Ahoy,
I love this weather feature that happens in the summer in Chicago. It doesn't only happen in Chicago, but it's a feature that is characteristic of summers in humid continental climates. During the days it might get hot enough to cook an egg on the sidewalk, but then there's these monster storms that come at night to cool everything off. The rain is torrential, there is lightning, there is thunder, there is golf ball sized hail. There is everything to signal the end of the world in some apocalyptic movie.
And when all is said and done, the sidewalk chalk has been washed off, some branches may have fallen, and your gutter may still be draining, but a sigh of relief falls upon the residents all across the city, a sigh of relief courses through the sun dried dirt of the urban gardens. And this is what happens in the summer.
But California has a mediterranean climate, which means there is no rain in the summer. Not a single drop. From March to October. Not a single drop. This is unacceptable. An absolutely unacceptable lifestyle. I refuse to participate.
markedly arid,
jt
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