After flooding, Benson Mule Days will continue rain or shine
CONDITIONS. HEIDI. KIRK, WRAL,
NEWS LIVE IN RALEIGH.
>> AND THEN YOU HAVE BEEN SENT
TO HEAVY RAIN IS ALREADY
CAUSING PROBLEMS JUST AS MULE
DAYS GETS UNDERWAY. WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING HERE IS VIDEO SHOWING
PARTS OF THE GROUNDS FLOODED
LAST NIGHT AND WRAL'S ALLEY
CAT. THE BAR JOINS US LIVE IN
BENSON. ALI, ORGANIZERS SAYING
THAT THEY'RE SEEING SOME
CHANGES THAT NEED TO MAKE IT
BEHIND YOU. I SEE WE'VE GOT THE
MEALS THEY'RE DOING OK THIS
MORNING.
>> THEY ARE DOING OKAY. BUT
THAT WOULD THAT FLOOD WATER
THAT YOU SAW IN THAT VIDEO?
IT IS STILL DRAINING THIS
MORNING. AND HERE'S A CLOSER
LOOK OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
LAST NIGHT. THE WATER WAS UP TO
PEOPLE SHANNON'S. IT ROSE UP TO
CONCESSION BOOTS 2 YEARS LATER,
THE 2 YEARS AGO RAIN IMPACTED
THE FESTIVAL. BUT THE SHOW WENT
ON. THAT'S WHY THEY PLAN TO.
THAT'S WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO
TODAY. BENSON, YOU'LL DAYS
ORGANIZERS TELL ME YOUR RACE
LIVE MUSIC AND YOU'LL SHOW WILL
PROCEED AS PLANNED. THEY
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE
FESTIVITIES, RAIN OR SHINE.
>> JUST GET YOU CAN'T IN.
COME ON OUT. AND YOU KNOW, AND
THIS IS THE END OF THE LINE AND
ARE HAILING WORRISOME ON THE
NAME, COME OUT AND ENJOY THE
WEEKEND WITH US. THE LONG YEARS
YOU GOT IT.
>> AND I'M HERE WITH THE
LIBERTY LONG YEARS OF DRILL
TEAM. AND THEY SAY THAT THE
ARENA IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD,
THAT IT RAINED A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S DAMP. IT'S PERFECT FOR
THEIR PRACTICE, WHICH IS SET
TO BE UNDER WAY IN ABOUT AN
HOUR AND I THINK THE MEALS WILL
ENJOY IT, TOO. AS FOR
TOMORROW'S EVENTS, THE CONCERT
IS INDOORS. WRAL IS A PROUD
MEDIA SPONSOR. SO WE'RE KEEPING
YOU UPDATED ON ALL OF THOSE
CHANGES REPORTING LIVE IN