Henri Mazza was working late at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar when all meteorological hell broke last night. Naturally curious, Henri and his production assistant, Caitlin Stevens, along with about 20 moviegoers straggling out of the late show of Iron Man, decided to check out the storm from the, er, safety of the glass-lined lobby.
We’ll let Henri tell the rest:
“We don’t know if it was hail hitting the windows, wind, air pressure, or what, but three big panels exploded at the same time. Fortunately we had smarter staff than I in there telling people to get away from the windows, and the small crowd of Iron Man audience members was spread around, moving away from the glass and back towards the main hallway. I was still in the lobby by Mondo Tees when it shattered, though, and apparently it’s just dumb luck that no one was hurt – this morning there was glass embedded in the mural on the wall opposite, and a shard of the window took out one of our ordering computers at the lobby bar.”
Dumb luck, 1; Hailstorm, 0
Well, maybe more of a draw.
This article appears in May 9 • 2008.
