Rainy days

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

The best kind of storm is the kind that cancels work on a Monday, and then clears up by 10 AM so Chinese restaurants can open as usual.

Do you mean a snowstorm? I can't recall ever seeing a business (including my own) close due to a rainstorm. Does it ever rain that hard anywhere?

Hmm, Maybe California needs to have rain days like the snow days they have in other parts of the country. It would seem that many folks can't drive all that well in the rain here anyway, maybe there would be far fewer accidents. Besides, there was nothing cooler than snow days when I was a kid. You always had at least a few surprise days off each year. I have very fond memories of waking up on a school day, seeing the ground covered with snow and eagerly turning on the radio, desperate to hear someone reading school closing announcements. Ah, those were the days.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Do you mean a snowstorm? I can't recall ever seeing a business (including my own) close due to a rainstorm. Does it ever rain that hard anywhere?

Perhaps when one is in the path of a hurricane

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Perhaps when one is in the path of a hurricane

Ah, good point. They do seem to close up shop early for those.

[Snowflake]

I love the rain. Sleeping in the rain is wonderful, falling asleep to the rain is the best way to drift off.

In the majors storms of 1981-82 in Northern California, I discovered the most wonderful used book store in San Jose (alas long gone now). Long rows upon rows of old fiction, poetry and just wonderful musty books (also some cool antiques). It was during those stormy days I would spend hours browsing the stacks and more often than not, coming home with a stack of books to read. To this day, when it starts to storm, I have the overwhelming desire to go to a used book store (or antiquing).

Thunderstorms here all summer long, those are not fun simply because it is too damned hot & humid. One thing I can say for them, they are powerful, sometimes you can really feel the thunder rolling through, right under the house. My kitties really don't like that at all. Watching the light show, priceless!

Donna

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Perhaps when one is in the path of a hurricane

Yes, I was referring to hurricane Wilma, which did nothing but rain on the Orlando area.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Hmm, Maybe California needs to have rain days like the snow days they have in other parts of the country. It would seem that many folks can't drive all that well in the rain here anyway, maybe there would be far fewer accidents. Besides, there was nothing cooler than snow days when I was a kid. You always had at least a few surprise days off each year. I have very fond memories of waking up on a school day, seeing the ground covered with snow and eagerly turning on the radio, desperate to hear someone reading school closing announcements. Ah, those were the days.

I remember those days! Such fun. WCCO 830am was the station to hear the closings. Of course, it took far too long for them to read the whole list. I used to think it would be simpler to read the much-shorter list of schools that are still able to be open! I guess they can't do that though.
**hugs**
-kerry