Don't join the people who are diving in the mud at the festival. Don't drink the water from the bottle filling stations if it's off.
It is possible that it contains poop.
That is one of the many haunting lessons of Woodstock '99, the disastrous music festival that is the subject of a new series on the internet.
The port-a-potties overflowed, leading to a plumbing catastrophe and tons of "mud" that festival goers happily dove into. It wasn't just mud. It was a mixture of both.
The entertainment reporter who covered the event for radio and was featured in the documentary said that there were multiple mud-covered people who stopped to pose for pictures. When they found out they spent hours rolling around in shit, they looked horrified.
It made its way into the water stations.
The fecal nightmare was one of the most memorable parts of the series, but it was not the worst part of the event.
The assaults were downplayed by the promoter.
He stated in the documentary that Woodstock was a small city. It wasn't anything that gained enough traction so that it caused any on-site issues, other than, of course, the women it happened to.
The level of denial was called Trumpian.
He said via email that he almost felt bad for him. The victims and their families could get some satisfaction if he came out and apologized. He owes them that.
If he thought the event was small, he should have staffed it accordingly.
They didn't secure the event like a small city because they didn't have enough law enforcement and infrastructure. "Blaustein, what do you think?" He would have been arrested for criminalNegligence if it was a small city.
There is a movie called "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99" on the streaming service.
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