“Anything near Skyline seems to be doomed.” – PG&E spokesperson
[Soundtrack]
Dntel – Umbrella.mp3
The best part of a good rainstorm is the build-up: the sense of foreboding as it gets darker, the birds & animals busily get themselves ready, the people rushing around and sneaking looks up to see When? Will it be now? Will I make it home before it happens? By the time it really starts to come down, it’s more of a relief than a tightening of the suspense. It feels like the sky is relaxing, not giving way.
The first rain is always extra-entertaining and -harrowing because folks don’t quite have it together yet for the season. They forgot their coats at home, they forgot that old drugstore umbrella doesn’t work anymore, the wipers don’t actually wipe. How one responds to inconvenient weather is one of the great personality rohrsach tests.
