Hurricane Ike Watch 2008

With upmost respect to those that are suffering from Hurricane Ike 2008, I humbly submit Austin Hurricane Ike Watch 2008.

9am – Current conditions:
Partly cloudy and humid, no rain yet. Field reporters at the main rugby pitch and backup pitch report that field conditions are ideal for matches.

I will be live blogging throughout the day with updates on weather and forecasts. We look forward to a beautiful day in Austin with a 50% chance of rain and possibly high winds. Good luck to the Austin B side and TX State as they brave this weather and play their originally scheduled matches.

10am – Warmup Conditions:
Ditto as above, no rain yet, winds are a slight breeze out of the South East. We are heading to Burnet Middle School to cheer on our B side against TX State. More to come at kick-off.

11:30am – Kickoff Conditions
The wind has picked up a bit, but it is still a pleasant blustery breeze. No rain in sight, but the cloud formations are to die for!

We enjoyed a great match watching TX State and our B side, winds did play a small factor in lineouts, but both backlines were able to execute their moves with proficiency. Overall the game was quite enjoyable as both teams really rallied through Hurricane Ike conditions. Our B side won in the end but both teams excelled and learned on the day!

Throws to pod 2 happened all day as the wind never got above 10 to 15 mph, and was quite a pleasant change!

1:00pm – Social Conditions
Still no rain on Hurricane Ike Watch 2008 but the sun has decided to show its face as we all have Hurricane Ike sunburns!

9:00pm – Airport Conditions
Hurricane Ike finally arrived, we had about 20 minutes of hard rain showers here in Austin. However, the airports were able to stay open and were able to handle all of the air traffic without any delays…

So all in all, Glendale canceled this match for no reason at all. Was it fear of the heat? Was it fear of the Hurricane? Was it fear that they weren’t quite ready? Well this will all be settled soon enough, more later on the ridiculous attempts to reschedule this league match….

Not sure what this post is about? Make sure to check out the post from yesterday…

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