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When it rains soup. You need to have a spoon ready. And today we had a spoon. – Guenther Steiner	added by anonymous 9 months ago
I’ve been using the Rains bag for years after too many precarious snow-in-tote-near-my-work-laptop moments, it zips closed to be totally waterproof, meaning I can walk to work in the rain as much as I need to. It’s also lasted me almost four years now, so I ’d recommend it to anyone. – Kendra Sharp	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s worse today. A number of places are flooding and a number of roads and bridges are cut. Visibility is almost zero. Electricity is off and also network is a problem. It’s becoming more and more dire, it’s tough. We need to use machinery (for rescue operations) but machines cannot go to places where they were supposed to excavate because of the rains. – Charles Kalemba	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We might still be able to keep the shop open through the rain. But people don’t go to farmer’s markets when it rains a lot. That’s hard for us. – Sam DeNicola	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This area has been hit by floods four times in my life, but I remember three of them. But this time, the heavy rains worsened the situation. The water level was not so high in the past. – Mai Haleema	Found on CNN 1 year ago
China's electricity demand has been incredibly flat in the past, because so much of it has come from the industry, not from households or services. Now with air conditioning becoming more common, the demand is becoming higher, at the same time, rains are becoming more errant. Heavy rains and periods of drought make hydropower much less reliable as a source of available capacity during those peaks. – Lauri Myllyvirta	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If the drought breaks before the first of the year, we'll just look back and say it was really tough, and if it doesn't, we'll remember it, because we'll have to sell( the herd), and then we'll have to wait until it rains and start over again. – Wade Maierhofer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When you ask the elders what was happening in the past, they'll tell you that the rains were there ; it was much greener than what we're seeing right now, you know completely that something went wrong somewhere. – Angelina Tarimo	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It has been really bad, this is our wet time of year and we're still not getting the heavy rains we need. There is plenty of dry fuels around and the extreme heat this weekend will only exacerbate the issue. – Stephen Harrison	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We just really haven't had any of those beneficial spring rains. – Zach Hiris	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Mary Leakey made exquisitely detailed maps of the footprint localities. From Mary Leakey map, we were able to approximate where the tracks should be. We began to dig, hoping for the best, but fearing instead that forty years of seasonal rains had washed them away, the soil was hard as cement and it took a hammer and chisel to reach the footprint layer, which we then needed to excavate delicately with a hard-bristled brush and tongue depressor. Fortunately, the footprints were beautifully preserved. – Jeremy DeSilva	Found on CNN 2 years ago
While it's inevitable that Arctic rainfall will increase as the climate warms, rains are also likely to become more intense, it's a nasty one-two punch to an ecosystem already reeling in the face if rapid environmental change. – Mark Serreze	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Winter is a long descent Into hell, a daring Kidnapper, on whose lips Rest the word always. Look upon it as the rains Do, leafless trees blowing Earthward like constraints, Shackles of the soul. – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
Some heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected to hit western Germany over the weekend, particularly on Saturday. However, under no circumstances should we see flash floods we have seen and experienced a week ago, the severe weather will be local and short term, like a normal summer thunderstorm. There could be storms, hailstones or heavy rain for a short time, but we won't see two days of continuous rain. – Andreas Friedrich	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Monsoon rains help to reduce fire season and green up vegetation to help in fire reduction. – Marvin Percha	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is a surprisingly common phenomenon after floods, when we get these types of very heavy rains and flooding, these animals who spend their lives cryptically on the ground can't live there anymore, and do exactly what we try to do -- they move to the higher ground. – Dieter Hochuli	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's a lot of material, stone and ash and they rest on mud. The rains will lubricate and they will add to the weight and they will come down at a very fast pace. – Ralph Gonsalves	Found on CNN 3 years ago
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. – Birthday	added by ValidVibes 3 years ago
For monsoon areas, shifting seasons can alter the time of monsoons. This means that patterns of monsoon rains are changed as well. These kind of changes may not sync with crops growth, it could also limit the types of crops grown, encourage invasive species or weed growth, or increase demand for irrigation. – Yuping Guan	Found on CNN 3 years ago
When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars – Author (unknown)	added by neha_a 3 years ago
WINTERING. Wintering is yet to over, lingering with its beauties. the days are passing slowly, one more winter's covering our spirits, with its rains, clouds and winds. The heaves of reddened leaves everywhere, embraced the soil, with the unforgettable smells of dry leaves. The crown-like rainbows smile over the clouds oftenly... Who knows how many winters we will live more? nessryn. – Nesrin Aykac	added by anonymous 3 years ago
The visits were not during the thunderstorm when the rains are coming down, and after the storm is over, we saw the rates of visits to the ER went down. – Anupam Jena	Found on CNN 3 years ago
When it rains on the priest, it dribbles on the bellringer. another: You can tell a louse by its walk. – Danish proverb	added by anonymous 3 years ago
The soil moisture level is good due to higher pre-monsoon rains and even during the monsoon, rainfall is expected to be well-distributed across the country. – Ashwini Bansod	Found on Reuters 3 years ago

When it rains soup. You need to have a spoon ready. And today we had a spoon.

