Well (and this is no attack on Ed at ALL!) one has to take that with a grain of salt IMHO. I mean, as promoters, they quite understandably want to keep interest in the event till the very last possible moment. They have to keep hope alive. (Oh god did I just throw out a democrat tagline LOL??)
I try to be a realist and as part of my job I have to look at all the possible directions something could go....
This one is all over the place.....
But IMHO, short of someone paying off Wolf to reopen Cumberland County to GREEN like in the next week or two, I dont know if its looking good at all....
Its not a rumor that Cumberland county (Carlisle) is still in the RED zone.
Pittsburgh is too, but its going to yellow may 15......yellow still requires the "social distancing" bs AND gatherings must be 25 people or below. Emperor Wolf has dictated that "yellow could last a while".
There is no word as to when Cumberland county will be changed to yellow.
So it doesn't take a lot of math to figure out the possible scenarios:
- the earlier "spring" and chevy shows just slide down based on when Wolf decides to change that county to green....and depending on how far they "slide", Chryslers and everything after could be pushed too....this way the earlier show goers do not get hosed
- the earlier spring show is cancelled since its a "general" show...and the chevy is pushed down the line, same affect as above.
- the spring show is cancelled and chevy show is put to the end of the line but before fall carlisle at the end of september. And right now that is after Ford which means early september...
- if the other earlier shows were cancelled or moved end of line, chrysler show COULD just be pushed a week to July 17 since that week is unscheduled at Carlisle per their schedule.....another "hole" like it in august too....
And any of those options are only options IF the county goes green.
And again, the way Wolf talks, it will take a while to get to green.
Not to mention...keep in mind how many people have to get accomodations etc.....right now EVERYTHING is booked pretty solid based on the current schedule for Chrysler.....I have to assume the other show weeks are booked the same.....what does THAT look like for people if one event changes or if they ALL push or leapfrog as far as trying to get a place to stay etc?
Its a logistical nightmare to be facing and I do not envy Ed or Carlisle productions to be looking down that barrel.
I dunno.
I hate to think this but its becoming more clear day by day...Wolf gives NO indication he will suddenly reverse his current tact.....
It would affect the least people (temporarily) to leapfrog shows to the end of the line and hope for the best.......and piss the least number of people off short term....but that means fewer people will be able to go since it will be late in the summer or into the fall....
Hell, even OHIO NATS are up in question.....they are in yellow now, but no one has figured out what to do about events like concerts, sports games and -- car events.
Praying that some less knee-jerky minds cut in and reopen 'Merica ASAFP and let US make the call whether we want to gather or not.
IF we all just showed up, they couldnt arrest us all....LOL