Annette, the weather has been more severe this spring than usual and you combine that with what Larry said about the buildings and it has been a tough season and we are only about a month into it.  It should calm down once Mother Nature realizes it is summer and we don't have the temperature fluctuations (95F today and in the 60's by Friday)
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  Larry Berman June 8, 2011 at 7:35am

  It's always a combination of both, though even sturdy displays can get wiped out there. I had offered a map of the show layout where I circled the locations that get the most wind damage. This year it was even worse in two areas that were normally safer.
  
  It's the design of the buildings that creates wind shears (if that's what this is actually called) where in certain areas. The wind gusts can come down off the building and take out a row of booths. I remember one year watching as about ten booths in a row were completely flipped over. You have to be quick in closing the front of your booth so the wind doesn't get inside and lift the top up.
  
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  Annette Piper June 8, 2011 at 7:20am

  Is the weather always this damaging each year?  Or are there just a lot of people set up with inadequate tents/weights these days?