Fast and furious this morning between 6:30 and 9:00. That's the time frame that emails, phone calls and hand wringing took place to decide if the weather would cooperate with bringing some folks from the Minnesota Vikings into town.
Over morning coffee at 5:30 this morning and cruising the usual news sites and weather maps, it was apparent that the drizzle and ice would make it challenging for the Vikings to come to town.
Their front office folks and I began our emails around 6:30 and continued well into the morning.
Regional schools were cancelling and pushing back opening by an hour or two.
When I got to the office shortly after 7, local schools had just announced a 2-hour delay to opening. By 7:30 local organizers began discussing options. Shortly before 8schools were cancelled for the day and Vikings players and executives were on the cell phones discussing options while heading to the Minneapolis airport.
Shortly after 8, we learned that Schwan's had cancelled their corporate flights for the day in and out of Marshall. At best we could hope for a break in the weather that would allow the Viking's corporate plane to leave an hour or so later and still make it for the community luncheon.
By 8:45 a 7-way phone conference call took place where the decision to postpone was made. The weather conditions weren't expected to improve and travel in and out of town on the roads or via the airport were risky, at best! Based on the icy conditions, it was certainly the prudent and correct decision to make.
The good news, is that the Vikings front office has promised a rescheduled visit sometime in the Spring. We'll work hard to make that work too!
In the meantime, if you bought a ticket for today's lunch, give us a call and we'll gladly give you a refund.
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