Yes we are playing tonight at Cedar and probably every other night this summer. We have not canceled a night yet and you know how much rain we have had on LI in June. We only cancel if the radar map shows that it will be raining at the league site between 6 pm and sunset. You can usually tell this by looking a the radar map on Weather.com or the Weather Channel or a similar weather page. Do not listen to the weather men or read the reports, They are for a wide area across the NYC metropolitan region and so must be very vague. Look at the radar map and watch the movement of the rain.

For those of you who missed the rain policy in the last email sent out a month ago, here it is again:

1. Rain: In case of cancellation by rain we will post a message on the answering machine at 631-728-0397 after 4 pm if the league is cancelled. We will also send an email announcement once it is cancelled so be sure to get on the EEVB LI email list. If you hear a normal message listing all upcoming events, then the league is on. If the league is cancelled it will be listed first on the message. We will also try to post cancellations on the web site and send email notices when possible. We make our decisions based on the radar map on the Weather Channel and not on anything written or broadcast elsewhere. Most of the time when the weather is bad in the afternoon it will clear up by the 6 pm starting time. Rainouts are unusual.
   PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT MAKE PLAYERS COMPETE IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS. ANY TEAM CAN STOP PLAY AT ANYTIME IF THEY FEEL CONDITIONS ARE UNSAFE. We treat players as adults who are capable of making a decision about whether they think it is safe to play or if conditions call for suspending play.

You can find this policy and a lot of answers to your questions in the league manual which is available online at www.eevb.net/leaguemanual.pdf

We clould have easily cancelled a numbe rof night s and many of you would be comalining (rightfully so) about the cancellations. EEVB will error on the side of palhying. If you think it is too bad don’t come. But we expect to play except in the worst of conditions. And we have added an email alert to our rain procedures which will only be sent out if we cancel.

Richard Heiles

East End Volleyball

PO Box 49

Hampton Bays, NY 11946

www.eevb.net

631-728-0397 or 631-355-1293 (Cell)