USDC anyone??

it was on my radar, but may be headed to Houston and their burbs - instead. Good luck though. Heard it's a wonderful good time.
 
Smooth was a blast !!! Huge floor lots of great competition. I don't dance on the east coast to get recognized by those judges so placements may have suffered Don't really care though coz we danced very well . Had several former champions comment positively on my dancing so


On to Latin !
 
Here's what I have from United Airlines (my brother is a 777 captain so we've been able to keep up) as of an hour ago.
Fri Sept. 8 FLL, no ops after 4:30. No ops on Sat. No ops on Sunday, Monday 9/11. Resume with 1st scheduled arrival.

MIA- Friday No ops after 4:00pm. Sat- no ops, sunday- no ops, Monday 9/11- resume with 1st scheduled arrival.
PBI - no ops after 4pm Friday. Sat -no ops, Sun- no ops, Monday 9/11- resume with first scheduled arrival.
RSW - Friday as scheduled, Sat- No ops after 9a.m., Sun- no ops, Monday 9/11 As scheduled.
TPA - Friday as scheduled, Sat-as scheduled, Sun- as scheduled, Mon 9/11 as scheduled.
MCO - Fri - as scheduled, Sat no ops after 5pm., Sun no ops, Mon 9/11- resumes with first scheduled arrival.
JAX - fri - as scheduled, Sat as scheduled, Sun- as scheduled, Mon- as scheduled.
SAV - fri- as scheduled, sat- as scheduled, Sun- as scheduled, Mon 9/11- as scheduled.
 
After watching coverage of USDC on social media, their site, the posts and messages from teachers and students- all interspersed with round the clock hurricane Irma coverage- I have to ask- was it wise to continue the competition up until 4.00 pm today? I'm not at all coming down on the organizers, who , from all reports have done an amazing job in the face of an unprecedented natural disaster- modifying an already packed schedule, and no doubt , trying to make the best decisions with whatever information available. But clearly, this was known at least 4 days back. Why continue with a competition knowing that some people will be stuck and have no safe way out but to ride it out- and some that barely made it thru gas shortages, crowded highways, cancelled flights etc? I'm saying this knowing that sometimes there are no good answers.
 
I share your concern, but was somewhat mollified after I read the Disney World information. It seems that it is a pretty safe place to be, as long as you follow their advice and stock up on food for your room. :eek: I wonder how many people who were competing on Saturday decided not to do it? I do worry about judges etc who might have felt that they needed to stay.
 
I'm curious how they went about getting done by 4pm Saturday. Perhaps a combination of losing a bunch of entries from people who decided, "F it, I'm not risking traveling into a hurricane," and just compressing the schedule (running late Friday? cutting music time to 60 seconds?)?
 
All in all they did a good job in a difficult situation. The swan hotel is actually an evacuation site. The hotel was great about keeping us informed and accommodating our needs . Peeps Got out Saturday until 7 clearly the Saturday rounds were lighter. But the show must go on. Luckily Orlando was pretty spared
 
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