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November 21, 2009 | Filed Under Main | 2 Comments

It’s raining.

This is the second time this week. On Tuesday, it rained at the same time we were having a sandstorm. An odd rain. Not steady but huge drops would hit your windshield and explode like small buckets. Of course all the cars were instantly covered in mud. I was afraid of running out of wiper fluid. It was like being in a snow storm where all the wipers are doing is pushing the snow to one side. Only this was mud and it was rush hour (what hour isn’t “rush hour” out here?). Kind of scary.

Today was a proper rain – steady with no additives. But in a car culture like this and without rain for the past six months, to say the roads were slick is a vast understatement. Everyone was behaving themselves, though. (A unique experience.) It has been a while since I’ve driven in the rain. Brings back memories. The temps are much cooler now and the air will be fresh… for a couple of days, at least. May even have to break out a sweater.

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jewaira November 26, 2009 3:13 am

The rain is most welcome after a long dry and sometimes dusty summer.

The most hateful part of the rain is if it comes with gusts of dusty wind and it rains mud not water. No one is happy.

Hopefully now with longer downpours we can have proper rain.
mburma November 26, 2009 12:08 pm

I like the rain. The mud is just treacherous.