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Article: After 18 straight days of rain, soggy Central Florida wonders when it will end.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Byline: Anthony Colarossi and Martin Comas
ORLANDO, Fla. _ The gray clouds at Orlando's Wet `N Wild on Monday morning didn't deter Sylvia Smith and her 14-year-old son, Samuel, from going about the day's mission: fun in the sun _ or the rain.
"We're going to swim whether it's raining or not," the Kissimmee resident said. "We have been planning this for three to four weeks. If there's thunder and lightning, then I'll get out of the water. But why not swim in the rain?"
After 18 straight days of rain across much of Central Florida, a region that thrives on sunshine is instead a soggy mess.
Tourists have had their vacations rained out. ...