Hi Dotman;
It's true that the weather has been better in the past but, it is April and weather events such as this happen all the time. What I found disapointing is their did not seem to be any forethought put in to how to deal with it, everyone knew what was coming perhaps it came a little earlier than expected but still organizers knew it waas coming. Not having alternatives planned for high water was at least naive if not negligent. Many things could have been done to counter the weather, sand bags, pallets, running the electricty overhead with redundant GFCI protection, etc. They had the main road/bridge blocked off, they could have set the tents up there and kept everything high and dry.
Knowing the organizers occupation and training as a firefighter, it suprises me that weather was not taken into account and steps taken to counter some of the more problematic issues.
Wayneb