Posted on 09/05/2012 8:34:10 AM PDT by KansasGirl
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The chief meteorologist at a Charlotte television station is questioning the decision by Democrats to move President Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to a smaller venue because of the weather.
“Thursday night will likely be the best weather of the entire week,” Brad Panovich of WCNC-NBC TV wrote on Twitter in reference to when Obama’s speech was planned to take place at the outside Bank of America stadium, which can accommodate 70,000 people.
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday announced that the weather is forcing them to relocate Obama’s speech to the Time Warner Cable Arena, which is inside and holds a far fewer 22,000 people.
In a series of tweets on Wednesday morning after the news broke, Panovich said there’s only a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain or storms and argued that “if you are going to move inside for this small risk you could have done that days ago.”
Said Panovich: “My main point is if you were going to move inside for the small [weather] threat Thursday [,you] could have made that decision a week ago.”
Republicans reacted to the news asking whether the change is really because the Democrats are worried about filling enough seats in the outdoor venue for the video cameras.
“Problems filling the seats?” Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski told reporters in a Wednesday email.
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That was Obama’s seat. He just dropped in.
Why did they pick an outdoor stadium to start with - that was a poor decision.
That’s because people are sick of seeing Obama, maybe they like Michelle(Even though I can’t stand the woman) but Obama’s policies have failed and people are sick of seeing his smug lying face
Fantastic video!
The few, the screwballs, and the elitists
... Suppose someone gave a party and no one came ... The theme of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte...
LOL! I hope they do Stonehenge.
Had they chartered the proper transportation up front there wouldn’t have been such a problem.
All they had to do was charter some septic pumpers instead of buses, ‘cause Democrats are full of excrement, and the venue would have been full in the first place.
Probably as they are Democrats they could have filled two stadiums that size.
Just Hope Brad has all his tax papers in order..he might like to Change that forecast.
Since Obama is not going to use the stadium, it would be great is Romney and Ryan decided to use it for a rally tomorrow and fill it to capacity.
They were afraid that lightning would strike him. It could be a legitimate concern ;-0
Besides it is hard to read a teleprompter in bright sunlight.
All is not lost. The University of Pittsburgh plays the University of Cincinnati tomorrow at 8:00pm eastern on ESPN. A lot better than listening to the Kenyan Klown bloviate.
Looks like the Weather Channel got the memo.
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Updated today at 2:10 PM
Today:
Partly to mostly cloudy with a few showers and thunderstorms . Highs will be in the mid-80s. The chance of rain is 40%.
Tonight:
A few storms during the evening with lows overnight in the low 70s. Rain chance 40%.
Thursday:
A mix of clouds and sunshine with a chance of showers and storms, mainly during the day. Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s. The chance of rain is 40%.
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