**Head's Up ~ Potential Game Time change for USF Game**

[huskymedic]

When The eye was 50 miles from San Juan and the speed on 185 the winds in San Juan was 50 so they can land in those winds

That comment had nothing to do w/ flying but w/ the hurricane in general.

 

[Jimdish255]

I'm thinking about my time at UConn and realizing my parents wouldn't have wanted me back home for the hurricane or any other reason.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Husky25]

Oh, they're gonna come down alright.

 

[John]

Oh, they're gonna come down alright.

Saw this on the news last night - the plan is to make sure they are securely fastened down, but then make them free-spinning like a weathervane.

 

[Bonehead]

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Commercial flights will cease at Orlando International Airport at 5 p.m. on Saturday due to Hurricane Irma.

The airport made the announcement on its website on Thursday morning.

Kickoff 1030 am
Game Over with commercials 1:15 PM - without commercials 12:15 PM
Completed showers and pack up 2:20 PM
State Police escort to Bradley 2:40PM
Flight Departure 3:00 PM


Hopefully they are flying into Tampa who hasnt announced a closure, yet.

 

[Bonehead]

Traveler Advisory - Hurricane Irma - Tampa
We are keeping an eye on Hurricane Irma's track and current conditions at TPA. The Airport will provide general updates on flight cancelations on our social media channels. We’re on Facebook and as @FlyTPA on Twitter and Instagram. For details on the status of specific flights, please check with your airline.

Helpful tips:

• For the latest updates from Tampa International Airport, follow @FlyTPA on Twitter and Instagram or find us at Facebook/FlyTPA.
• Visit your airline website for the policy and guidelines to change your flight or rebook travel during a storm advisory.
• Please check with your airline for flight status before coming at the Airport to travel or to meet an arriving flight.
• The Airport is not a designated shelter and roads to and from the Airport may become inaccessible under certain conditions limiting available resources. For your comfort and safety, we ask that anyone needing to evacuate find a designated shelter in your area that is equipped and staffed to handle the needs of stranded individuals for an extended period of time.

 

[Bonehead]

It makes sense to do this. I have to imagine there are a lot of USF coaches, support staff (and who knows players?) with families who you really cannot ask them to wait until Tampa becomes accessible again to go home. Plus they have a short week, play Illinois Friday the 15th. What would we want if the shoe was on the other foot?

My student athletes safety is priority 1.

 

[Excalibur]

Saw this on the news last night - the plan is to make sure they are securely fastened down, but then make them free-spinning like a weathervane.

That's what they did in Hong Kong a few weeks ago.

 

[TheDoggPound]

Overtime game inbound

 

[uc1974]

For what it's worth, halftime back in the day (1960's) was only 15 minutes and, absent TV, a game was well under 3 hours.

 

[businesslawyer]

I can't believe some of the stuff I have seen in this thread. I'm with NY-TF1 Traveling from Texas and Harvey east bound through Mississippi headed to stage for Irma hitting Florida. One of my former coworkers and friends is hunkered down in San Juan and reports from him are that Irma is epic and extremely bad and destructive. If David benedict was able to start the game early and get USF back on a plane headed home on Saturday good for him. The destruction left in the wake of these storms is the likes of which most of us have never seen. I'm sure there is a worry about not being able to get the USF program back to Tampa for a while after the storm so they want to hustle them in before which looks like the plan.

Be safe my friend. And know that many of us appreciate your public service.

 

[businesslawyer]

Confirmed. It's a no win, you can't put football ahead of (let some soccer mom's fill in the blanks). If Dave pushed back harder bad optics and USF would just cancel.

Are you that big a schmuck or that big an idiot?

My bad. I obviously need to consider "both" as well.

 

[businesslawyer]

Maybe we should have running time too. We played Temple in a friggin hurricane a few years ago. But we can't play USF 1000 miles away from a hurricane without all sorts of drama?

Yes. Because every hurricane is exactly the same and effects every city it touches equally.

Seriously, what's wrong with you?

 

[businesslawyer]

The amount of "I don't see how this matters" in this thread is insane. You don't think they talked to pilots? People at TPA? Meteorologists? In making this decision, yet because you're part of some message board you must know more than them. Got it.

We know more about football than coaches and television money than consultants. Why not more about flying into a hurricane than meteorologists and pilots?

 

[huskymedic]

 

[freescooter]

I am somewhat shocked people believe its reasonable to hurry your football team home via plane, before the Tampa airport closes due to tropical force winds, so they can be in there dorm room for a TS/Hurricane.

Precisely! This isn't the Coast Guard trying to rescue somebody. It is a college football team that will be out of harms way but wants to go back into the storm. Tampa is far enough away that it will likely be spared the worst of it. But if not it is even more stupid. In either case these guys add zero to the recovery effort by going back. If they get hit hard in Tampa you could make the case that they are making things at least marginally worse. I'm betting that if their next game was Saturday they would just wait it out.

 

[BNich]

We are now in the direct path of the hurricane. I will be watching the Huskies Saturday morning and praying things continue to decrease in intensity as it nears. Should be tropical storm conditions Saturday turning into hurricane conditions Sunday into Monday. Pray for us down here. We need it! And Go Huskies!!!!

 

[Fishy]

We are now in the direct path of the hurricane. I will be watching the Huskies Saturday morning and praying things continue to decrease in intensity as it nears. Should be tropical storm conditions Saturday turning into hurricane conditions Sunday into Monday. Pray for us down here. We need it! And Go Huskies!!!!

Why don't you go somewhere else? I don't know where you live, but maybe you should not be there when the hurricane hits.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

In Miami, there are concerns over some 25 construction cranes that can't be taken down as Irma roars toward Florida:

Oh, they're gonna come down alright.

I'd be long gone from Miami and nearby areas, including from tall buildings abutting any large construction cranes, but c'mon, what could possibly go wrong?

Recent videos during 8/23 Category 5-equivalent Hato (T 10 on Asian typhoon rating) which hit Hong Kong, Macao, Zhuhai, etc.:

Spinning wheel going 'round and 'round


What goes up, must come down

 

[kris1]

Yeah...completely disconnected from reality. If hurricane was coming to CT, how many people would want to be in Florida wondering how their family is doing.

It baffles me how people don't get this!!! I'd rather die trying to get home, then to leave my family/friends to deal with the potential fatality/destruction alone.

"Sorry honey, I'm heading to CT for the football game. I'll be gone until the storm passes. Hopefully, you'll all be here when I get back. Love you guys."

I get that USF has a game on Friday but I have to believe that that game is the furthest thing from their minds right now. I also believe that had USF been playing Illinois this week, the game would have been cancelled. IMO, the only reasons the UConn game is being played is because (1) it's a conference game and (2) should the storm hit as strong they're predicting, USF's game Friday will likely be cancelled.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

USF's game Friday will likely be cancelled.

Hmmm possibly, but that might require Irma laser-locking on Tampa and USF being unable to get out of Dodge for their game in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Why don't you go somewhere else? I don't know where you live, but maybe you should not be there when the hurricane hits.

Fishy's caring side ...

 

[Bonehead]

It baffles me how people don't get this!!! I'd rather die trying to get home, then to leave my family/friends to deal with the potential fatality/destruction alone.

"Sorry honey, I'm heading to CT for the football game. I'll be gone until the storm passes. Hopefully, you'll all be here when I get back. Love you guys."

It baffles me how people would leave their family to deal with potential fatality and destruction to begin with.

Cancel the game. Let them stay home. The coaches and players can hang together with their significant others instead of evacuating.