– Guenther Steiner

added by anonymous
9 months ago

I’ve been using the Rains bag for years after too many precarious snow-in-tote-near-my-work-laptop moments, it zips closed to be totally waterproof, meaning I can walk to work in the rain as much as I need to. It’s also lasted me almost four years now, so I ’d recommend it to anyone.

– Kendra Sharp

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s worse today. A number of places are flooding and a number of roads and bridges are cut. Visibility is almost zero. Electricity is off and also network is a problem. It’s becoming more and more dire, it’s tough. We need to use machinery (for rescue operations) but machines cannot go to places where they were supposed to excavate because of the rains.

– Charles Kalemba

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We might still be able to keep the shop open through the rain. But people don’t go to farmer’s markets when it rains a lot. That’s hard for us.

– Sam DeNicola

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This area has been hit by floods four times in my life, but I remember three of them. But this time, the heavy rains worsened the situation. The water level was not so high in the past.

– Mai Haleema

Found on CNN
1 year ago

China's electricity demand has been incredibly flat in the past, because so much of it has come from the industry, not from households or services. Now with air conditioning becoming more common, the demand is becoming higher, at the same time, rains are becoming more errant. Heavy rains and periods of drought make hydropower much less reliable as a source of available capacity during those peaks.

– Lauri Myllyvirta

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If the drought breaks before the first of the year, we'll just look back and say it was really tough, and if it doesn't, we'll remember it, because we'll have to sell( the herd), and then we'll have to wait until it rains and start over again.

– Wade Maierhofer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When you ask the elders what was happening in the past, they'll tell you that the rains were there ; it was much greener than what we're seeing right now, you know completely that something went wrong somewhere.

– Angelina Tarimo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It has been really bad, this is our wet time of year and we're still not getting the heavy rains we need. There is plenty of dry fuels around and the extreme heat this weekend will only exacerbate the issue.

– Stephen Harrison

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We just really haven't had any of those beneficial spring rains.

– Zach Hiris

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Mary Leakey made exquisitely detailed maps of the footprint localities. From Mary Leakey map, we were able to approximate where the tracks should be. We began to dig, hoping for the best, but fearing instead that forty years of seasonal rains had washed them away, the soil was hard as cement and it took a hammer and chisel to reach the footprint layer, which we then needed to excavate delicately with a hard-bristled brush and tongue depressor. Fortunately, the footprints were beautifully preserved.

– Jeremy DeSilva

Found on CNN
2 years ago

While it's inevitable that Arctic rainfall will increase as the climate warms, rains are also likely to become more intense, it's a nasty one-two punch to an ecosystem already reeling in the face if rapid environmental change.

– Mark Serreze

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Winter is a long descent Into hell, a daring Kidnapper, on whose lips Rest the word always. Look upon it as the rains Do, leafless trees blowing Earthward like constraints, Shackles of the soul.

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

Some heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected to hit western Germany over the weekend, particularly on Saturday. However, under no circumstances should we see flash floods we have seen and experienced a week ago, the severe weather will be local and short term, like a normal summer thunderstorm. There could be storms, hailstones or heavy rain for a short time, but we won't see two days of continuous rain.

– Andreas Friedrich

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Monsoon rains help to reduce fire season and green up vegetation to help in fire reduction.

– Marvin Percha

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is a surprisingly common phenomenon after floods, when we get these types of very heavy rains and flooding, these animals who spend their lives cryptically on the ground can't live there anymore, and do exactly what we try to do -- they move to the higher ground.

– Dieter Hochuli

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's a lot of material, stone and ash and they rest on mud. The rains will lubricate and they will add to the weight and they will come down at a very fast pace.

– Ralph Gonsalves

Found on CNN
3 years ago

May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

– Birthday

added by ValidVibes
3 years ago

For monsoon areas, shifting seasons can alter the time of monsoons. This means that patterns of monsoon rains are changed as well. These kind of changes may not sync with crops growth, it could also limit the types of crops grown, encourage invasive species or weed growth, or increase demand for irrigation.

– Yuping Guan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars

– Author (unknown)

added by neha_a
3 years ago

WINTERING. Wintering is yet to over, lingering with its beauties. the days are passing slowly, one more winter's covering our spirits, with its rains, clouds and winds. The heaves of reddened leaves everywhere, embraced the soil, with the unforgettable smells of dry leaves. The crown-like rainbows smile over the clouds oftenly... Who knows how many winters we will live more? nessryn.

– Nesrin Aykac

added by anonymous
3 years ago

The visits were not during the thunderstorm when the rains are coming down, and after the storm is over, we saw the rates of visits to the ER went down.

– Anupam Jena

Found on CNN
3 years ago

When it rains on the priest, it dribbles on the bellringer. another: You can tell a louse by its walk.

– Danish proverb

added by anonymous
3 years ago

The soil moisture level is good due to higher pre-monsoon rains and even during the monsoon, rainfall is expected to be well-distributed across the country.

– Ashwini Bansod

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

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