That was a non-issue. The target field size was 16. Only 14 girls entered, 10 with the standard and 4 below it. All 14 were accepted. Jenn scratching earlier would not have added anyone else to the meet.
I would share this gripe had there been rejected entries.
Are you asking me what I thought was dangerous about the Olympic Trials last summer or what was dangerous about USA Indoors this year?
This is just my opinion, Jenn may have a different take on the situation.
As far as the Olympic Trials goes, the pit being totally soaked like that is more than a nuisance. It means every vaulter gets soaked and the poles get soaked if they hit it. More than being a safety issue, it's an example of the needs of TV being put ahead of the needs of the athletes. But that wasn't the biggest issue I personally had.
So the rain storm happened during the WPV qualifying round. There were multiple delays. Several vaulters had been eliminated, but Suhr had not yet entered.
Remember that USATF had just abruptly suspended Women's T&F Chair Sue Humphrey, who would normally be making these decisions, and had many years of experience dealing with these sorts of issues. The decision fell on someone new and less experienced.
The powers that be were befuddled as to what to do, because Jenn had not entered. They couldn't just stop the competition and advance her, so they felt they had to force everyone to keep jumping.
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE was tell all the girls who cleared the previous bar that they would be advancing to the finals and they should pass the next height. You let Jenn enter the competition at that next height and make, or not make, the final, everyone goes home and gets warm.
Remember that in the vertical jumps, the number of athletes advancing to the final round is not a hard and fast number like it is in the running events. The number of girls remaining in the competition was slightly higher than the target field size, but a very very reasonable number (I don't remember off the top of my head).
This was legitimately a serious safety issue for the girls who had to keep jumping, who were already really cold and wet from their previous jumps. It was a shit show. All of the athletes I spoke to in the mixed zone were unhappy about the situation.
If you are asking about today's meet in ABQ, IMO there were no safety concerns about the meet today. The only possible thing would be concern about the amount of time to wait to enter, but Jenn swears that wasn't her concern, and I personally felt the height progression was reasonable this year.