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Sitting around this morning and heard a noise outside and figured out it was RAIN!!! Hurray! Not much, just a minute or two, but I loved every second of it.
Anyone else getting any rain?
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Well after the hurricane yesterday (yahoo weather reported 130mph winds), it calmed down
The wind did pick up a little this morning, there was about a 25 second rumble of thunder and then it rained for about 10 minutes. Sun appeared again. Further updates will be provided if any more precipitation happens this way Posts: 3291 | From: I DO believe in Karma! | Registered: Apr 2002
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According to a girl in Ma'adi it rained for 5 mins and a girl in 6th Oct said it rained mud... it rained only a few spots here but it is very grey...
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Gray indeed. You'd think the sun had gone for good! lol I forgot what it was like to have gray skies. Kind of miss it, but will be ready for sun again very shortly. Though I'd be happy for a bit more rain.
My first trip to Cairo in October of 2007, it rained for a couple of days and there was all kinds of thunder and lightening. Very exciting stuff! Hubby says it hasn't rained like that since.
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Oct 24th last year the heavens opened here and poured down for only around 10 mins, but I mean poured. The streets were like rivers and our balcony flooded and start to seep into the lounge. We had to bail out.
In 16 years this apartment has never flooded. My father spent one day last month silliconing all the framework incase it happened again.
It will be sunny again shortly sadly we have to endure winter to get it!!! I hate January here (not as much as Jan in UK).. I have bought my blanket, the summer clothes will soon be swapped for winter ones and the duvet will come out.
I saw an electrical storm in May, beautiful.
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Just had a rain 'storm' (5 mins of gentle patter) here too - no mud though
The 2 hour rainstorm of January 18th 2008 caused mayhem in Cairo. Didn't they declare a state of emergency or something?
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hell its has been raining every day for a week here u can gladly have ours.
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It rained here in Maadi this morning for about 5 minutes. Then again this afternoon for 2 minutes. It's been grey all day and I love it. A perfect fall day. I am sick with a bad cold on the couch watching tv and drinking tea. The weather is very fitting.
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quote:Originally posted by Clear and QSY: It rained here in Maadi this morning for about 5 minutes. Then again this afternoon for 2 minutes. It's been grey all day and I love it. A perfect fall day. I am sick with a bad cold on the couch watching tv and drinking tea. The weather is very fitting.
hopefully u did not catch the h1n1 there...and u get well soon i know all to well about colds.
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quote:Originally posted by Clear and QSY: It rained here in Maadi this morning for about 5 minutes. Then again this afternoon for 2 minutes. It's been grey all day and I love it. A perfect fall day. I am sick with a bad cold on the couch watching tv and drinking tea. The weather is very fitting.
hopefully u did not catch the h1n1 there...and u get well soon i know all to well about colds.
No. It's not H1N1. Just a sinus infection probably triggered by the black cloud I have been breathing the last 2 weeks.
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I was overjoyed at the rain...its been a year now since we got any here, I think. It made all the grass and trees that are around, green again.
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quote:Originally posted by jean_bean: I was overjoyed at the rain...its been a year now since we got any here, I think. It made all the grass and trees that are around, green again.
It drizzled on 5-june-09,when i arrived in cairo,anyway the pygmies used to tease me as a child,that iam a Rain maker,when ever i went to the mountains of the moon,it would piss down buckets!! Posts: 998 | From: UK,Egypt,east and central africa..... | Registered: Oct 2006
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all you guys can share my rain..we have had a weird fall so far.it has rained more then we have seen sunshine wait am i in England? still have to cut the friggen grass
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@Micky:Give me Rain,Grass&Highland forests anyday,I Cant stand desert,it demoralises me...thats why i always escape to the farm in mansoura at least it is still green there for now. Posts: 998 | From: UK,Egypt,east and central africa..... | Registered: Oct 2006
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It's been raining on and off for 2 days now Lots of thunder but no lightning.
All the trees and plants are emerald green and my rose bushes are loving the cooler temps...Yeah!
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Laura darling,all i can say is WOW!!!!My late mum loved gardening,she had planted several medicinal trees and herbal plants,after i buried her,i realised the Whole garden was dying,one of the best garderners in kenya was recommended to me&i hired him to help,this fella was in his late 80's,and for 2 days he did all he could but failed,on the 3rd day,he admited he couldnt manage,so when asked why,he replied that mums plants are are following her across...i pressed him to explain(i had not told him mum was murdered)he just said that mums plants died with her....irony is the old man wouldnt accept any money for his work,he walked away making me promise to hunt down the killers.
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Local people have told me that it usually rains during last two weeks of October. After that rains stop. True? I love rain!
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quote:Originally posted by Nasto: Local people have told me that it usually rains during last two weeks of October. After that rains stop. True? I love rain!
I love rain too!it could be a blessing in desert,but in tropical africa it can be a nasty piece of work! Posts: 998 | From: UK,Egypt,east and central africa..... | Registered: Oct 2006
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WOW a whole thread about 10 min of rain in Egypt!!!
Yeah I remebre that one day in Janurary when it rained, you would've thought the world stopped...
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quote:Originally posted by Nasto: Local people have told me that it usually rains during last two weeks of October. After that rains stop. True? I love rain!
Hi Nasto Did you enjoy the past 2 days of rain?
I have lived in Alex area for 7 years now and the first 5 years, it seemed it rained/high winds at least once a week from Nov - March/April. Areas of the Corniche would be flooded, cars stalled out, drains plugged from the torrential downpours. The past 2 years have been different, little rain/wind in comparison.
I too, love the rain, though the damp/cold does make the old bones ache.
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Laura, tomorrow the schools will be closed here in Antalya (North Mediterranean) as a big storm is expected Posts: 2591 | From: **Ex Oriente Lux** | Registered: Jan 2007
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Wow, cool Shah! Send it down our way. We love to hop in the car and drive down to the beach and sit and watch the sea when it's like that. Waves crashing on shore...love it! Very powerful.
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It was lovely hearing the rain on the first morning of Eid, even though I was too tired to get out of bed and see. Though I think it was still dark out anyways. But boy it was pounding down that day.
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Tomato plants??? There's nothing growing anymore over here. Ask again next spring!!!
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