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  • From: Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] 9/12 Washington crowd estimate
  • Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:31:18 -0400

Thanks for this info, Lynn. It seems a reasonable attempt to me, too, and
I've been wishing for an idea of attendance. Unfortunately, my researching
the internet time is short these days.

Cathy

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth
<lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>wrote:

> Still no 'official' estimate, but this is a reasonable attempt:
>
> http://blog.heritage.org/2009/09/15/metro-delivers-hundreds-of-thousands-to-912-rally/
>
> I didn't verify any of the metro ridership figures (too busy this morning),
> but using Metro ridership and comparing to the increase in ridership over a
> 'normal' Saturday after Labor day, and extrapolating from the increased
> ridership/estimate of people arriving on buses, etc for the inauguration
> seems reasonable. Their estimate for 9/12 is 313,000 to 433,000 attendees.
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
>
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