Something Strange is Falling From the Sky
By cynthiann
@cynthiann (18602)
Jamaica
August 9, 2015 5:34pm CST
I have just heard a few loud bangs and then a pitter patter of rain. Gentle soft rain. Readers - this isn't Jamaican rain as Jamaican rain is loud, noisy, brash, in-you-face-stingy rain!
For the past five minutes it droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven - where did I hear that phrase? Was it from Julius Caesar? lol
I know that I have been moaning about the heat and drought and people and children carrying buckets of water etc. so I am thinking that one of you sent us a little rain?
So come on! Own up and let me thank you.
Oops! It is becoming harder so maybe this rain does belong to us after all?
What do you think?
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29 responses
@allknowing (130064)
• India
9 Aug 15
Something strange has been falling here too since almost a couple of months but so inconsistent that when you are equipped it will not fall and vice versa
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
Oh dear! Hel* isn't it at times? W just can't get what we want - at least not weather wise!
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
10 Aug 15
@thesids 'Those days' are always missed wherever they would have been. Weather then was predictable.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
10 Aug 15
@allknowing: That reminds me of the good old days of Doordarshan - late 1980s when they had started some animated versions of Weather Forecast. The day it showed umbrellas on our city, we were assured that it may get cloudy but wont rain.... But surely, those days were more fun.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
We should have had buckets in May but none came! Neither last year and then the forecast is for a worse drought next year!
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
10 Aug 15
@cynthiann - this is the first year in 5 that we've had anything like our normal amount of rain, and most of that came in MAY! It really was bad, there was flooding that took several lives.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
@ElicBxn Oh I am so sorry that it was that bad. - must have been really terrible
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
10 Aug 15
If it falls in your yard it belongs to you. Some of us have been discussing trying to develop a pipeline from the eastern US to those who are desperate for rain.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
I love your response! Climate change will affect every country eventually. We are destined to go into drought so we must store underground to prevent loss by evaporation
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
15 Aug 15
Sounds good to me. in some states, though, it's against the law to collect water that falls from the sky.
@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
10 Aug 15
LOL.........The quote is from the Merchant of Venice, Portia's famous speech. Anyway, we have been getting WAY too much rain here so I sent it away.........who knew it would make it all the way to Jamaica!
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
11 Aug 15
@cynthiann No probs......I was an English Major, and had to memorize SO many speechs! My memory's not the best these days, but some things just stick in my head. As for the rain.........we have just entered a real heat wave, so you may have to send the rain back! lol
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
Thanks you Sparks - just couldn't remember where it came from and I used to teach English. heart surgeries messed up some of my memory. Many thanks for the rain though - two thumbs up and anymore left over then please send it to us!
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
11 Aug 15
Portia: "The quality of mercy is not strained,
It falleth like the gentle rain from heaven upon
the place beneath, etc., etc.,"
You've got me running Shakespeare speeches through me head now! Thanks a lot!
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@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Aug 15
The rain here comes generally with thunders. You are drenched to the bones in 2 mn if you are outdoors, but it does not last long : a few minutes to one or two hours.
I started my studies in a city where the rain was a fine mist. It was starting in November and stopping in March. It was something unbearable for me
. Since this moment, I hate drizzles and mists. Send me a good Jamaican rain
. Since this moment, I hate drizzles and mists. Send me a good Jamaican rain3 people like this
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
9 Aug 15
Well it has lasted about 20 minutes and is stopping now but I welcomed it. The garden got soaked and the car got a wash (banned at the moment) and it is soooo much more cooler. Unfortunately it hasn't fallen within the vicinity of the dams but farmers got rain for their crops so this is good. I would not like to live in a country with continuous rain - drive me mental! Just noticed that you are from France! My second favourite city! My first being London and third being Rome!
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@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Aug 15
@cynthiann Indeed, rains are good for farmers. We have some rain since a week here, and it is a good thing, as we had a heatwave last month.
My favorite city is Venice, except when the mist is there
. I don't know if Shakespeare went to Venice but "the gentle rain from heaven" are from the Merchant of Venice.
It was not in Paris. There is often some drizzle in Paris, but it does not last during months. I am living now in South-Western France, in the Cognac area (I don't tell the city : everybody knows Cognac, but nobody knows any city except Paris in France
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. I don't know if Shakespeare went to Venice but "the gentle rain from heaven" are from the Merchant of Venice.
It was not in Paris. There is often some drizzle in Paris, but it does not last during months. I am living now in South-Western France, in the Cognac area (I don't tell the city : everybody knows Cognac, but nobody knows any city except Paris in France).2 people like this
@topffer (42156)
• France
9 Aug 15
@cynthiann I ended my college studies and worked in Paris, and honestly I prefer to live in a provincial town. Even if I miss a lot of things, like theaters, opera, national archives..., the quality of life is better. If you have the opportunity, take a few days to visit Venice. It is not an ordinary city, and I felt in love with it. I even considered to buy a house there to retire. When I was young, I spent a lot of holidays in UK (I had a great aunt in Blackpool, and her children were in Torquay and in the Channel Islands, in Guernsey).
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
9 Aug 15
I am happy to read that you are finally getting some relief cynthiann. Is it really true, is it raining for a good while now, or is it just a sprinkle?
Yes, I believe it may have been Shakespeare .. 
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
9 Aug 15
It has just stopped and si we had rain for about twenty minutes, I called my SIL who lives near a large dam and they have not received the rain yet but the sky is overcast so maybe some rain will fall in the dam! It was slow and steady but it is now cooler and so appreciated and my lawn is giving thanks!
