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muriel_volestrangler

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6. Others disagree - they had cancelled booking because of the forecast

Reply to GummyBearz (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 10:22 AM

Mar 2016

But safety expert Neil Gossage has said the bouncy castle in question should not have been used when wind or gusts are more than Force 5 on the Beaufort scale.

"This is a terrible thing to have happened," he told the Mirror.

Mr Gossage hires out bouncy castles as well as being a registered safety inspector and said he had cancelled his outdoor bookings on seeing the forecast.

He said: "This inflatable should not have been installed with expected conditions.

"It shouldn't have been up at all."

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/503876/child-dies-Essex-bouncy-council-horror

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Girl dies as bouncy castle blown away [View all] GummyBearz Mar 2016 OP

Possibly because they should be secured to the ground to prevent that from happening. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #1

That is the only thing I could come up with as well GummyBearz Mar 2016 #3

Agreed. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #4

Everything should have been shut down given the weather malaise Mar 2016 #2

There are safety regulations for using bounce houses. Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2016 #5

Others disagree - they had cancelled booking because of the forecast muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #6

Terrifying and awful. Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #7

Poor little thing. polly7 Mar 2016 #8