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The more I see of whats happening around the Stampede grounds, the less likely it becomes that the stampede will happen anywhere near what it would be normally.

Its 14 days away...the water is still covering the entire grounds and could be there another 2 days or so....meaning they have 12 days to take stock of what they are dealing with, clean everything up, dry everything out, make all necessary repairs both on the grounds and to the roadways as well as the grandstand area and horse barns (which may be unrepairable) and then the track itself may be unusable on top of that.

Then there will be the issue of all those displaced by flooding in their homes needing shelter AND all those who come into town needing the same. The amount of restaurants affected by this has to be enormous and there is little chance they would be ready in time.

Will 9 Ave be ready to host the parade in that time frame?

It just seems like it will take a lot of luck along with a herculean effort of both paid personnel and volunteers to get things anywhere close to being ready to take on the amount of tourism usually associated with the Stampede.

It would be a shame to have to cancel things as the city could use the infusion to the economy as well as the psyche/pride level, but man it looks doubtful.

Hope I am dead wrong.