I hate rain

[SirFozzie]

We're not as bad off as the folks on the cape (some areas have gotten 4-5 inches of rain already)..

but god, this is the rainiest year I can remember.

May was the 2nd rainiest May in Massachusetts History as the middle of the month, we may have surpassed the record by the end of the month.

We average 3.5 inches of rain in June, that may be beaten by the end of today (1.26 inches so far today, the heaviest rain will be this afternoon, and getting close to 3 inches of rain on the month)

God. I'm tired of it.

[Sublime 2]

I paint for my summer job, so it's freakin killing my summer funds! I'm like two weeks behind because of this damn rain!

[Bee]

I love rain. If it weren't for my wife hating it, I'd move to Seattle.


edit: I used to love playing football in the rain. I think I get my love of rain from some of those games that ended up being a muddy mess. :D

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

Rain? What is that?

[SirFozzie]

Yup, knew this thread would draw Farrah's attention :p

[rkmsuf]

This just in. It's still raining.

[SirFozzie]

Heh. plus more rain tommorrow, then another storm friday (although it may not be as bad as this one)

Remind me to get a snorkel

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

It almost rained here yesterday. But then it didn't.

[rkmsuf]

my basement has wrinkles

[SirFozzie]

It almost rained here yesterday. But then it didn't.

*grumbles* and I can't even Keel her now.. can't afford to fly out to Zona at this point :)

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

*grumbles* and I can't even Keel her now.. can't afford to fly out to Zona at this point :)

Whine whine whine. :p

[SirFozzie]

Anyone ever tell you you're the bratty little sister of FOFC, Farrah? :D

[st.cronin]

It actually DID rain here yesterday, just enough to rinse off my dusty car. Usually we just see rain in the distance, as it goes around us.

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

Anyone ever tell you you're the bratty little sister of FOFC, Farrah? :D

That's new. I've been called many other things though...:p

[MikeVick7]

I love rain. If it weren't for my wife hating it, I'd move to Seattle.
For a second there, I thought that Bee had logged into my account and posted this under my name. :)

Actually my g/f is in favor of a future move out there.

[sachmo71]

it almost rained here in Dallas as well. Alas, the 15 year drought continues.

[SirFozzie]

Hate all of you. HATE you.

[Schmidty]

I love rain. If it weren't for my wife hating it, I'd move to Seattle.

This place is bipolar. It literally never stops raining during winter and spring, and it never rains at all in the summer and fall (except late fall).

[FrogMan]

Hate all of you. HATE you.

I hate them with you. Seems like it rains every weekend around here, then we get a few partly sunny days (Monday-Wednesday) and it's forecasted to rain again from Thursday to Sunday with cold weather to boot. My son has a football game on Saturday and a soccer game on Sunday. Oh, he will have a blast, I'm sure of that. Daddy on the other hand is gonna freeze his ass off by the sideline... Oh well...

FM

[JeeberD]

it almost rained here in Dallas as well. Alas, the 15 year drought continues.


Yup, it sucks...

[SirFozzie]

Yup, it sucks...

There's not a jury in the world who would convict me if I came down there, punched you in the mouth and took your posts away from you, Jeebies :)

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

Hate all of you. HATE you.

Don't be a hater Foz, it's so unattractive.

[SirFozzie]

Don't be a hater Foz, it's so unattractive.

Like I was Pierce Brosnan before ;)

[JeeberD]

There's not a jury in the world who would convict me if I came down there, punched you in the mouth and took your posts away from you, Jeebies :)

I have a buddy who is visiting Boston this week to check out Berklee...would you mind punching him instead? ;)

[SirFozzie]

I have a buddy who is visiting Boston this week to check out Berklee...would you mind punching him instead? ;)

I'll make the obligatory joke to keep anyone else out of it..

Why, does he look like a tree? :)

[JeeberD]

:D

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

Like I was Pierce Brosnan before ;)

I'd say something super snarky here, but I don't want to be labeled the bitch of FOFC.

Oh, is it too late for that?

[SirFozzie]

nah, you're the bratty lil sister, not the bitch :)

[KevinNU7]

I hope all this fucking rain kills all those mother fucking caterpillars in my yard

[rkmsuf]

I hope all this fucking rain kills all those mother fucking caterpillars in my yard

caterpillars make love to the rain

[JeeberD]

it almost rained here in Dallas as well. Alas, the 15 year drought continues.

