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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
There’s a world of difference between what an individual person can do, and what people in the aggregate are likely to do.
The astute observer will have noticed that there’s a dramatic variance in how many people you see doing stuff outside on any given day, and that this variance correlates strongly with the weather. They will also notice that far more people take time off work in July and August than in April and May - this is conjecture, but maybe it’s because it’s typically hot and sunny in July and August, and most people find that nice weather to do stuff outside in.
We’re well past the ‘enough moisture to stave off drought’ stage and into the ‘bad summer for all sorts of organizations and people’ phase.
The folk festival will likely fall well short of sellouts this weekend. That will impact their gate receipts, which in turn will reduce how much money they have to spend on acts next year. I expect facilities like Heritage Park will also suffer from low attendance and revenue this summer. Same with events like charity runs. The hundreds of cancellations in sports leagues have already been mentioned.
This is shaping up to be a ####ty summer for all but some contrarian weirdos.
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Rain, shine, this doesn’t read like someone who spends much time outside either way.
Go for a run, nerd.