Love a good thunderstorm with lightning that stays in the sky, or at least not striking near me. Hate hail and flooding. So there's a balance and a line that I don't like to see crossed.
Rain - Love or Hate?
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Love the rain or snow when I have nowhere to go and nothing to do. Kick back in my chair and light up a pipe with guilt.
I loved rain when I ranched in Colorado but now that I’m in Alabama, I’m getting really tired of it. The humidity is breathtaking and prevents the sweat from evaporating off your body cooling you down.
Sydney, Oz summer of 2022 - rained incessantly for 3-4 months
Combination of 100% humidity + heat = MOULD (throughout the house - walls, bathrooms, clothes, shoes and PIPES
We have been in our current house for more than 35 years. and never encountered this problem before
Thank you La Nina
Weather prognosticators are predicting the return of El Niño, so wet winters for SoCal and drier winters up north. We'll see...Sydney, Oz summer of 2022 - rained incessantly for 3-4 months
Combination of 100% humidity + heat = MOULD (throughout the house - walls, bathrooms, clothes, shoes and PIPES
We have been in our current house for more than 35 years. and never encountered this problem before
Thank you La Nina
I remember some pretty wet winters in SoCal, decades ago, but those were several weeks of incessant rain, not months. Yikes!
I would say that El Nino is already here
Last month was the driest June on record for some years
The last time El Nino paid us a visit it overstayed its welcome, and how
The state government after years of inactivity/indecision outlaid millions to put in a de-salination plant only to moth-ball it on completion because they had faffed about so much and so long that El Nino decided to decamp.
Meanwhile we were bombarded with messages on how to save water
Farmers were seeing their crops and livestock suffer as their farms turned to dustbowls.
Australia has always been a dry continent, with a HUGE desert inland.
Very little forward planning by our state and Federal governments.
Lots of talk and hot air, but little action (as is the wont with politicians)
The last dam in NSW was completed in the 1960s and they are still talking of what a great achievement is/was.
Instead of going on and raising its walls or building another dam as the population in Sydney has grown exponentially since through immigration and people doing what comes naturally.
So, Oz is pretty much like every other country, government exists mostly to provide services for the top .01% who inform government what it will and will not do, and in turn take care of the politicos and their families. Pretty much how it is here as well. Occasionally something inconvenient, like war,
I quite like rain. Living in Wales it is fairly frequent.
I quite like heavy rain. My house thankfully doesn't suffer with flooding.
Really hate strong wind though.
I quite like heavy rain. My house thankfully doesn't suffer with flooding.
Really hate strong wind though.
I just heard on the TV someone saying in Scotland (where it rains a lot) that rain is regarded as next year's whisky .
Regards,
Jay.
.Regards,
Jay.
some time ago I spoke to a man located in the city of Yuma AZ, he did not remember when there was a rainy day last time,lol
I live in a region where the rain comes for a whole week and then doesn't come back for a year. Yes, I would like it to be more balanced. I like the smell of grass and wet earth, the storms at sunset. Yes, I love the rain.
Living back in Florida it doesn't matter, love it or hate it it's here, I actually enjoy a massive storm cell passing through, we have I believe the most lighting strikes on the planet and the storm cells move pretty quickly. There area i live in has natural formations that break the cells, it will rain 10 minutes north and 10 minutes south of me for hours and we don't get a drop so when we do i enjoy it.
If you don't like the rain petition your congressman maybe they can add more taxes to stop it.
If you don't like the rain petition your congressman maybe they can add more taxes to stop it.
Storms and rain alike, I find beautiful, but rarely will be happy about them due to the many outdoor activities that get cancelled.
On a day where I have no plans, bring on the rain!
On a day where I have no plans, bring on the rain!
Well, I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightnin' when it lights up the skies
You know it makes me feel good
I have to agree with Eddie Rabbitt. I love a rainy night.
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightnin' when it lights up the skies
You know it makes me feel good
I have to agree with Eddie Rabbitt. I love a rainy night.
I spent six years in Washington State - mostly in Seattle. What people up there called rain was what we in the south call high humidity or a light fog.
I love rain because without rain life would be harder. Farmers can't grow crops without rain. Lakes and bayous would dry up so no fishing.
I like the rain during the nine months of summer we have in South Louisiana. Most times the temperature drops 20 degrees or so and it cool enough to sit on the porch and have a pipe. The bad news is once the rain is over the temperature and humidity jumps back up.
On the other hand, I hate rain when it comes in the form of a hurricane.
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Around my house there is outside rain and inside rain. Outside rain mixes well with porch sittin, and inside rain mixes well with Roses Sweet Lime Juice. I like both on occasion.
Having experienced it many a time and having many friends in Florida, I am jealous of the rain yall get.