The rain that hit Friday afternoon and remained on-and-off throughout the evening put a damper on some activities, but overall didn’t cause a lot of problems.

Some events in Salisbury and the surrounding area were canceled. Two high school football games, A.L. Brown at Central Cabarrus and South Rowan at Northwest Cabarrus, never saw a kickoff.

The demolition derby, which was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. at the Rowan County Fair-grounds, was rescheduled for this evening.

If the weather is bad outside, people tend to take the fun indoors, namely the movies.

Tinseltown movie theater on Faith Road saw a boom in business, according to employee Amber Williamson. “We do tend to get a little more business when there is bad weather,” she said. The favorite for the evening, according to Williamson, proved to be Joseph Lawrence’s new movie “Urban Legends II.”

However, Badin Drive-In Theatre did not have the same luck. A business that normally sees well over 100 patrons on a weekend night only had about 60. “A lot of people actually come for the movie nowadays,” joked Murray. Those who opted to brave the rain at the drive-in enjoyed “Nutty Professor II,” “Gone in 60 Seconds” and “Scary Movie.”

According to owner Marsha Murray, she and her husband had just rebuilt the screen after a storm two weeks ago.

Despite the slick pavement, Rowan and Cabarrus Counties saw few accidents throughout the afternoon and evening. The Rowan County Highway Patrol was reporting no more than the ordinary number of accidents.

The dispatcher for Cabarrus County Highway Patrol said there were a few accidents in the afternoon due to the heavy rain, but that it had been quiet throughout the evening.

According to the dispatch officer on duty at the Salisbury Police Department, there were few accidents in city limits despite the weather. And Kannapolis Police reported only three accidents, “not out of the ordinary,” according to their dispatch officer.

Helene, which was downgraded Friday from a tropical storm, was expected to bring several inches of rain overnight and today to the Carolinas.