pic: Rock City Power Outage

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Originally Posted by Tim Sharp

This weekend at Rock City was definitely a unique experience for me in my five years of FIRST. It was disappointing to miss out on all of our qualifying matches on Saturday, but the event organizers made the best of a very difficult situation that could have been much much worse.

No injuries were reported that I know of which is nearly a miracle. Moving around safely in the dark was not trivial.

We were kept well informed of the situation and the possible solutions. The coordination between the event staff and headquarters was well executed and, given the circumstances, the best possible solution was arrived at. Kate, the FTA was professional and extremely helpful throughout the entire ordeal.

The partially lit field looked really cool.

The stands resembled a concert when viewed from the arena floor with all of the cell phone flashlights being used.

I echo Tim's remarks. Sandy, Meredith, John, Kate, Greg, Blair, and all others involved handled it extremely professional and kept the information flowing constantly. I cannot commend the team enough for how they handled themselves in these tough matters. I think the outcome of the matches on Saturday morning was exactly what needed to happen. Way to go Arkansas FIRST and FIRST HQ!