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
@TiarasOceanView fortunately we get a sea breeze so it doesn't often get steamy! I couldn't bear that! lol
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
9 Aug 15
@cynthiann I get so even more hot when it rains only for a while in the heat, it becomes even more steamy, as if you are in a steam room here. Unless the wind blows, it just doesn't do.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
I will; do my best to send some your way.More - why more? Are you in drought too?
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Aug 15
Oh wow - and just the other day we were talking about the dry spell! Well you know it didn't come from me or anyone out my way - hee hee. The only thing falling from the sky here has been - well, bird poop - ha ha! Enjoy the strange stuff from the sky while you can!
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
I will have to deal with peacock poop tomorrow when I go to the Great House! yucky bit I do love them all. Remember to send me some if you get any to spare!
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Aug 15
@cynthiann Spare poop or spare rain? (the poop would actually be easier, sadly)
(the poop would actually be easier, sadly)
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
19 Aug 15
Oh yes - but wouldn't it be wonderful if we could stipulate the amount to fall? lol
*thinks* must learn to post emoticons!
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Aug 15
@cynthiann Yes, how i wish we really can so there will be no floods .
@changjiangzhibin89 (16532)
• China
10 Aug 15
Over there there is a crying need for rain,however here we can't stand one more rainfall .
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
21 Oct 15
@cynthiann
I'd suppose we'd have to belt out a "Jamaica Farewell" here for you.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
Isn't this the way it goes? lol Please can you send some our way?
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
17 Aug 15
We have had our fair share of fires too - isn't it awful?
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
17 Aug 15
I just viewed on tv that over 1.2 million acres are on fire. It is awful! I am so sorry and hope that it can be brought under control but with high winds it is a dreadful problem to deal with. God help everyone who is involved and may no lives be lost.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
14 Oct 15
soft gentle rain is often nice to see and even get soaked from - the cold hard kind rarely is
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
14 Oct 15
It is our second year of drought and next year is expected to be worse. People have suffered so very much. The September/October rains have yet to arrive - only a few showers have fallen. We are building underground water storage containers but what we can afford is not enough. Most of our rivers are dry! We had a shower yesterday and I just stood in my garden and let it fall on me! It felt so wonderful.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
15 Oct 15
@arthurchappell It is 5.30 am and I am in bed listening to some rain falling.Wonderful sound. I hope that this is the beginning of our month of rain. People get so angry when they are suffering from lack of a regular water supply. Going to make a cup of coffee and come back to bed for a while! Have a happy day!
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
15 Oct 15
@cynthiann hope you get enough rainfall to fill the reservoirs soon
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@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
10 Aug 15
Not Julius Caesar. From the Merchant of Venice. That mercy quote. It wasn't Texas. We pray for rain and when we get it we drink it up so fast there's none to share or send to other places. Drought can be horrible here!
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@jstory07 (134464)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Aug 15
The rain is a good thing so I am glad that you got some.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
Thank you.
even a little rain cools the place down and I did appreciate it last night.
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Aug 15
Too much drought all over the country. I love the rain. It gets cloudy but no rain lately. We had a dry lightning storm a few weeks ago. Sort of scary with the drought.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
yes - every country has to be pro-active asto what they are going to face in the future. It is scary but it can be delayed if we work together and work smart
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
We certainly do and we are frantically building underground water storage facilities as dams no longer cut it! With climate change the water is evaporating at a faster rate so building more dams is not the answer. Underground is the way to go. Am I boring? I don't mean to be!
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
24 Aug 15
@inertia4 Good point! We haven't had sink holes as yet but who knows?
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
10 Aug 15
@cynthiann Not boring at all. But underground storage could also turn against us. As we see already, nature is causing those sinkholes all over the planet. That of course, is due to erosion.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
11 Aug 15
Glad you got some rain. Here we have a variety of rain, some are gentle like this morning, but we also get the pouring down rain with thunder, lightening, and wind.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
11 Aug 15
It was a welcome relief but am praying that we get more. In parts of the Island people are only getting water every three days! A nightmare!
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
12 Aug 15
@cynthiann I pray you get more rain too, just not too much, that wouldn't be good either.
@Katriona_22 (271)
• Philippines
10 Aug 15
Oh, we experienced that last few months ago, and badly asking for rain every time, I can't resist the heat, so thank God we pray for the rain and now its coming, its raining almost every afternoon. I hope it goes out there too.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
10 Aug 15
I envy you - the crops are lost this year too. Bright and sunny this morning but it does feel a little cooler
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@Katriona_22 (271)
• Philippines
10 Aug 15
@cynthiann it will come soon. Summer here is over and raining season starts already so I'm very happy but then it floods too, that's the problem.
@jhechorain (1198)
• Susanville, California
29 Aug 15
Oh that sounds like a nice rain though. I enjoy a rain like that. The smell of the earth after rain is my favorite scent in the world.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
29 Aug 15
It seems as if the country is washed clean again! lol. I love the smell too
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@jhechorain (1198)
• Susanville, California
4 Feb 17
It is raining here this whole week. I am not particularly as fond of it right now though because there is already snow on the ground. It is going to turn into a slushy, muddy, mess. I prefer a light rain in spring or summer.
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
11 Sep 15
jest had to giggle, but 'm so glad'ja got some rain! glorious schtuff from where'er it generated from. had nearly 8 years 'f drought here 'n my friends in the u.k. were always tryin' to send me their access. i fear it ne'er worked.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
12 Sep 15
We are still in drought but hopefully we will get rain this month or next. I'm still carrying water to give to people but I live in hope!.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
12 Sep 15
@cynthiann i don't envy ya fightin' yer way outta a drought. had one here fer quite some time, though more 'luxuries' than what y'all 're facin' o'er there, india 'n several other countries. i admire ya so fer still tendin' to the needs 'f others 'n i hope those promised rains do come 'n gently so 's not to cause floodin'. 
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