Weather I: 'Hope' Is Not A Method

As you may know from picnics ruined, swim meets cancelled and fireworks displays postponed, it rains here from time to time -- and often at a moment's notice. We all hope that yesterday's sky doesn't make an encore appearance come Sunday:

Moments later, the heavens opened (video).

No, hope is not a method -- which is why we've enlisted Arboretum Manager Bill Astifan. He isn't going to just wish for a sunny day; he's taking action -- by doing a special Sunny Day dance.

(In the unlikely event that his Dance doesn't work, there is an elaborate -- and failsafe -- backup plan to move the festivities into the Field House. According to cell E85 on the master spreadsheet, that decision will be made at 6 am Sunday.)

Three days out, the forecast could be more reassuring.