re: New Orleans Parade Weather - Wednesday through Friday

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I could see muses rolling Friday with no bands or marching crews

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Maybe, that's a long Fri night though even without units.

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Don't a lot of the Chaos members ride in D'eat and other parades?

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Yes, which is why I think they would just punt.

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And Thoth is a huge parade with an extra long route. Muses wouldn't technically start until like 4-5

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Unless Okeanos breaks down (which, yeah, it happens sometimes with that group), Thoth is usually clear of Napoleon by 3 pm. That gives 2 hours for a unitless Muses to roll. Plenty of time.

What would be the only possible issue is lineup space. I could see a route deviation where they line up on Napoleon on the lake side, and start the parade at St. Charles and Napoleon from the opposite direction (like what Okeanos used to do).

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Chaos cancelled last year and Muses adjusted their start time due to weather

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Yeah, that's a possibility as well, if the rain is supposed to be lighter, the later in the evening.

If it's t-storms from 4-9 pm, that's not going to work.

My buddy David Bernard just said rain should be gone by 3 pm Thursday. Maybe a 20% stray shower after that.

Said it will be windy and cold though.

Big thing is even if it's still raining by parade time Thursday, it shouldn't be too heavy and lightning won't be a concern. Parades should be able to roll with that.

Looking at it today, this is about the best weather week we've had for Mardi Gras in a few years.