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We’ve had this from Peter Rehwaldt in Kansas City:
Today the Oranje took over Kansas City with their bus-led march through downtown Kansas City, and “took over” is not hyperbole.
At least one local television station cut into its regular programming to show the Dutch parade, with their orange double-decker bus leading thousands through the streets, and liveblogged it on its website.
Clearing the path ahead of the bus, the city Public Works Department even wrapped three of the city’s snowplows in orange to encourage people to get off the streets and onto the sidewalks.
What makes this truly amazing is that orange is the colour of one of the Kansas City Chiefs’ main rivals, the Denver Broncos.
Local television presenters repeatedly told viewers: “These are not Broncos fans – they’re supporters of the Oranje from the Netherlands.” One local resident who joined the parade told a reporter: “I’m a lifelong Chiefs fan and have never worn orange in my life.
That’s Denver’s color.
But today, for the Dutch, for the joy they have brought our city, I had to go out and get some orange, non-Broncos clothes so I could take part properly.”
For tonight’s match, we’ve got rainstorms moving through, but the latest forecast says the threat of lightning has almost entirely disappeared, so it looks as if we won’t have to worry about a two-hour delay like the one for France v Iraq.
Tonight’s game may be wet, perhaps with heavy rain at times, but it probably will not be delayed.
Continue reading...Sources: The Guardian
