It was a minorly memorable Memorial Day weekend, if only based on overall attendance. The people count was remarkable, complemented by decentish weather for two out of three vacation days, providing you didn’t mind Sunday’s cool-looking fog banks.
As to Monday, what can you say? It was a stick in the mud, quickly becoming a stick in the flood. An early afternoon deluge moved in, a la monsoon. Some Island areas got almost 2 inches of rain in under 30 minutes, ushering in instant road flooding.
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