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about time..
Feb. 21st, 2002 10:32 amIt's raining today.
Contrary to popular belief, it almost never rains in Seattle. Oh, you get grey days, and foggy days, and fine mist permeating your jacket, and faint drizzle, but actual rain coming down? Hardly ever. And from what I can tell, the typical "sheets" that most states get when it rains only happens twice a year here.
Which is just fine with me, personally. I always thought sunshine was overrated, but then I grew up in a swamp where a sunny day just meant the temperature would probably be over 90F and definitely over 90% humidity. Even in winter weather (50F) the humidity was that high. But I digress. We're talking about sunshine, which in excess makes things hot and hurts your eyes. Plus it's not very romantic (in the Gothic sense). I've come around a bit since moving to more reasonable climes, but I'll still take a warm cloudy morning over a cold sunny one anytime.
The only thing I don't like is driving in the rain, especially on the freeway with the big trucks spraying water everywhere. Even worse is the trucks on the OTHER side, coming at you, technically shouldn't be a problem, but when they go through a puddle at 60 or more, and it crashes onto your windshield like a tsunami - that's a little scary. You know, that whole bit where you can't see the road because your wipers are only going at the mid-level speed, so they can't get rid of six gallons so quickly.
Contrary to popular belief, it almost never rains in Seattle. Oh, you get grey days, and foggy days, and fine mist permeating your jacket, and faint drizzle, but actual rain coming down? Hardly ever. And from what I can tell, the typical "sheets" that most states get when it rains only happens twice a year here.
Which is just fine with me, personally. I always thought sunshine was overrated, but then I grew up in a swamp where a sunny day just meant the temperature would probably be over 90F and definitely over 90% humidity. Even in winter weather (50F) the humidity was that high. But I digress. We're talking about sunshine, which in excess makes things hot and hurts your eyes. Plus it's not very romantic (in the Gothic sense). I've come around a bit since moving to more reasonable climes, but I'll still take a warm cloudy morning over a cold sunny one anytime.
The only thing I don't like is driving in the rain, especially on the freeway with the big trucks spraying water everywhere. Even worse is the trucks on the OTHER side, coming at you, technically shouldn't be a problem, but when they go through a puddle at 60 or more, and it crashes onto your windshield like a tsunami - that's a little scary. You know, that whole bit where you can't see the road because your wipers are only going at the mid-level speed, so they can't get rid of six gallons so quickly.
