Despite heavy wind gusts battering the Detroit area, the 99th America's Thanksgiving Parade will march down Woodward Avenue as scheduled Thursday morning.

Tony Michaels, president of The Parade Company, said the parade will proceed as normal with minimal adjustments needed. While a few pieces of plastic foam have blown off floats here and there, crews are prepared to handle the challenging weather conditions.

"We're fine. We're really good and ready to go," Michaels said.

The main concern centers around the parade's signature balloons, which will face a game-time decision Thursday morning based on wind conditions.

"We have replacements for two of the really high balloons, the big tall balloons and a game-time decision if we have to go small, pull one balloon from the parade, but that's

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