OK, I just washed my car for the first time in like nine months. If that doesn't bring at least a little rain I don't know what will...

[SirFozzie]

*laughs* i just went for my daily walk around the building. (I promised I'd do this amongst other things to try to lose weight.

BAD idea.

Horrible idea.

I'm soaked through *laughs*.

I really have to get my gym membership approved.

[Galaril]

The rain here really sucks. WE are going to have serious mosquito problem this summer. And as for Phoenix, it doesn't even have perspiration there.

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

And as for Phoenix, it doesn't even have perspiration there.

I would have to disagree with you on this. I can break a sweat blow drying my hair in the morning.

[stevew]

After a fresh rain, the horse shit on the sides of the road smells extra good. Especially if the sun comes up immediately thereafter.

[st.cronin]

It just rained for about 12 seconds here. Looking out my back window, I can see the rain falling on the Jemez mountains.

[AZSpeechCoach]

I got rain this afternoon. My patio was wet. Then, 10 minutes later, it was dry again. Go Phoenix!

[rkmsuf]

Update: It's still raining.

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

RAIN!!! For a whole 20 minutes last night! I thought I was going to melt.

[SirFozzie]

(bites his tounge to avoid commenting :)) :p :D

[Buccaneer]

Please, please send some rain here. It has rained a total of about 10 minutes...FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. Most of the state is in high to very high fire danger with the NW part enacting an outright ban (the rest of the will like follow sometime, I think). The mountains are relatively better than the Front Range but that only shows that danger in the areas where there are high populations.

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

(bites his tounge to avoid commenting :)) :p :D

It really did a number on my hair too. My hair is naturally curly so when it rains it just sucks up all the moisture and I look like a derranged poodle. It was not fun.

[FrogMan]

It really did a number on my hair too. My hair is naturally curly so when it rains it just sucks up all the moisture and I look like a derranged poodle. It was not fun.

pix pls k tks

:D

FM

[JeeberD]

My ritual car washing failed...nary a cloud in the sky.

[Pumpy Tudors]

It's like alien weather here. On Memorial Day, it was 90 degrees. Only a week before, the temperature was barely cracking 50, if it even got that high. In between, it was raining every day. Then, last week, it started raining again. Now it's about 80 degrees and clear. It's all over the place. I wouldn't be surprised if there's some snowfall here within the next month.

I think I want to go back to Louisiana. Sure, it's hot, humid, and rainy every afternoon, but at least I know what to expect!

[Desnudo]

I love rain. If it weren't for my wife hating it, I'd move to Seattle.


edit: I used to love playing football in the rain. I think I get my love of rain from some of those games that ended up being a muddy mess. :D

It actually doesn't "rain" any more in Seattle than a city like Boston. So if your wife could make it through 8 months of persistent cloudiness, you're all set.

[rkmsuf]

It actually doesn't "rain" any more in Seattle than a city like Boston. So if your wife could make it through 8 months of persistent cloudiness, you're all set.

That is a common misconception. I used to think the same thing until I did the research and was standing there beside myself.

[stevew]

It's like alien weather here. On Memorial Day, it was 90 degrees. Only a week before, the temperature was barely cracking 50, if it even got that high. In between, it was raining every day. Then, last week, it started raining again. Now it's about 80 degrees and clear. It's all over the place. I wouldn't be surprised if there's some snowfall here within the next month.

I think I want to go back to Louisiana. Sure, it's hot, humid, and rainy every afternoon, but at least I know what to expect!

Word.

You'll have the furnace on one day, the next day it will be like 75.

[SirFozzie]

The news this morning announced that we've exceeded our average rain fall for the year.

In five months and 9 days.


Hopefully the weekend will be no rain (mostly cloudy saturday, Partly Cloudy Sunday)

[rkmsuf]

The news this morning announced that we've exceeded our average rain fall for the year.

In five months and 9 days.


Hopefully the weekend will be no rain (mostly cloudy saturday, Partly Cloudy Sunday)

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[gottimd]

What about a little purple rain?

[duckman]

Send a little rain this way..............please.

