Wichita Falls 4th of July Parade's Unexpected Misinformed Cancellation

Yesterday I checked my online local news source, the Wichita Falls Times Record News, hoping to find an article confirming there was a 4th of July Parade happening in downtown Wichita Falls this morning.

I found the confirmation I sought, parade to begin at 9 am.

I headed downtown about a half hour before 9. Arrived at my parking location at the Wichita Falls Public Library and found myself surprised to see no one else was parking there.

Then found myself even more surprised to see few people on the street.

I began the walk to my parade viewing location, south of the intersection of Scott Avenue and 9th Street. I was a block away when I realized Scott Avenue was not closed to traffic. Then I saw vehicles driving on 9th Street. Got to the parade location and saw the parade route had not been cleared of parking vehicles.

That and there were no parade viewers waiting to watch the parade parade on by, as you can see via the above photo documentation, looking south across Scott Avenue, at my parade viewing location on 9th Street.

I got back to my home zone, woke up my computer, clicked on the Wichita Falls Times Record News link to see the following...

I did not see the above when I checked on local news this morning. The decision to cancel the parade had to have been made many hours prior to the event, due to the fact that there was absolutely no parade preparation in evidence, such as barriers to effect street closures, that and all the parked cars on the parade route.

How did people find out there was to be no parade? I think I am somewhat news savvy. In addition to reading news online, I listen to local radio.

As it turned out, there was no lightning and thunder during the scheduled parade time. There were a couple raindrops dripping once I got back to my vehicle, but nothing measurable.

I am dropping Wichita Falls Times Record News as my local online news source. Cancelling the subscription, for many reasons. Bottom line it just a terrible excuse for a newspaper.

I have found a much better local news source, Texoma's Homepage...