Rural residents and some of us right outside the city limits have lost power, but the Natchitoches power grid seems solid and power is on across the NSU campus 15 minutes prior to what would have been kickoff today.
Up at Turpin Stadium, the south goal post is bent at a slight angle from the wind, which as of a few minutes ago was steadily around 26 mph with gusts up to 41 mph. The road signs are rattling and the stop lights are leaning strongly into the south wind, with a storm front closing in on the Natchitoches area. NSU22, the campus TV station, is doing the community a great service with its constant display of the Doppler radar which is tracking the weather in the region.
At the west side elevator of the stadium, I found athletic facilities director Alan Pasch, his predecessor and now university physical plant director Chuck Bourg, and Red River Sanitors campus manager James Jefferson conferring. James was sporting his ever-present Dallas Cowboys hat, and it wasn't blowing off his head.
Pasch reported that one man showed up at the stadium asking when the game was going to start.
So much for the mass media, huh?
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