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00:00Well, the countdown to Coventry is in its final hours. The much-anticipated last-ever concert for Phish takes place this weekend.
00:10The one thing that we couldn't predict was the rain. We had gotten rain that we'd never seen in that time period.
00:26All of a sudden,
00:28there was traffic. Just miles and miles of cars, you know, on an interstate that never sees that amount of cars ever.
00:39People were getting stuck. We were having to go up there with our tractors and basically drag people with a chain into parking spots.
00:4515-20 miles away, people are starting campfires by the side of the road because they've sort of given up.
00:58We are still in traffic.
01:13Due to the severe weather, we have had to make a decision that we are going to need to turn people around.
01:19This is gonna be your first show. There's just nowhere to put anybody because of all the rain and the sledding.
01:28We have parked the cars on the side of the road, and we are just gonna hike down there because they're not letting any more cars come in.