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Libraries Report Surge in Visitors ‘Just Here for the Dry’

Readers discover books while hiding from Storm Boelo.

Shelter, with paragraphs.

Shelter, with paragraphs. Photo: Thaler, “Egyetemi Könyvtár4”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

PERTH — Libraries across the area report wet visitors arriving to shelter and accidentally borrowing novels. “One man came in for a radiator and left with three thrillers,” said a fictional librarian. A triumph for literacy, and for radiators.

The real story: Context: wet weekend forecast.

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