Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Shrain?
Mitch Turitz asks an interesting question:
Editor -- What is the difference between "showers," and "rain"? In your weather section, there is no explanation of the two words. I know some consecutive days are described as "rain, few showers, and showers." What does that mean? Suggestions?
I'm from Kansas, where the weather is a lot more interesting. Flash floods occur not because city maintenance can't keep drains clear, but because it literally rains harder than gravity can handle. We also get lightning and such, and it's fun to watch. Hail, too, sometimes. The big thing, though, is that the weather isn't nearly as predictable. You can't mark up a calendar in Kansas with "Seven months of sun, five months of rain" like you can here. Ah, the good old days...
I don't know what that has to do with rain and showers, though. I'm just a bit short on topics.
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