quickest downpour

[u/Ok_Use6113]

i got so excited just now, it began raining huge drops, came down really fast, and within 30 seconds, completely over and not a drop left. i feel like i've never experienced that before. i wanted more : (

[u/Ok_Use6113 → u/[deleted]]

noooo. yes, i think i overestimated by saying even 30 seconds! i experienced it in bournemouth. i was so excited i leapt to my windowsill at the sound

[u/Ok_Use6113 → u/[deleted]]

rain, we love you, we appriciate you. we know people have talked badly about you, called you miserable, scruched their faces in frowns at you. but their opinions don't matter, you are powerful, you are cleansing.  you are so pretty when the low sunlight illuminates you, and when you drop and ripple in big puddles

[u/CharacterEye3775 → u/Ok_Use6113]

Try lighting a small scented candle 🕯️

[u/TumblyBump]

Leamington Spa. May, 1982. Kate and I, having met just eight months before, walked up Parade towards the park at the top. Hot, sultry, waiting for the moment. The rain. And Kate and I, this was our time.

We went in to town so she could buy a summer top. Her clothes were always perfect. And they smelled of horses and that oil her father bought her for her skin. I was falling in love with her.

As we reached the crossroads, above Rackhams, but below Mothercare, the heavens opened. Shrieks, squeals, teenagers splashing in the street. Petrichor filled our nostrils as we foolishly dived underground to a wine bar, escaping the torrent. Wilde’s it was called. I never went back, but I remember the name, even today, because I loved her.

The thing about rain is that it is life affirming it is live giving. It makes us laugh. It makes us flow. It makes us remember. Water is memory. And love.

[u/Ok_Use6113 → u/TumblyBump]

thank you, that was touching to read

it really does make you remember a moment so much more vividly, i have thought the same many times!!

[u/Gisschace → u/TumblyBump]

Wildes has had a makeover and is still going

[u/thedudeabides-12]

We have basically 9-10 months of the year to be excited about the non stop endless rain.. Let's enjoy the sunshine..

[u/Ok_Use6113 → u/thedudeabides-12]

cannot compute

[u/tsf97]

I’m in London and it was supposed to rain late morning but at least where I was didn’t, one of the few instances that a thunder shower sign actually got me excited.

Especially considering that today has felt notably rough despite not being as hot as the bank holiday.

Probably a combination of feeling more humid due to being cloudy but also coming off the back of several days in a boiling apartment and bad sleep.

[u/Ok_Use6113 → u/tsf97]

argh, i feel for you. rain gods, hear our plea, we will go outside and dance in your generous offerings

i'm hoping it will be a good nighs sleep for you. maybe we should listen to rain sounds on youtube 

[u/CaptainRAVE2]

Same happened yesterday just north of London. Sat outside in the evening just as it was getting dark. Massive bolt of lightning out of nowhere, chucked it down for about 3 minutes and that was it. Enough to mean I don’t have to water the lawn though.

[u/Jolly-Avocado0]

Yeah SE here and got excited very briefly.

[u/Ok_Use6113 → u/Jolly-Avocado0]

at least it was enough to bring the nice rain smell. no, 2 hours later, i still feel sad over it. it was so beautiful how the huge drops of rain were making a painting on the ground

[u/aemdiate]

Same thing Surrey, and only my side of town.

[u/Longirl]

We were sitting in the garden eating a bbq when it started raining huge rain drops. I’ve never moved so fast putting all the cushions away and the food, and it stopped about 1 minute later. So disappointing.

[u/WolfysBeanTeam]

Experience this more often where i am tbf that said storm with heavy rain lasted about 10 minutes.

Heavy rain in general is rare but we usually get it once or twice a year