[Suburban Rhythm]

It's all over the place. I wouldn't be surprised if there's some snowfall here within the next month.

Don't say that...could there be anything worse than having to cut grass AND shovel snow in the same week?

But agree, if it would happen anywhere, it would be here.

[rjolley]

http://newsok.com/images/news9/7day_image.jpg

Send a little rain this way..............please.

What, did you look up West Texas' forecast? Never seen so many 100+ degree days in a row...

[gottimd]

http://newsok.com/images/news9/7day_image.jpg

Send a little rain this way..............please.

If you really want it to rain, my buddies and I will have to plan a golf trip out there. No matter where we go, it never fails to rain for the entire golf trip.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Don't say that...could there be anything worse than having to cut grass AND shovel snow in the same week?

But agree, if it would happen anywhere, it would be here.
Yep, I've been here for 10 months, and I've really seen it all now. It was about 90 degrees with near 100% humidity on the day I got to Pennsylvania. Three months later, there was a day of snow. Then the weather warmed up long enough to get us to Thanksgiving, and then the snow got pretty heavy. It calmed down for a few weeks until February, and then we were still getting a little bit of snow in mid-April. I don't know how you guys handle it, but I'll learn.

At least I live in downtown Greensburg, so I don't have any grass to cut. The landlord dispatches a grounds crew to handle the small yard behind the house. :D

[Suburban Rhythm]

Yep, I've been here for 10 months, and I've really seen it all now. It was about 90 degrees with near 100% humidity on the day I got to Pennsylvania. Three months later, there was a day of snow. Then the weather warmed up long enough to get us to Thanksgiving, and then the snow got pretty heavy. It calmed down for a few weeks until February, and then we were still getting a little bit of snow in mid-April. I don't know how you guys handle it, but I'll learn.

At least I live in downtown Greensburg, so I don't have any grass to cut. The landlord dispatches a grounds crew to handle the small yard behind the house. :D

Just spent a day "out your way" at Storybook Forest...ok, I guessed I passed through Greensburg, but we did stop for coffee and a bathroom break in Greensburg.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Just spent a day "out your way" at Storybook Forest...ok, I guessed I passed through Greensburg, but we did stop for coffee and a bathroom break in Greensburg.
Not to turn this into a Southwest Pennsylvania thread, but I'd like to see Storybook Forest and all of Idlewild sometime this spring or summer. It looks like fun, but I haven't made my way over there yet. Hopefully soon.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Not to turn this into a Southwest Pennsylvania thread,

PM'd for just that reason...

[SirFozzie]

Guess what?

More rain!

Yesterday they had to close down several highways in the city because of flooding, and today we have about 2-3 inches of rain. Some areas will get 6-9 inches of rain this weekend.

Fun.

[DaddyTorgo]

Guess what?

More rain!

Yesterday they had to close down several highways in the city because of flooding, and today we have about 2-3 inches of rain. Some areas will get 6-9 inches of rain this weekend.

Fun.

that torrent we had yesterday afternoon? flooded the store in front of my store in like...less than 10 minutes. It was insane!

[SirFozzie]

Because of the road closures, they were saying there was a 37 mile backup on one highway

I could not imagine what it looked like.

[st.cronin]

Somebody explain to me why it is that at any given time in this country, there is someplace in a drought, and some other place enjoying floods. Why is it that we can't move water around the way we do electricity? If New Mexico needs some extra power, Texas or somebody will sell it to us. But I'm pretty sure it's actually illegal for New Mexico to import water in the same way. Does anybody understand this topic?

[RPI-Fan]

Somebody explain to me why it is that at any given time in this country, there is someplace in a drought, and some other place enjoying floods. Why is it that we can't move water around the way we do electricity? If New Mexico needs some extra power, Texas or somebody will sell it to us. But I'm pretty sure it's actually illegal for New Mexico to import water in the same way. Does anybody understand this topic?

I don't know what the legalities are, but mechanically speaking, water is a hell of a lot heavier than electricity.

Irrigation design for small farms is a major challenge and consequently big business. It's simply not as practical as moving electricity.

[Buccaneer]

It's not the transportation and distribution of water that is the problem. Afterall, we have these massive water projects of dams, levees, canals, and pipes that transport and control water throughout the West (the East never needed water so very few projects of the kind were ever built). The problem is simply water rights, not only from the source but where water should/could end up.

