Raining
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23677)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
May 19, 2020 3:46pm CST
I need to get a better camera!! In the 3rd picture on the top it was so dark I had to put the light on!! On the 'bottom' section the sun was as bright as could be! ARGH!! You can basically see the difference between that picture and the one on the left of the after trio.
In any case, it started pouring at 2 PM and came down in a heavy curtain of rain! I would say 2-3 inches in about a half-hour. It is now 4 PM and except for puddles you would never know it even rained!! (See the last picture on the right bottom of both sections.)
I remember 'the good old days' when it would rain at 4 every afternoon and you wouldn't know it rained by 6 PM. We used to joke it was to get the tourists off the beach so they could go back to their hotel room, take a shower, a nap and then go out for dinner! In the 70s and 80s it wouldn't rain until about 2 PM so you knew you had to get everything done by Noon or in the evening. Climate change? Now we never know when it is going to rain though we very seldom have an all-day rain unless it is a hurricane and we have only had 1 in the past decade.
I don't know why but whether it is rain or a hurricane Miami always gets more and it is worse than here in Fort Lauderdale!
Welcome to the rainy season in Florida!
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
19 May 20
I too love the rain. Particularly when it rains after a long time. The smell of the soil feels so good and makes us to enjoy the rain and our surroundings.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 20
I enjoy my surroundings no matter what Mother Nature hands me on any day!
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
20 May 20
@GreatMartin yes it has to be like that. Mother nature is a gift from God.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 May 20
@jayanth_77 Even in her fury--say a hurricane--she gives us flashes of beauty!
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 May 20
@GreatMartin That's great, especially after all the rain.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
26 May 20
@simone10 And then the rain came back!!!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 May 20
We are having a beautiful day today!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 20
Thank you but it is pouring rain out there and it doesn't show it!!! (Or maybe I need new glasses!)
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@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
31 May 20
The weather pattern has become so unpredictable. Augusts used to be the wettest. Now Septembers sometimes qualify for that tag.
Today it became dark and rained for some 30/40 minutes. It is cool and pleasant, much better than the near 45 C just a couple of days back.
However, we also know that warmer weather would come back, and perhaps with higher humidity.
But at least it might not climb to 45 C. if still it does, the chances of rain would be higher.
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@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
31 May 20
@GreatMartin Yes, and somehow it becomes a bit tougher to maintain good health in hot and humid weather.
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@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
2 Jun 20
@GreatMartin
Well smoking and drinking should be done in moderation or avoided.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
31 May 20
The more rain the more humidity during warm weather!
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
19 May 20
It rained every day I was in Florida.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 20
It doesn't rain from about December to May!!
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
6 Jun 20
be careful with that get a better camera thingy. That can and does get expensive very quickly. And most point and shoot cameras have a difficult time in darker conditions. (Rainy weather counts as darker conditions.) But if you are talking SLR cameras, then you can control how much light, the problem here becomes expense. The cost of the camera would buy a couple of point and shoots, then you have to add the lenses. They can cost more than the camera base. But you probably know all of that.
I have a Nikon SLR, and I am always fighting to get the right amount of light on cloudy days,
Here in Oregon, I think we have a special deal with the gods in charge of the clouds, they bless us with so many days where the sky is all mucked up.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6 Jun 20
@cperry2 Now if I could afford the car insurance I'd buy one!!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6 Jun 20
Yes, I have invested the prices of a better camera--I would rather buy a car!!!
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
6 Jun 20
@GreatMartin I can't argue that point. A good car is a bit more important than a camera.
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
19 May 20
Interesting about clockwork rain - I don't think I've ever experienced that! All I know is it used to rain more here in Southern CA . . . not so much anymore (though we got some yesterday). Weather is just so strange these days!
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
21 May 20
@GreatMartin Yep - wild fires, then mudslides after the rain, and fun earthquakes here and there . . . that's us! Ah, my mother in law now lives in Laguna Niguel . . . that whole area has totally developed since the 50s!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 May 20
@much2say I went back to Laguna Beach in 1976 for a weekend visit--the Hawaiian Village restaurant was gone--the Laguna Beach hotel completely changed and even back then then the hills and mountains were spouting houses!! 
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 20
My sister-in-law and niece and nephews live in Southern California and all I read about is fires, mudslides, earthquakes, etc. When I lived out in Laguna Beach in the 1950s I don't remember (or conveniently forgotten) any of that!!!
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@renicemae (4883)
• Philippines
22 May 20
It's also raining in my area this morning. Be safe always.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 May 20
Today--so far--it is a beautiful day--never know what the evening will bring!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 May 20
@renicemae I enjoy every day! (Even the bad ones--I'm alive!)
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@renicemae (4883)
• Philippines
22 May 20
@GreatMartin I hope you enjoy your day!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 20
We alternate between floods and droughts!!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 20
@CarolDM Oh we get 2-3 days a year when all is right!!!
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
20 May 20
@GreatMartin Never an in between. Feast or famine.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
19 May 20
Your pics are better than my pics.
And my phone is supposed to have a great camera.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 May 20
I very seldom use my phone for pictures--mainly because I don't take my phone with me when I go out!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
21 May 20
@JimBo452020 I survived (and heard less bad news) for 60 years without carrying a phone with me--I guess I'm not THAT important that I have to have a phone with me 24/7 (though I know I am!)
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
20 May 20
@GreatMartin
I was without my phone all day today and never missed it.
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