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joether -> RE: Who'll Stop The Rain (9/5/2012 4:36:39 PM)
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There is the consideration that most of those folks would be subjected to the elements over a few hours of time. Its not like they enter all 60,000 persons within five minutes, get the President on stage, and all exit five minutes after the speech. It could rain, and it could not rain. Not everyone is as impressive in enduring the weather as Eagle Scouts or fresh recuits out of basic training in the military. Some of those folks may have small children or be elderly, both of which do not move quickly during bad weather. Not to mention wheel chair bound folks have a hard time navigating around people wishing to access stairs.
If you wish to laugh at the events, go ahead, it simply shows your lack of intelligence, knowledge and most of all, wisdom!
Also, there maybe other reasons that have nothing to do with the weather itself, but, they wish not to alarm anyone. Same exact thing as they would do at the RNC. If the Secret Service thought there was a chance however minimal to the President's life, they do have authorization to over-ride when and where a speech could take place.
It sucks not to be under the heavens, with sixty-thousand folks watching the President of the United States giving a speech, but unexpected things can and do happen. No one could predict the weather's exact effects when they were deciding where to hold the convention. Can you predict with 100% accuracy the weather in a give location, three months ahead? Not just whether it will rain, but tempature, humity, heat index, wind, and a variety of other conditions?
Would be a good idea, to refund those tickets, or try to squeeze them into the arena that the DNC is currently using. Mr. Obama is a gentleman, and gentleman wish to make sure those around them are taken cared of, safe, and well regardless of the situation.
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