Sunshowers: Abnormal or not?

[zahnia]

This is the third time recently that it has been blazingly sunny outside while monsoon amounts of rain are pouring down. It's so bizarre. Like heavy, hurricane sized drops. No rainbow yet. And its the immediatly-turn-into-extra-humidity kinda rain storm. How strange. You want to hear a little story? I used to make an hour long treck to and from a

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[whimsyweaver]

sunshower? Never heard that word. It's pretty.

I love the rain. Especially warm rain. There's something wonderfully dramatic about walking into rain and letting yourself get completely drenched.

[zahnia]

what do you call it when it rains while its sunny then? It is a distict form of weather!

Angel and I bonded many times over the "its raining! Lets go play" phenomena. One time we were running though downtown and we got into a bar underage because we were, well, you know, wet and smiley. It was absolute tradition in Myers, our beloved dorm, to go out dancing or bar hopping and then run through the sprinklers on the way home. If if started to rain and you were up late at night, everyone played mudslide in our quad. It was not glamorous. But it was a blast.

[whimsyweaver]

I don't call it anything. I just say, "It's raining, where the fuck's my umbrella?" But I will use "sunshower" next time just 'cause it's such a pretty name.

Mudslides sound fun. Activity idea for the party? I think so.

[zahnia]

catie says she calls it "raining while sunny" too. I do think sunshower sounds pretty, but with, you know, the golden shower associations, its rather tainted for me.