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Do folks not anchor these‽ this is so freakin’ sad.
They would have to drive the anchors deep into the ground to have any effect. The types of anchors I’ve seen on these things are little more than tent stakes to keep it stationary.
I think these need to be strapped to concrete barrels to be safe. Or banned if there is any wind over some limit.
They need to be banned. This happens almost every year.
Just like pool drownings right?
Good luck with the liability lawsuit when a child drowns in your pool and you don't have a locked fence between the public road and the pool. They will take everything you own in that lawsuit, because you didn't take necessary safety measures to protect children.
The same should apply to a bounce house, not anchored properly, launching a child to a violent death.
Set up the law so that the responsible parties that failed can be sued into bankruptcy, or perhaps even jailed for public endangerment or manslaughter due to their negligence.
None of this "nothing we could do" BS. Bounce Houses shouldn't blow away except in the most extreme conditions, and it should be obvious under those conditions not to use a bounce house.