<p>It is a Boston thing from when they won the world series in 2004. They play it at every Red Sox game.
it is not that old a “tradition”.</p>
<p>Sweet Caroline is the theme of the Red Sox; most of us in the northeast outside of Red Sox Nation don’t consider it as “ours”, or need it to be. OTOH, my S’s favorite Red Sox commentator has opined that the Mets are the new RS (the pre-2004 ones, that is–capable of unmatched imaginative ways to lose seasons and break hearts) so maybe we should adopt it.</p>
<p>Didn’t New England have a drought a few years back? How are the reservoirs now? Are all the concerns about water supply over and done with?</p>
<p>Droughts were in the 1990s. Anything in this century was mismanagement.</p>
<p>Really?</p>
<p>BOSTON – It is being a called a horticultural drought. The second driest August in 122 years is causing tremendous stress on the area’s trees.</p>
<p>Well, New England is more than just Boston. We’ve had a lot of rain and snow this decade in New Hampshire. You don’t remember the floods that we had two years in a row? The Merrimack Valley was heavily impacted. The Merrimack Valley has had to worry about flooding from snow melt further north along the Merrimack River.</p>
<p>I look out my office window and just see a huge amount of very green foliage.</p>
<p>Sorry, just out of touch with things NE-wise, other then New Haven. This summer in Michigan has likewise been cool and wet. Grass is very green and have yet to turn on a sprinkler.</p>
<p>Some interesting stats about the cool and wet June in NYC -
[National</a> Weather Service Text Product Display](<a href=“National Weather Service”>Text Products for PNS Issued by OKX)
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<p>At one point this June (around June 20?), Boston was on pace to break an all-time record, set in 1903, for the fewest days with any sunshine in June. It wasn’t just cloudy and rainy, it was blowing mist and COLD - felt like the Scottish moors or something. </p>
<p>But the last 3 days have been bee-you-tee-ful!</p>
<p>we’re headed off to NYC next weekend. We’ll probably be bringing the heat and humidity with us. :)</p>
<p>Skipping back a few posts… fireworks are illegal here, too, ucla<em>ucsd</em>dad. But just as I saw tons of signs selling fireworks on I10 outside of your area, there are tons of them in NH just over our border. </p>
<p>I’m quite sure our fine law enforcement officials are aware they could haul in numerous scofflaws if they showed up on any lakeshore on the weekend in question. But they’re probably all busy enjoying the show in their own lakeside “camps” (Mainers’ word for vacation cabins).</p>
<p>Rain again in MA . . . . ugh!</p>
<p>Yes, here too, Bromfield. And the temp in the car read 57 degrees! It is July 7th for crying out loud.</p>
<p>Hope everyone enjoyed their summer here in the Boston area. It lasted so far for 2 days. (And June was the month with the least amount of sunshine since 1903. July doesn’t look much better.)</p>
<p>Glad to see you New Englanders still have a sense of humor!
I’m going to NH this weekend and a little bit worried.</p>
<p>Sorry Boston, I did not take your nice weather back to Seattle. It is dark and gloomy here, too. At least the 4th was wonderful in both places. H and I watched the spectacular fireworks display from the sidewalk on the Cambridge side of the river, and our kid managed to find her buddies who saved her a front row seat on the other side. Despite the two really rainy days and a delayed flight, we enjoyed our visit to MA.</p>
<p>We just had 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch hail coming down hard followed by sheets of rain in Southern NH. Set off a few car alarms in the parking lot.</p>
<p>Is it raining in NYC? I’ve been getting ready for hot and humid weather - not rain! And here in SoCal? its 73 degrees and sunny - can I postpone my trip :)</p>
<p>Don’t know about NYC, but ten miles west, in NJ, it’s raining. Again.</p>
<p>I’m leaving for Ireland tomorrow. The forecast for the next four days is:</p>
<p>Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. LIght rain.</p>
<p>Looks good to me! :)</p>