Now panic?

Dow closes down more than 600 points, ending less than 8700. It was at about 14000 one year ago.

GM is at 1950s levels (down more than 30% today).

Cedar Faire (they own Cedar Point, King's Island, King's Dominion, Knottsberry Farm, etc.) is down more than 20% for the day.

Edit: Dow closed down nearly 700 points, ending less than 8600.

When was/will be the 500th day of MDRF?

I did a bit of estimating recently, and it's quite possible that sometime this season was/will be the 500th day of the Maryland Ren Fest. However, I don't have the resources to actually count the days.

I made lots of grand assumptions with no basis in reality, but they seem reasonable. For example, I assumed that the first three years were for 7 days each (including labor day), and during the next several years expanded to 5 or 6 weekends (11 or 13 days each season). I assumed 8 weekends once the fest moved to Crownsville, and 9 weekends starting about 12 or 13 years ago.

Does anybody have hard numbers?