The Bridges of Monroe County

Jeezum crow, lady. I haven't thought about Monroe County since college (I went to RIT).

As for the actual question? I hate pouring rain. I'd rather have driving snow than pouring rain any day. Though if I think enough to take off my glasses, it bothers me much less.

I hate rain. If I had been God I would have made the world in such a way that it only rains on things that need rain and never on people.

As a child I hated rain because you were stuck in the house with nothing to do, bored, bored, bored, BORED!

And a part of that child still rears it's ugly head when it rains.

I like the way rain smells.

I live for the rain.

I live in Seattle.

I live in a Monroe county but not the same one as you, I don't think, and it is raining here today as well....

And yes, I love the absence of sound when you drive under the overpasses in a torrential downpour. AH - quiet!

Sometimes when it rains very hard, there's a sound similar to what a fire makes when it consumes dry wood. The best place to hear it is under the blankets in a warm bed, preferably with a friend listening along. This often leads to other sounds that drown out the fire in the rain.

I love to watch the dark blue/black clouds come through and see the thunder and lightning flash as it rains. It's really cool when the winds pick up. I have a dining room that is mostly windows, so I sit at my table and watch it come down.

Guess what I've been doing all afternoon.

I like to send the kids out to play in the rain if it's not too cold out and put a pot of home made chicken soup on then warm them up when they come in.

As far as drinking in the rain, Maryn. Huh? But it made me laugh thinking about you drinking under a bridge in the rain.

Hi Maryn,

I'm in Monroe County too!

After the commute to & from work today, with the poor visibility and hydroplaning, I almost (and I mean almost) would rather drive in snow!

We've been lucky that we haven't had the flooding that so much of NY has had.

The thing I like most about this kind of weather is curling up with a book and listening to the rain!

At work, when it rains good and hard, we stop moving heavy furniture and just sit in the trailer smoking cigarettes and talking bull$hit.

That's pretty right on.

I lived in Los Angeles for 7 years. I missed the rain and variety of season. It did rain there, but not quick showers periodically to make things fresh and clean. Instead, when it did rain, it would rain for two weeks straight, a long, cold drizzle. Ugh.

Now good rain is nice...One time at summer camp I stayed up all night, and at dawn it started to rain. I watched the rain moved across the sound, then across the grass, then over my head. I stood on the cabin porch and enjoyed the fresh morning. After a little while, the ripples stopped over the water, then the grass stopped moving, then the rain over head stopped. I saw the coming and the going of the rain. Very cool.

I love rain, I love storms. I love the looming black clouds that appear on the horizon, I love the way everything falls silent and still before the storm hits. I love the smell as the first rain hits, and the mist that comes off the ground when the rain starts pounding. I love dark, deep clouds that make you nervous looking at 'em, I love it when the sky turns a greenish color and the animals get jittery. I love the huge flashes of lightning, the thunder that shakes your house and rattles your windows. The sound hail makes, bouncing off the roof.

If the lightning isn't too bad, and the hail hasn't started yet, I always go for a walk in the pounding rain. I get so distractable, I can't help it, I have to go out. I put on a big heavy coat, and I let the wind and the rain blow around me. I've come up with a lot of climactic scenes in the rain. I love it.

Take garlic pills or yeast tablets. That's supposed to keep them off.

I like to be snuggled up in bed with the wind howling and the rain battering off the windows.

arrowqueen said:

Take garlic pills or yeast tablets. That's supposed to keep them off.

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If it doesn't affect the mosquitoes, it should do a fair job with the human race...

Maryn said:

It's more humane that beating them (the humans) off with a stick.

Maryn, no double entendre intended

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But if you beat them wiht a stick, they break open and candy comes out!

....that was humans, right?

....right???

I live in the country, it is lovely, blue skies, green fields, and cool winds...be jealous! I hate rain, storms and especially lightening...give me terrible headaches!