Having spent years and years complaining about rain it felt somewhat ironic when writing in an email to a friend 'thankfully the rain came at about 4pm', but the truth is here - I LIKE THE RAIN.
What I really mean is, I like days when it rains - I'd rather not be caught in the rain. You see, over here the rain is only ever biblical. You never get a shower. You never get a little drizzle. It's like a quarter turn tap - it's either on full speed or off.
However, the rain tends to come when it is most needed - i.e. the place has gotten rather too hot. On Saturday it was a mere 35C at 3.30pm, the humidity must have been pretty high, and just walking around the flat felt like walking around in a steam room. Then the clouds came, we had a pretty spectacular thunderstorm, by 4.15 the temp was 25C, then sun was back out, and it was all pleasant once again.
Of course - getting stuck in the rain is not quite so funny. The rain tends to reduce visibility to about 500m, which is pretty good going. Within minutes the highways have turned to mini rivers, and the requirement to design for 200mm of rain in one hour becomes justified. It also seems to work - there is prettly little in the way of ponding out on the roads!
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