A Bummer Tonight

Rochesterfest Parade was supposed to be this evening and our community band was in it. We were all there sitting on the big flatbed truck ready to go--

and they canceled it just at starting time at 6:15 due to approaching bad weather. We are under a tornado watch and big time storms are still to the west of us at 7:25, but heading this way. They felt it was better and safer than to start and then have storms move in with thousands of people lining the streets and the marchers, walkers, and everyone else in the parade.

I agree, but it's a bummer. The community band is now 0-2 this summer with 2 rainouts.

I'll probably post some pictures of the parade that wasn't sometime soon.



Update: Here's the Weather Underground Radar screen two hours after the parade was cancelled. The storms didn't follow normal paths and were just getting to us.

Still the right decision under the circumstances I believe. These are much too unpredictable for comfort, esp. since we had a real batch go through just a week ago.