Waaaa! We are…
We want to thank William Nelson for the group photo. Check out his IG (CarsOverWa).
…rained out for Saturday, April 11 after a wonderful opening day. We know this is more disappointing than an outdoor Nickelback concert, but life can't always be perfect. Don't believe me, try hospital food made with nothing but sadness and regret. This according to Claude.
It's probably the most spectators we've ever had this past Saturday and we were full. We packed them in any way we could and all of us had a great time. Everyone did a fantastic job and Fairbourne's new security team, led by Ty, was excellent. We can't thank you all enough for the wonderful kickoff to our season. She's a real boss and we love her so far. They made the event so much easier to manage and it's night and day when we have a great team helping us.
For those who don't know, we cancel the event if the chance of rain is 30% or higher and we will cancel it if it's lower, when we don't think the weather will live up to a less than 30% chance. We call it when the weather is as sketchy as that date you once had that startled your own mom and could lick their own eyebrows.
There are a few housecleaning things we want to mention and could use your help. We take a dim view of leaving early. I walked one guy out in reverse who had the idea that he could drive forward through the crowd via escort just to showboat. The answer is no. We will not let you anywhere near anything especially a crowd if you have to leave early. This is a safety issue to us and you're going to have to sit until the show is over unless we think it's safe for you to leave. Try to do so on your own and you're banned and you may be looking at the police on the other side. This is a very big deal to us. It's not a cruise in. You come in and park. If you need to go poop, we'll point you to a bathroom that's there to help fix that.
A note on drones: (The ones that fly, not the ones sitting next to you on the four-hour trip to Gram-Grams.) Flying a drone over an E@RTC gathering is not allowed. Period. No exceptions, no permits, no "just getting a quick shot." Beyond being a violation of our event policy, flying a drone over a crowded space without FAA authorization is a federal violation that now carries fines of up to $75,000 per incident, and the FAA has made it clear that they are no longer issuing warnings. It's prison tunes for you! They are pursuing legal enforcement as a default.
If we identify a drone operating over any E@RTC event, we will report the operator to the FAA and to local law enforcement, and that person will be permanently banned from all future E@RTC gatherings. We have thousands of people and irreplaceable vehicles in a concentrated space. The risk is real, the law is clear, and we take both seriously. You don't want that legal spanking.
We didn't have a lot of window-licking crayon eaters this time who were behaving badly. We banned only a few, so it was a great day overall. We don't like to ban anyone, but we care about our neighbors. They are good to us, so we want to be good right back.
I also want to thank M. Peter S. for giving me the only known "I love Fresno" button in existence. I will cherish it forever!
We'll try again next week. Let's hope for good weather.
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