So begins The Beatles song Rain. It goes on to say: "they run & hide their heads". I entered the Drive studio & sat at the microphone just as the storm was beginning here this afternoon and on a whim popped Rain onto the air while saying something cleverly humorous along the lines of "if you want to know what it's like outside this afternoon, just listen to The Beatles & you'll know". I had no idea of the problems to come for Rutland City until later in the afternoon when the station began getting requests from the Rutland City police to announce that people should stay away from downtown. The Bloomer building closed once again, the transit center flooded, Friday Night Live was cancelled and the streets were a mess everywhere. Just take a look at the photo to get an idea of how bad things were for awhile. My thanks to Roxane Shappy for the great camera work! All afternoon I tried to stay up to date on the rain and in turn keep you up to date with timely information but even The Drive was a victim of the storm as we struggled to stay on the air. We had a couple of setbacks on that front, but things seem ok right now. It looks like we will be dealing with more thunderstorms right through the weekend. Hopefully they won't be as bad as the ones that came through earlier today when people had to run and hide their heads. Hopefully by Monday morning we will all be able to quote a different Beatles song.....Good Day Sunshine.
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