dfru wrote:
It sounded like they were limiting peoples movement to prepare for the storm. It looks like something that authorities felt was a safety issue. When it's sunny - yes, everyone thinks the show should go on. But there was supposed to be events Saturday as well, so you just let people be there longer, hoping the storm doesn't come sooner? I'm as disappointed as any fan, and I feel for all the athletes but it would have to be pretty serious for the government to cancel, I would suspect. The region has gone out of their way to attract world class events.
I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. A triathlon isn't worth putting public safety people in harms way in my opinion.
Have a read of this account of the floods in Dubai today. And then consider whether the Abu Dhabi authorities over-reacted when they decided that the WTCS race had to be cancelled.
https://edition.cnn.com/...g-climate/index.html Now let's think forward to the T100 in Dubai in November, and the Grand Final.
And here's their report of floods in Oman:
https://edition.cnn.com/...ntl-latam/index.html