In my home state of Rhode Island, Memorial Day traditionally marks the start of beach-going season. Families head for the shore, opening beach houses for another summer away from scorching city temperatures. These days, I know something else that starts this three-day weekend: Internet traffic begins falling, and remains low during much of the summer, as more people vacation and stay away from the Web.Please post your replies in the comments section, below. To e-mail confidentially, write jimhopkins[at]gmail[dot-com]; see Tipsters Anonymous Policy in the rail, upper right.
[Photo: bather at Pompano Beach, Fla., by Eric Thayer of The New York Times via Gawker]
Hey, oddly enough, I live and report in Rhode Island. The Internet is much too small of a place at times. (Also: It was ridiculously nice here today. It makes up for the 96 degree heat on Wednesday.)
ReplyDelete96 in Rhode Island?! This early in the year?
ReplyDeleteYeah Jim - It set a record for the entire month of May, according to the Projo:
ReplyDeletehttp://newsblog.projo.com/2010/05/near-record-heat-expected-chan.html
Thankfully, the Sun (oh sweet irony!) had their air conditioning working, so I did not die of heatstroke.