Writing Rain
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I live in one of the rainiest cities in the world, and it’s getting to the season where it really is constantly raining. It’s basically raining every single day. Other people live in drier climates, and may not see rain often, so I hope here’s some good tips for you.
• If you’re wearing non-rainboot shoes, your shoes and socks are probably going to get wet pretty quickly. Wet socks are a sensory nightmare, and its even worse when you don’t have a change of socks and shoes. They can take 6+ hours to dry.
• If you wear glasses, the rain is even worse. Wet glasses make it impossible to see 2 feet in front of you. Pro tip: wear a baseball cap to keep the water out of your face.
• Your clothes are also going to get pretty wet unless you have waterproof clothes or an umbrella. This goes without being said.
• There are different types of rain and it varies based on the climate. Some places have a lot of drizzling, others have constant showers, while places have monsoons that flood entire cities. Often cities closer to the coast have a lot more rain because the water evaporates and drops off all the rain there. Drier places often have a flash floods, or a lot of rain at once. Tropical places have more intense bouts of rain while less tropical places have more consistent rain.
• Light rain is considered less than 0.1 in/hr, moderate is 0.1-0.3, and heavy is 0.3 or more. In light rain, you can usually walk with a hood and be fine. Moderate might start to get a little annoying without an umbrella and you can definitely feel yourself getting wet. You can hear heavy rain from the window and sometimes the droplets will hurt when they fall on you.
• Storm rains are much worse. Hail can destroy cars and plants. Rains can also be a part of a hurricane or thunderstorm, and usually will be more intense than regular rain.
• Rain often collects in puddles due to the non-porous sidewalks and roads we have. In addition, these sidewalks often lead to the rain collecting dirt as it goes into the storm drain.
• The cloud is usually long and gray when its about to rain. There’s a dark feeling that comes over the sky when it rains. It can come on suddenly in places where flash floods are common. One minute, it’ll be sunny and the next, the entire sky will be gloomy.
• There are way less people outside during rainy days, but there will always be crazy people who are running outside (like me) or people running to get to cars/houses.
This post was a lot easier mentally to write since I had to do a ton of psych homework and help a friend edit essays. I was a little distracted while doing this, so I apologize if there are some typos. I hope this post helped someone living in the desert.