EL PASO, Texas – A UTEP professor, along with researchers from the University of Georgia, are diving into the dangers of bouncy castles and high winds.
At least 479 people have been injured and 28 killed in bounce house accidents worldwide due to weather events since 2000, according to the study, which was co-authored by Thomas E. Gill, Ph.D ., professor of environmental sciences at UTEP. .
Gill’s interest and concern for the subject began more than a decade ago when he saw a story in the news about a dust devil that picked up a bouncy castle with three children inside, sent it flying over several houses and then it crashed and hurt all the kids.
The study was recently published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and the research was led by John Knox, Ph.D. professor of geography at the University of Georgia.
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