OrangeXtreme
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If it's for charity, you are allowed to have a public scrimmage. The Iowa-DePaul women's scrimmage in Kinnick Stadium is for the children's hospital.Not much “private” about this scrimmage.
And they’re trying to get 70k fans for that game.If it's for charity, you are allowed to have a public scrimmage. The Iowa-DePaul women's scrimmage in Kinnick Stadium is for the children's hospital.
Not much “private” about this scrimmage.
Won't be easy. Your wife has given me a rough time about it.
but wouldn't have they known days in advance that a tsunami (d/b/a hurricane) was or wasn't headed their way?The lack of a siren seemed crazily absent, but there's a complicated twist - some survivors are saying that if they had heard one, they would have headed away from the water (thinking it was a tsunami alert), and uphill the wrong way.
but wouldn't have they known days in advance that a tsunami (d/b/a hurricane) was or wasn't headed their way?
(then again the 65mph winds were the result of Hurricane Dora)
sure as heck my kids wouldn't have lifted their faces from their iPads.A hurricane produces storm surge not a tsunami. We are talking about immediate emergencies not forecasted impacts. Also children may be among many of the dead so depending on age teaching them what the sirens mean is key and wouldn't provide enough time to filter between. Just watch the videos. The fire went out of control so fast fight or flight without proper direction kicked in.
Yeah, I saw an interview with the guy who decided not to run the siren. In his opinion, many more people would have died, running into the fire to get away from the tsunami that wasn't happening. There was some stuff that went wrong with their emergency plan, but apparently, that wasn't it.The lack of a siren seemed crazily absent, but there's a complicated twist - some survivors are saying that if they had heard one, they would have headed away from the water (thinking it was a tsunami alert), and uphill the wrong way.
Time is not on their side. They've got to either move it, or cancel it.This is the response from a tournament official I received this week, continued thoughts and prayers for those in Maui...
Aloha,
Our top priority remains the well-being of our Maui ‘Ohana, and we will continue working closely with the local community as to how to best support recovery efforts as we raise funds for the victims in the coming weeks. We will continue to monitor the situation, and we extend our deepest sympathy to all those impacted. We will continue to share updates as we learn more.
We are working out all possible options with Maui but don’t have any definite updates yet. Please continue to check the official Maui Invitational website for updates.
Mahalo,
I have to believe at this point (less than 3 months away) they have a good idea whether they will be able to host the tournament in Maui or not. They are likely working behind the scenes to identify another venue/site and sort out all of the logistics that come along with it before releasing a more definitive update.This is the response from a tournament official I received this week, continued thoughts and prayers for those in Maui...
Aloha,
Our top priority remains the well-being of our Maui ‘Ohana, and we will continue working closely with the local community as to how to best support recovery efforts as we raise funds for the victims in the coming weeks. We will continue to monitor the situation, and we extend our deepest sympathy to all those impacted. We will continue to share updates as we learn more.
We are working out all possible options with Maui but don’t have any definite updates yet. Please continue to check the official Maui Invitational website for updates.
Mahalo,
I agreeI have to believe at this point (less than 3 months away) they have a good idea whether they will be able to host the tournament in Maui or not. They are likely working behind the scenes to identify another venue/site and sort out all of the logistics that come along with it before releasing a more definitive update.
Hotel prices drop drastically starting Sunday November 19th and are very reasonable for the current dates of the tourney (Nov 20-22).I still think Vegas will be too much of a mess. Half the strip will be a racetrack, hotels and airbnbs are insane because of the race. I'm 100% in either way tho.
Makes sense. They do not want to loose tax revenue for the state.Maui Invitational operator KemperLesnik mulls options for tournament
Based on this report, the tournament staying in Hawaii (not Maui) sounds to be most likely option.