Man, how things can change lol. In case anyone is curious how this ended, our Wednesday flight was cancelled and obviously there was no chance of us flying in on Thursday, either. We luckily got credit back for the cancelled flight and looked into booking something that woulda left early this morning, but ultimately nobody wanted to jam a long early-morning flight and HHN into a single day. No refund or rescheduling option on the event ticket, and had to eat the cancellation fee for the hotel, as well (which thankfully was just a single-night charge, not bad all things considered).
Want to reiterate that while we're all definitely bummed, none of us are bitter or angry. Just glad to see that most folks were able to get by unscathed. Scary situation all around. And who knows, the wife and I might get a bug up our butt and try to come later this month, since we do have the flight credit and didn't feel too burned by the hotel deal. So we shall see!