"In the event of inclement weather, Midshipmen will be dismissed from the Main Arena of Alumni Hall. Each Midshipman will walk up the stairs to the Concourse level to meethis or her parent(s) at the section with the first letter of the
Midshipman's last name. Late arrivals may leave a message for Midshipmen at Main Office, Bancroft Hall." This information can be found here:
http://www.usna.edu/PlebeParentsWeekend/
The forecast is calling for rain on I day (70% chance at this point) If this comes to be, where will the swearing in be held, where will we meet our Plebes, etc?
While the water in the air may not be coming down in the form of rain, you can bet the atmosphere will be, to put it mildly, extremely "moist" on I-day. In the air and in the eyes, there will be much moisture.
There are simply too many people milling about to direct everybody into Bancroft.
If it is simply raining, you could expect everything to proceed normally.
If it is storming with a lightning threat, you could expect the assembly to be canceled. Believe it or not, I-day is about getting these mids "inducted" and not about the parents being able to see what is going on. [Although I sure want my chance to see too.]
Yup, forgot about the possiblity of using Alumni Hall. Heck, that would be better. Its cooler and the lines of site are better.
But I suspect that would play havoc with the after-swearing-in goodbyes.