Tropical Storm remnants expected to hit SoCal Sunday (Update: Game will go as scheduled) (2 Viewers)

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Bill said:
:unsure: Wouldn't it be sad to cancel a game due to rain that is being played in a $5 billion dollar stadium with a roof over it. :covri:
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It has a roof, but the stadium is not fully enclosed like the Superdome.

It's an open air stadium that could feel tropical storm strength winds Sunday night.
 
The update from WWL this morning doesn’t indicate much concern for the game (kickoff at 4:05 PDT), since the storm is expected to weaken and not move into the area until Sunday night and into Monday.

Hoping for the best for those in the storm’s path.

 
The current track from NOAA has it it going about 2 degrees east of LA which would put downtown LA on leeward side of storm. Unless the track shifts westward it may not be any worse than a winter storm coming in off the Pineapple Express like last winter. Don’t be too alarmed yet.
 
Its going to be dicey. I live on the west coast about 30 mins south of Los Angeles. The crews on the beach were building berms and layering sand bags early this morning.
 
StudioSaint said:
This is the exact issue. When I saw the forecast for Sunday and Monday, I thought it was a joke. I moved here in 1996. We've never had a drop of rain during August since I've lived here. We've also never had the amount of rain that's currently forecast and we have had significant flooding problems across LA since 1996. The flooding would not only be a problem for transportation, but it is possibly going to disrupt power, water, sewage, cable, internet and other infrastructure based services. LAX might even have to shut down temporarily.

If I lived on the ground floor of my apartment building, I'd be concerned about getting a few inches of water in my apartment. If I parked in a below surface level garage, which most apartments and buildings have, I'd be worried about my car ending up in a concrete pond/swimming pool. They are doing work on the sewage lines at the end of my block, so yeah, that's probably going to be a problem.

The other thing is that roofs in Los Angeles don't get these kinds of rain. I expect a lot of buildings to have roof leaks, not from winds damaging the roof, just from too much rain too fast for the roofs. I'm bringing my tarp into my apartment just in case I need to cover my computer and television.

I feel empathy for everyone in Southern CA who lives on a hillside/mountain, especially in burn areas.

Unless someone is foolish, it shouldn't be a life threatening storm, but if it drops as much rain as they are forecasting, it's going to do a lot of damage to infrastructure. It would really hurt and leave a lasting mark in that regards.
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Not sure what part of socal you live in but us folk who live in the inland empire we have to deal with the thunderstorms every august during the late monsoon season. every year I have lived here since 1962.
 
I bet they move it to Sat or cancel the game. The way the media is talking about this…..sounds like a possible no go.
 
Saint Jack said:
I bet they move to a noon.
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Yep. At this point being Friday night, I would think moving the game to Saturday is no longer doable. Won't be a big deal moving the start time back six hours.

However, a cancellation wouldn't be horrible. No in-game injuries and we had a couple of out-of-town practices out of this SELA heat. But I highly doubt the game goes on as scheduled.
 
Madmarsha said:
Yep. At this point being Friday night, I would think moving the game to Saturday is no longer doable. Won't be a big deal moving the start time back six hours.

However, a cancellation wouldn't be horrible. No in-game injuries and we had a couple of out-of-town practices out of this SELA heat. But I highly doubt the game goes on as scheduled.
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Yea. Honestly other than game speed and working with refs and game tackling we can miss this game. But the 3rd game? Gonna he hard to get 1st string reps and then youngot all those players who wanna make the 52 squad gonna be crunching numbers. But the NFL may wanna move it to Monday at worse case scenario
 
Looking at a recent projection of the storm, I don't see how the game can be played at its current time. In fact, I would not be surprised if the time were not moved up to an early-morning hour or even cancelled. Note my comments are not based on anything I have heard or read about what the NFL might do. But I looked at a hurricane-center map showing the projected path of the storm at various time intervals and thought playing a 4 pm game in Los Angeles is crazy.
 
RJ in Lafayette said:
Looking at a recent projection of the storm, I don't see how the game can be played at its current time. In fact, I would not be surprised if the time were not moved up to an early-morning hour or even cancelled. Note my comments are not based on anything I have heard or read about what the NFL might do. But I looked at a hurricane-center map showing the projected path of the storm at various time intervals and thought playing a 4 pm game in Los Angeles is crazy.
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Most of us are from Louisiana. I've lived in SoCal and Louisiana over the last 30 years. This is the first time I've ever seen this on the West Coast.
 

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