Rain rain go away, come again another day. The sight of pellets of water coming down from the sky as you look out the window is all too common. Day after day, the rain pours down into the streets of Seattle during the fall and winter months. We get so much rain that that our drains don’t know what to do with it, so they spit it back out onto the streets. Flood season is dreadful. Sandbags are used as barriers to keep water from entering homes. Whole neighborhoods are evacuated once rivers begin to overflow. Homes are damaged and valuables are ruined. All because of the countless inches of rain!
Why, why does it have to be so gloomy and wet? Why do I have to wear my raincoat to school for months on end? I hate the cold depressing weather Seattle gets in the fall.
Maybe I should move somewhere else where the air is dry and the weather is warm. California sounds good. I wish I could be on the warm beach soaking up the sun. Unfortunately Seattle is my home and no matter the weather I will have to deal with being hit in the face with freezing droplets of rain and the cool breeze that follows.
Puddles accumulate all around the city. Avoiding being splashed by a car as it drives by is a challenge. Being out in the rain and getting splashed is not a pleasant thing. The amount of rain we get can sometimes be ridiculous. Rain is not only grim but it also keeps people inside. Rainy day recess back in middle school was the worst. Playing board games like monopoly and reading The Red Badge of Courage was not what I called fun. Even in books, rain is seen as a bad thing. The villain is always working on his evil scheme while the rain pours and the thunder booms.
However rain is not always bad. Rain can also be soothing. Laying in bed late at night and listening to the rain pelt the windows is a very calming sound that puts me to sleep. Snuggling up with a book like Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (now that I’m older reading has become more enjoyable) and my blanket, I can read for hours while the little dit dit dit sound comes down all around me. After a good rainfall, going out for a walk around the neighborhood in the fresh clean air is tremendously refreshing. As the new day begins, the cool mist begins to evaporate as the sun pokes through the clouds. Possibly a delightful rainbow will appear.
Overall, I do not enjoy the weeks of rain we get. Maybe if we got it every now and then, but because it can rain for days on end, I am not a fan. Every morning I pray to hear Steve Renner say that the precipitation is low, but am disappointed time and time again. Seattle is still a beautiful city and I stick around because during the summer when the rain begins to cease, the city is glamorous. The different weather patterns we experience are one of a kind and even though it can get so dreary it is a good mix of rain, snow, and sunshine. Hopefully my future will lead me to California or Hawaii where my dreams will come true and I will be able to relax in a hammock near the ocean and hear the waves crash on the shore.
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