R*NT against weather

**Sigurd** · 06-11-2008, 15:13

We just had 2 days of rain here after 6 weeks of drought. Thank you Thor!!!
And it is now sunny again.

**PBI** · 06-11-2008, 15:30

Here, too, the heavens have finally opened and replaced weeks of baking hot (for the UK, so about 25C) sunshine with a cool, refreshing drizzle. Which when I cycle home from work, instead of getting sunburn, heatstroke and dehydration all at once, I can savour the sweet, cool rain as I glide effortlessly down the deserted cyclepath.

Although, TBF, the news is now saying there are severe floods in the Midwest, so I grant that that type of rain isn't so much fun. It's nice to live in a country which doesn't get such crazy extremes of weather.

**Samurai Waki** · 06-11-2008, 21:21

You guys are lucky... just getting rain. I woke up this morning aghast that my roof top was thinly covered in snow! Ms. Waki was a little furious that the weather destroyed her vegetation, and the child-folk don't know that this is a bad thing yet... now she's up in arms and says if it continues we're moving out of here (not that I would mind at this point) but still.. lol. Montana summers are supposed to the pinnacle of awesomeness not snowy...dreary...hell. On the other hand Mark Twain did write that "The Coldest Winter I have ever spent, was a summer in Montana." I just hope it doesn't ring true this year.

**Veho Nex** · 06-12-2008, 01:26

Can you send us some rain, Cali is a little dry

**seireikhaan** · 06-14-2008, 20:42

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25020185

And you guys want rain...

**Martok** · 06-14-2008, 21:01

Yeah, I just got done reading about that less than an hour ago. Crazy.

I'm just glad my relatives in SE Minnesota are okay; looks like the Root River didn't flood too badly after all. Of course, there's still more rain coming, so....

makaikhaan: Where in Iowa do you live, anyway? (Read as: Are you and your family going to have to evacuate as well?)

**seireikhaan** · 06-14-2008, 21:24

I'm in the Des Moines area, I'm fine. The bad flooding was near the river, while I'm farther west away from it. Family is near Dubuque, but they seem to have not had to evacuate. However, some of them are still in the farming business and have been hit pretty hard with some of the crops being drowned.

**Privateerkev** · 06-17-2008, 21:15

I've been wondering how your doing. I'm glad to hear your ok. I've been keeping track of the news lately. I'm only a few hours east of you down 88. So us in north-central Illinois get the weather after it dumps on you guys.

**TevashSzat** · 06-17-2008, 22:07

I've been watching the news lately and it seems like its been pretty tough for you guys in the Midwest.

As for where I am, I must say its imo, the perfect summer weather. Low eighties(F) for the high, sunny, slightly breezy, and sparse rain. That is a big improvement over the weather at the beginning of june. It was 90s/100s from the beginning of june up until the 11th or so and right during my non air-conditioned final exams for school too