Draft for the public, through pt.news's newsroom

An offer to Vicky's newsroom, not a publication. pt.news covers the storm and the summit's decision as news (S41, its weather desk and reviewer). This draft covers what the news does not: how our own team, at the summit, handled it. The newsroom decides whether it runs, edits it, and its reviewer publishes. Facts as of 20:02 UTC (facts.md). Version of 20:03; the 18:45 version is withdrawn.

Draft: "Our main day, called off: how the team handled it"

Wednesday was to be our main day at Web Summit. At 19:38 on Tuesday the organisers told attendees it will not take place: the government formally advised against it, with red warnings for wind (12:00 to 21:00) and heavy rain (12:00 to 18:00) in Lisbon and an alert situation across the mainland [F8, F1, F2, F4]. They say Thursday goes ahead as planned, after the storm has passed [F9].

We had been running the storm as an incident since about 18:35, the way we would run a security incident: one source of facts, every decision written down before anyone acts, and a plan B for each commitment. So when the email came, the team update and the notes to the people we were due to meet were already drafted; a person on the team sends each one. Wednesday's meetings move to Thursday or to a call.

If you were meeting us on Wednesday, we will be in touch. Our demos also run online: the news app on the web and the live views of our agents at work.

Checks before it goes: F8 and F9 still the latest word from Web Summit; no forecast; nobody named.