The umbrella's virtue is still intact,but it is anyones guess how long that will remain a fact. It was only lightly misting and for only part of the walk which still didn't seem to warrant actually using the umbrella,I am carrying it for one of those occasions when the sky really lets it all loose,the torrential downpour as it were. Speaking of types of rain I have been wondering if having so many different terms for rain is another Oregonianism. We have showers,scattered showers,light rain,rain and several other variations some involving wind and thunder and lightning. I have traveled to several parts of the world but never have bothered to read or watch a weather report knowing the way the weather guessers operate in this state leaves me little faith that it would be different elsewhere,what other job is there where you can be wrong 90% of the time and still get a paycheck?
Just FYI I was poking around yesterday to see how this area rated nationally as far as rainfall and was surprised to find in one site that it is rated 3rd for rainfall,I had thought that Seattle was ahead of us,but not according to that site,we ranged from 69.60 inches per year to 67,at least you know I am not imagining that part! The information is so overwhelming in this age of finding anything you want to know at the tips of your fingers,that it is hard to decide which facts are indeed THE facts and which are just what someone posted as fact.
Stay tuned to see when the umbrella is unfurled!
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