 Well, weather has never caused a major disruption to the Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival, but the possibility of severe storms tomorrow has event organizers making contingency plans for the festival. Tonight, the parade of teams and opening ceremonies did go off without a hitch. Tomorrow's races will include 48 teams and organizers say the threat of storms, some of which could be severe, could change the format of the Dragon Boat races. Protocol for tomorrow, because of the weather that's coming in, is to get at least one race in for everybody. You know, we're hoping that weather changes as it comes and we'll be able to fit everybody's two races in. Chances are if there is bad weather, we'll either speed up the races, speed up the time between the races. So right now the races go every 12 minutes, so we could do every 10 minutes or every 8 minutes if we see some bad weather coming. Otherwise we can also postpone and come back after the storm is over and finish off the races at that time. So our goal is to get at least the first heat in tomorrow, so everyone has a chance for at least one race. And hopefully we don't have to worry about it and we can go with our two races as planned. Berg says to keep an eye on the festival Facebook page for the updates regarding the schedule and plans for the races. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.