[terpkristin]

What I can't figure out is why places that are doing fine with water (like where my folks live in Columbia, MD) are having mandatory water bans on weekends and holidays...

/tk

[kmbgolf]

im on capecod and it hasnt stopped pooring for a while

[SirFozzie]

What I can't figure out is why places that are doing fine with water (like where my folks live in Columbia, MD) are having mandatory water bans on weekends and holidays...

/tk

It's not just how much you can take safely from the resevoirs and such.. it's the total strain on the system. You can't put that much through the pipes at anyone time without putting a huge stress on the system.

[terpkristin]

It's not just how much you can take safely from the resevoirs and such.. it's the total strain on the system. You can't put that much through the pipes at anyone time without putting a huge stress on the system.

No doubt, but one would think that if it were mostly a throughput problem, that they'd have water bans more often....

This is only the third one I remember in way too long of living there

/tk

[terpkristin]

Aha!
A little research gave me the answer,


In response to a potential water shortage in the county, Howard County fire officials have drawn up emergency plans and shuffled staff and equipment in case of a large fire.
Utilities officials added that they would crack down on scofflaws who violate recently issued water restrictions by shutting off the violators' water and fining them $60 before restoring water service.
The departments' strategies come on the heels of an announcement by county officials last week that residents must use less water this summer thanks to an impaired water main in Baltimore County. The damage to that main has cut off one of Howard County's most significant water sources indefinitely.


/tk

[SirFozzie]

No doubt, but one would think that if it were mostly a throughput problem, that they'd have water bans more often....

This is only the third one I remember in way too long of living there

/tk

At least here in MA, it's because so much more water is used on lawns and on pools and all that (not to mention kids in the sprinkler!)

[Buccaneer]

Whomever sent the rain to Colorado this past week, thank you. In certain places, we went from 10% of average to close to 90%. Most of you could not have imagined how scary it was last month to have almost no measurable precipatation since last August. It seemed like the hot, dry and windy weather would never end and that a single moron throwing a cig out the window would send the whole state up in flames. It will be hot and dry later this week but as long as the monsoon rains have a chance of developing, we'll get some rain on a regular basis.

[st.cronin]

Whomever sent the rain to Colorado this past week, thank you. In certain places, we went from 10% of average to close to 90%. Most of you could not have imagined how scary it was last month to have almost no measurable precipatation since last August. It seemed like the hot, dry and windy weather would never end and that a single moron throwing a cig out the window would send the whole state up in flames. It will be hot and dry later this week but as long as the monsoon rains have a chance of developing, we'll get some rain on a regular basis.

Same here. We've actually had some minor flooding in places, which was unimaginable a month ago. Shoot, a month ago, the Santa Fe river was completely dry.

[FrogMan]

you are both welcome, as I can only assume the rain came from here. We have had our nicest weekend of this Summer so far, even though that's not saying much considering the crap weather we've had since May...

FM

[Schmidty]

We haven't had a drop of rain in like a month. That usually confuses people, but it rarely rains here in the summer.

[cartman]

Whomever sent the rain to Colorado this past week, thank you. In certain places, we went from 10% of average to close to 90%. Most of you could not have imagined how scary it was last month to have almost no measurable precipatation since last August. It seemed like the hot, dry and windy weather would never end and that a single moron throwing a cig out the window would send the whole state up in flames. It will be hot and dry later this week but as long as the monsoon rains have a chance of developing, we'll get some rain on a regular basis.
You're welcome. It seemed our camping trip to the area caused the rain to occur. We had three first time campers (and probably last time) come along, and they got to experience 24 hour rains for a couple of days straight.

[Craptacular]

I set up the sprinklers on my lawn, which of course, guaranteed it would rain. I watched the storms roll in, then turned the sprinklers off as soon as it started to mist. Bad idea. We literally missed heavy rain by FEET. You could actually see the rain line on the road around the corner from my house. The roads in front of my neighbors to the south were soaked, while we got a two-minute windy mist.

[st.cronin]

We actually had hail last night, for at least the third time in about 10 days.

[sachmo71]

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. And it ain't coming back.

Should be close to 100 for the foreseeable future here in Dallas. Bleh.