I am a few blocks away. Heavy rain and thunder/lightning now.

This is nuts... the Nats and Phillies game in Philly is postponed due to these storms!!

Anonymous wrote:Glad for this thread. I just bought tickets this morning--co-worker mentioned P!nk was in town--and I'm furious that they haven't canceled! People are going to be putting themselves in harm's way for $200 a ticket, and I get it, but this is such an irresponsible decision.

Why did you buy this morning knowing the forecast?

Anonymous wrote:Glad for this thread. I just bought tickets this morning--co-worker mentioned P!nk was in town--and I'm furious that they haven't canceled! People are going to be putting themselves in harm's way for $200 a ticket, and I get it, but this is such an irresponsible decision.

+1 Awful.

Glad for this thread. I just bought tickets this morning--co-worker mentioned P!nk was in town--and I'm furious that they haven't canceled! People are going to be putting themselves in harm's way for $200 a ticket, and I get it, but this is such an irresponsible decision.

Clouds starting to roll in over the Capitol now.

Anyone at Nats Park now?

Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe they haven't cancelled this show. Fortunately I'm not going but I would be very upset if I had tickets and it wasn't cancelled.

We have tickets for John Oliver in Baltimore (and live in DC) and I haven’t seen anything about it yet so am stalking every other concert thread to help ease my anxiety spiral. The reports from farther west in the past hour or two look really bad — golf ball and even tennis ball sized hail in some spots, a few sustained winds of 60 mph or more. That won’t happen in every location, but it’s definitely not a regular storm!

I’m slowly coming to terms with the fact that the right answer for us is not to risk the drive to Baltimore. But the tickets were a splurge and I don’t trust the venue to cancel, so that means coming to terms with losing the money.

For people headed to Nats Park, fwiw, here’s my tiny bit of experience from a Springsteen show a few years back: yes, concerts do go on if there’s rain. But they take lightning very seriously and will halt everything at any sight of lightning. Everyone had to go into the concourse and the concourse isn’t really made to hold the full stadium of people, so it was crowded, hot, humid, and miserable. The show did go on after a delay, and I think he still did his full set despite going over the official stop time. They get fined if they go too late (night noise regulations, I think?), but I guess they figure better to pay a fine than to have to reschedule a whole show.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re going to be near the area visiting so if it’s really bad the show will be skipped. That said, Almost half of Taylor Swift’s shows still took place after delays for “severe weather” too. Severe is the new usual now it seems. Many weather sites show the storm passing over DC just north of the city but only time will tell 🙌

I can see that you mean well, but we need to understand that this is a level four out of five, and it’s only been declared that severe in the DC area ONE time in the past decade. This isn’t our typical severe thunderstorm.

It’s INSANE they haven’t cancelled yet with doors to open in five minutes.

Anonymous wrote:They’re going to be near the area visiting so if it’s really bad the show will be skipped. That said, Almost half of Taylor Swift’s shows still took place after delays for “severe weather” too. Severe is the new usual now it seems. Many weather sites show the storm passing over DC just north of the city but only time will tell 🙌

I can see that you mean well, but we need to understand that this is a level four out of five, and it’s only been declared that severe in the DC area ONE time in the past decade. This isn’t our typical severe thunderstorm.

They’re going to be near the area visiting so if it’s really bad the show will be skipped. That said, Almost half of Taylor Swift’s shows still took place after delays for “severe weather” too. Severe is the new usual now it seems. Many weather sites show the storm passing over DC just north of the city but only time will tell 🙌

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t seem like it. Her site and the Nats says “rain or shine, dress appropriately”. My wife and daughters are on their way now.

Parking should be “fun” 🙄

Any other recommended options to park? The ticket sites cost more for parking than the show now! We got tickets few days ago…

Oh wow, parking may be the least of the worries. I can’t believe people would put children in harms way for a concert.

Doesn’t seem like it. Her site and the Nats says “rain or shine, dress appropriately”. My wife and daughters are on their way now.

Parking should be “fun” 🙄

Any other recommended options to park? The ticket sites cost more for parking then the show now! We got tickets few days ago…

Anonymous wrote:We have tickets and are planning to head out once the storms pass thru (assuming they come through by 7 pm or so). We would like to see Pat Benatar but really just want to get there by the time Pink takes the stage.

This is my current plan.
Will reassess later. Hate that the venue can’t just do the right thing.