Tuesday, February 05, 2008

As the weather goes, so goes basketball

Less than a week ago it was snow. Today, it's severe thunderstorms. And both times, high school basketball games in surrounding states have been called off.

In particular, schools across western Tennessee are serious about the National Weather Service's advisory that strong storms might produce tornadoes in Missouri and several surrounding states. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal and Jackson (Tenn.) Sun both have lists of tonight's games that were called off early in the day because of potential storms (and that's in addition to schools and even the University of Memphis that released early because of the threat).

So far, there's no word of Southeast Missouri games being called off tonight, but it raises a question: Should schools call off indoor events when there's a threat of severe thunderstorms?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

the notre dame vs kennet game was called at halftime due to bad weather...it was a blessing because nd was embarassing kennet 50-19 at half...with a running clock in the second quarter so they could call the game earlier

Anonymous said...

I know some games were delayed at halftime but they finished anyway. Some games in west Kentucky were called off earlier in the day because of the bad weather they were expecting.

Anonymous said...

I dont know if canceling a game and leaving the shelter is the best idea. At the rec center at SEMO, all the people that were in there working out were moved into the locker rooms until certain storms passed.

Anonymous said...

anonymous,
you can't have a running clock until the 4th quarter...

Anonymous said...

yah-yah...they ran it so they could send people home faster before the weather got there...so evidently you can