IT Manager to the rescue!
I worked for a company that held a company ball in a marquee on the sports field (don't ask). The marquee was also the location for our yearly conference.
One year during the conference there was a storm brewing, and the wind was getting up a bit to much. So much so, in fact, that people were getting nervous sat inside what could be considered a very large kite. The wind got stronger and one of the guy ropes valiantly gave up and came pinging out of the ground. This obviously made the post it was holding in position lean inwards quite a bit. One of the IT managers bravely pushed against the pole to save everyone whilst an evacuation was performed. Once the marquee was empty was out (apart from IT - always expendable), the manager let go of the pole and ran. He needn't have bothered - the post didn't move in the slightest and was held in place by the half mile of canvas and various hardwood posts holding up the rest of the marquee..
He still thought he'd saved the day. We didn't have the heart to tell him