Minnesota State Fairgoers seek shelter during storm

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:01:33 Category: News & Politics

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MOMENT, THOUGH. COURTNEY, TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON. YEAH. IAN, WE'RE HERE AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR, WHERE JUST ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO, AN ALERT CAME ACROSS EVERYONE'S PHONE SAYING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. AND WHEN THAT ALERT CAME ACROSS THE PHONES, YOU NOTICED THAT EVERYBODY'S PACE STARTED TO PICK UP. PEOPLE STARTED TO FIND THE EXITS OR SEEK SHELTER. WE'RE HERE BY THE GRANDSTAND WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING SHELTER, BUT THEY'RE ALSO FINDING SHELTER IN OTHER PLACES, OVER THERE WHERE THEY'RE SELLING GAS, FIRE PITS. PEOPLE ARE SEEKING SHELTER OVER THERE. BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WALKING AROUND, NOT HEEDING THE WARNING, JUST WEARING THEIR UMBRELLAS AND THEIR PONCHOS AND DECIDING, HOPEFULLY, MAYBE THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY TO AN EXIT IN ORDER TO FIND SOMEWHERE SAFE TO BE. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO ARE IN FACT, NOT HEEDING THE WARNINGS. WE ALSO SAW A STATE FAIR POLICE AS WELL AS SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES COME BY JUST ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON AND MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING EVERYONE SEEK SHELTER. SO THERE IS DEFINITELY A SENSE OF, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SEEK SHELTER OUT HERE AT THE STATE FAIR RIGHT NOW. NOW, IS EVERYONE LISTENING OF COURSE, TO BE DETERMINED BECAUSE WE STILL SEE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND. BUT THE RAIN HAS BEEN COMING DOWN PRETTY HEAVY. WE SEEM TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK IN THE RAIN RIGHT NOW, BUT IT HAS BEEN COMING DOWN PRETTY HARD. SO ANYBODY WHO HAS NOT FOUND SHELTER IS SURELY GETTING PRETTY WET. I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT WE ARE UNDER SHELTER HERE AT OUR FOX NINE BOOTH, SO WE ARE UNDER SAFE SHELTER AND WE

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