OMG!
Nearing a metro record?
This is wonderful.
Thanks for the info.
I know you're taking the day off,
and you will be sorely missed.
I'd be willing to bet well over two million will have tried to participate in some way this week in DC, even if they couldn't get into the Rotunda.
I suspect as many as 250,000 (maybe more) tried to do the same thing here in California: in Santa Monica, lining the routes to Simi Valley and Point Mugu, and going to the library vicinity to leave flowers and mementos. The streets all around the library were decorated with signs, flags, candles, etc.
The media doesn't look at the whole picture when giving estimates.