Rain

[dryheat]

Ketchikan, AK has to be one of the wettest places on earth. Their claim to fame is that they get an average of 141 inches of melted precipitation a year (nearly 12 feet). The wife and I are on an Alaska cruise and we were there just yesterday - and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. We visited numerous tidewater glaciers, some were thickening and advancing while others were thinning and retreating.

12 freakin ft. of water falling from the sky? That's beyond belief and I was raised in Fairbanks. That would melt some glaciers. Heck, it would erode the whole town. You'd have to wear scuba gear to go to the store. I know Ketchikan is still there, so they must be on to something the SW U.S. isn't. I've never been there. Maybe they live on a slope.

-Just looked up the wettest place on earth and it is in India - 467 inches per year.-
Oh, c'mon, that 40 ft. deep. No way. There's some clever advertising going on here.
Yeah, I know India sucks in that way, but everyone there would have drowned by now.
Hey, want to experience some of the worlds crappiest weather? Come to India. Raincoats provided. Bring your own life jacket. How now drowned cow?

Central Arizona gets 7-12 maybe. Other parts of the state can get 20".
We were in a 25 yr. long drought and the last five years have been really dry (you've seen the Lake Mead stuff). This summer, I doubt there was a day where rain didn't fall (sometimes a lot) in the state somewhere. It rained for five minutes at my house again today. I'm sick of this rainy weather.

[Merc]

12 freakin ft. of water falling from the sky? That's beyond belief and I was raised in Fairbanks. That would melt some glaciers. Heck, it would erode the whole town. You'd have to wear scuba gear to go to the store. I know Ketchikan is still there, so they must be on to something the SW U.S. isn't. I've never been there. Maybe they live on a slope.

-Just looked up the wettest place on earth and it is in India - 467 inches per year.-
Oh, c'mon, that 40 ft. deep. No way. There's some clever advertising going on here.
Yeah, I know India sucks in that way, but everyone there would have drowned by now.
Hey, want to experience some of the worlds crappiest weather? Come to India. Raincoats provided. Bring your own life jacket. How now drowned cow?

Central Arizona gets 7-12 maybe. Other parts of the state can get 20".
We were in a 25 yr. long drought and the last five years have been really dry (you've seen the Lake Mead stuff). This summer, I doubt there was a day where rain didn't fall (sometimes a lot) in the state somewhere. It rained for five minutes at my house again today. I'm sick of this rainy weather.

There are a few places in Hawaii that also get more than 400 inches of rain per year.

I’m glad to see some rain falling in AZ. Every drop is precious to the plants and animals.

I put a pan of water out on my back patio and keep it filled for the wildlife every summer. I normally see the usual birds, squirrels and chipmunks because we live next to a large wooded area. I recently noticed a harmless large garter snake curled up right next to the pan. I guess it could sense there was water somewhere but could not figure out where it was. I spilled some water on the ground and made a small puddle, and he came over and drank from it for several minutes before slowly moving away.

[Allen]

Some of these places that claim high amounts of rainfall perhaps have sandy soil where most of it drains through or they have good run-off to creeks, rivers, oceans. Anyone who might get more rain than us I pity. In the past many farmers here have thrown in the towel and given up.

I do the same with the pan of water though for the past 4-5 months it hasn't been needed. My mother had a large cement birdbath but also had a large dog. She was afraid of the dog toppling the heavy top of the birdbath on to himself trying to get a drink so we both started using pans on the ground. That way any small critter can get to it. Also, the cement birdbath had to be dismantled every year during hurricane season.

I use a plastic oil drain pan (WalMart), fill it with water and set a brick in it for small birds and so forth that might not be able to get over the lip of the pan or reach low water levels. Doesn't look as nice as a fountain or birdbath though.

[fguffey]

One of my grandsons informed me he was going to Seattle, WA, I offered him some insight and advise. I told him residence of that area do not tan, he wanted to know if they do not tan, what do they do? I told him they rust.

F. Guffey

[dryheat]

It rains a lot in Pakistan. In the last three months they have gotten something like 350% more rain than usual. A thousand people have died. 300,000 homes are underwater or distroyed. This is the worst flooding they've had in... wait for it... a decade. It's worse than the rains from thirty yrs ago. Not 500 yrs, ten yrs. So they're kind of used to this.

[Mark in Ottawa]

Sorry to sound dumb, but where do you live?

[Allen]

Sorry to sound dumb, but where do you live?

If you are referring to me I live in the Gulf Coast region of Alabama. Close enough to the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay for it affect our weather. I live East of Mobile, across from Mobile Bay, a little inland, not on the shore.