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OK, for those who do not view the weather channel, there is a disturbance in the southern gulf of mexico, not named yet because not strong enough to be named but they have the name harvey waiting in the wings to be used. computer models have it mostly arriving in houston this weekend as a cat 1 hurricane or a tropical storm, either of which can be pretty bad. depending on where you might be staying here, you could have probs since houston, particularly downtown, has street flooding even with a thunder storm. if you are staying north of the city towards huntsville, should be in much better shape. everything now is just a prediction or guess but the local weather people are saying we could have 10 inches of rain and if so, flooding will most definitely be a prob and don't do something stupid like driving your car or rental through deep water in the road, which residents do here each and every time it rains hard. am sure jim cantori and his buds are in their rain and wind gear and probably already on a galveston beach just excited beyond belief. just keep up with the storm and its timing and your flight schedule which might be changed or cancelled.
 
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VT played in a driving hurricane about 10 years ago. I think we can as well. I will be a night fit for neither man nor beast, except for football players.
 
OK, for those who do not view the weather channel, there is a disturbance in the southern gulf of mexico, not named yet because not strong enough to be named but they have the name harvey waiting in the wings to be used. computer models have it mostly arriving in houston this weekend as a cat 1 hurricane or a tropical storm, either of which can be pretty bad. depending on where you might be staying here, you could have probs since houston, particularly downtown, has street flooding even with a thunder storm. if you are staying north of the city towards huntsville, should be in much better shape. everything now is just a prediction or guess but the local weather people are saying we could have 10 inches of rain and if so, flooding will most definitely be a prob and don't do something stupid like driving your car or rental through deep water in the road, which residents do here each and every time it rains hard. am sure jim cantori and his buds are in their rain and wind gear and probably already on a galveston beach just excited beyond belief. just keep up with the storm and its timing and your flight schedule which might be changed or cancelled.
Is this another RI in the making? and yes having lived in Tx for a while it is amazing the endless number of idiots who try and drive through standing water, (even though there are warning signs and water level markers) Please don't let a Spider fan be one of them.
 
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not really worried about the game, just any fans, alums, students who are coming. keep informed and if any doubts, stay home and watch espn.
 
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IF the weather is so bad that the game cannot be played, hopefully there is an option to move the game back to its originally scheduled date of Aug. 31. Although we would not get the national exposure from playing on ESPNU, it is better to play the game than cancel it.
 
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not really worried about the game, just any fans, alums, students who are coming. keep informed and if any doubts, stay home and watch espn.
The safety of all is paramount. If in doubt stay home, unless of course you are a Spider football player. This game was scheduled early last year. It should be fun to watch.
 
Moving time would mean losing ESPNU coverage. Moving location to Richmond would sure work. Like when Delaware hosted us
 
Lots of logistics to consider so would think that would have to move fairly swiftly.

In 1970-yes.In 2017-no.They would have wheels up by no later than
3pm Friday.FAA and charter airlines will shut down access into and out of there with a high velocity TS orCAT 1.Flight time RIC to IAH 2.5 hours.

Let them wear their home Orange uniforms in Robins Stadium.
 
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Checked out the weather channel and it looks pretty bleak for Huntsville. Would be great if they could move it to Robins Stadium.
 
In 1970-yes.In 2017-no.They would have wheels up by no later than
3pm Friday.FAA and will shut down access into and out of there with a high velocity TS orCAT 1.Flight time RIC to IAH 2.5 hours.

Let them wear their home Orange uniforms in Robins Stadium.

Truly. It's not some other venue a hundred miles away from Huntsville is going to do anything for anybody. It would seem to me that the game is either moved back to the original 8/31 date with no tv or...
 
Wow, been anxiously awaiting the start of football season, and now this....
 
our charter is scheduled to land in college station not IAH. the next 24 hours will get things much clearer. recall univ of florida taking a huge amount of grief for cancelling last season's game with lsu as a hurricane creeped up the east coast. when you are not sure what is going to take place, you err on the side of safety for all involved (the residents as well as the athletes and those attending) and those who take a shot at that are idiots.
 
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Flip the game to Richmond, pay them what they were to pay us and guarantee a return game to Texas in the next few years --- should be decided today
fan1, hope reason prevails here and it is moved. The weather looks really serious.
 
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Flip the game to Richmond, pay them what they were to pay us and guarantee a return game to Texas in the next few years --- should be decided today
you know the stadium size is not that different from ours 12k vs. 9k. it might be reasonable to flip locations.
 
On the Big Al show, Bob Black seemed to indicate that the game was still on. He said they can expect about 1 1/2 inches of rain during the game, but that travel in and out will be problematic.
 
Well the game should be moved if travel is going to be problematic. When is our team scheduled to arrive? Friday I would assume? It's going to be a problem. This game should either be just cancelled all together and try to do it next year or we move it to our place. I like moving it to our place for obvious reasons. Either way let's win this game.
 
I heard Huesman on Big Al Show on Wed say flight out of Richmond is scheduled for 3PM on Friday, after practice.
I just cancelled my flight as well.
 
I know in the big picture we mean nothing but it is really disappointing for us especially since they changed date and it was a nightmare getting it all worked out with the date change for vacation days for us guess it is best not to plan ahead
 
Kinda sounding like Huntsville might not be toooo bad at game time if this thing stalls over Corpus Christi area instead of drifting north. Travel into Houston wouldn't necessarily be pretty for any fans, but if the team is flying into College Station that could be better.

Still plenty of time for predictions to change though.
 
Airlines are allowing change/cancellations without penalty for Friday through Sunday. It might be less problematic though a longer drive, to fly in/out of Dallas if the forecast for Hunstville is better than Houston.
 
even though most of what is being shown, pretty much a guess, bad enough that this should be cancelled. last map shows my neighborhood getting 18-24 inches of rain. my daughter has a flight back to IAH from LAX tomorrow night and she attempted to come home earlier but was unable to get on another flight. if she gets in the air will probably end up in dallas which is OK if she is safe. those who have cancelled their trip down here for the game did the right thing even if it ends up sunny and dry, always err on the side of safety. would be nice if the schools would flip the game. for those who are still coming, good luck and hope it works out.
 
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