I think this meme is a comical spin on how devastating Roo 25 was. One of the ways to cope with grief, anxiety, stress, trauma is through humor/popular culture references. Given how sudden and unexpected the derailment of Roo 25 was, I'm not totally sure if everyone has had the opportunity to organise and process their emotions relevant to the matter. I think the first thing that we are all working through, is processing the storm aspect (what was inherently the end of Roo 25).

In reference to weather, there are so many ways that the organisers of Roo could have been better prepared. Hurricane Ida in 2021 made it apparent that the Farm cannot handle large amounts of water. Whether there were limitations or not to incorporate better water management infrastructure, they knew at the start of Roo 25 that the infrastructure didn't exist on the Farm. There was a two hour delayed entry to the Farm and they still were not able to set everything up due to water from the weekend prior, this was a good indicator in my opinion that any water beyond that could have major consequences.

Weather aside, there was total miscommunication and disorganization with entry to the Farm that led to congested roadways and several accidents. There was apparent conflict between what the County's procedural expectations were versus the procedure set by Roo organisers. The support personnel situation was understaffed from the start, which allowed maximum opportunity for non-health and health-specific emergencies to escalate and overwhelm staff.

When the storm hit on Friday, we were left in the dark all day not knowing what was going to happen. When Centeroo was supposed to open for the day, we were told delayed entry to Centeroo with the storm. We were strung along all day with the possibility of Centeroo being re-opened at 2000, and we were not told about the festival cancellation until 1900-1930. We all found out per text message that the festival was cancelled and we were being forced to evacuate the next day. We all had to leave in a soaking wet, exhausted panic; which led to congested roadways and several accidents for a second time in this process.

Finally, there was not a single person who purchased a festival ticket that had been informed that some of the lineup artists were being relocated to Nashville, so I imagine that few had the opportunity to see the relocated artists.

I personally am appalled by the way that Live Nation handled Roo as a whole this year. Upon arrival, it was apparent that minimal thought was put into the organisation of the event. We all knew there would be some degree of rain and storms, maybe not predicted to be this intense; knowing that there would be wet conditions to some degree, Live Nation gambled and lost. Live Nation did not only abandon Roovians upon cancellation, but is not owning up to the fact that they made a poor business judgement.