Curse You, Rain!

Sorry to get your hopes up, but Hartford Riverfest and accompanying fireworks have been postponed due to flooding.

I know it's sad. But we will move on. We're a strong and resilient city. We will live to fight another day.

Hartford has a sad history with flooding, so we don't really like to mess around with the angry waters of Old Man Connecticut River. If they're predicting a flood, I'm inclined to believe them. We don't want anything like this going down:

That was the Bond Hotel back in 1936.

So sorry to break the news. Tell your friends and neighbors. 

Also, tell your other friends and neighbors to calm down with the firecrackers shooting off at all times of the night during the entire month of July. It scares my cat.