In both places weather defied the forecasters, hurricane mavens and drought hawks. Pa. They closed school early enough for a bunch of us to troop over to watch the gusts finish knocking down the rickety roof on the shed on State Street where Mason's Chevrolet had just stashed a new shipment of Chevies we all coveted. The cars got sadly crunched, but we barely got wet. Don't defy bad weather.
Hurricanes are dangerous.
But Dennis was so persnickety you had to chuckle. North of Wilmington, N.C., nobody got Dennis right. Friday, Delaware officials were still clinging to mandatory drought restrictions because they were convinced Dennis would pass by with barely a drop. In Cape May, forecasters predicted rain all weekend. Dennis dithered and dominated newscasts.