Do they know the crowd size?
Just "tens of thousands." Amazing crowds. Kristinn noted about a hundred people standing outside a bar watching the ceremony through the windows on the big screen TVs.
The heat was hard on everyone, including the military. The heat got to one of our FReepers in particular, but for privacy purposes I'll leave off the name. A couple of other FReepers will make sure that particular FReeper gets home OK.
We all know moving FReepers along is like herding cats. Kristinn reports some of the melted FReepers have gone to stand in line for the Rotunda, some went home, some to their hotels.