Absolute chaos Illinois theater roof collapse sums up destruction by storms BusinessWorld Online

WASHINGTON — A rock concert was in store on a Friday evening at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois, with hundreds of people looking forward to an evening of death metal music to start the weekend. What followed was “chaos, absolute chaos” in the words of Belvidere Police Chief Shane Woody as vicious storms brought down the roof half an hour into the show with 260 people inside the theater. The deadly tragedy summed up the sudden destruction left by recent tornadoes that have ripped through the US South and Midwest. “The lights go out, I hear a noise. Everything…