Record rain soothes weekend traffic headaches

Only one thing could have cleared crowd-stricken Annapolis on a Saturday in which two of its most popular events overlapped for the first time in eight years - a day-long downpour of incredible proportions.

Almost 5 inches of rain fell on Annapolis yesterday, drenching a sold-out crowd of 37,000 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, and nearly halting the United States Sailboat Show dead in its tracks and setting a new daily record for rainfall.

"Tropical remnants of Hurricane Tammy moved across the area and that's what contributed to the precipitation," said Calvin Meadows, a meteorological technician at the National Weather...