Latest news with #populace

Washington Post

A cooler day refreshes a city of heat and storms

It was cloudy Friday in D.C., but it also seemed clear that a cooler day had been granted to a populace that had been steeped in heat and humidity and the storms they frequently combined to create. As evening approached it did not yet seem certain whether thunder and lightning would stage a late-day rally, to rumble and crackle once again. With all the gray clouds that had been arranging themselves throughout the overcast summer afternoon, it still seemed a possibility.