The next day I walked (some rain, but tolerable) down to a store and bought an umbrella. When I got out of the store it had stopped raining. I carried that umbrella with me every second from that moment on, and it never rained again.
So that tourist, walking around Times Square with a camera around his neck, his cellphone at his ear, his coat around his waist and his umbrella in his hand for two whole days… yeah, that was me 😀