Goin' for the record!

This advisory is for all our friends back east:

Yes, the reports you've been hearing on the news are true - we have had 25 consecutive days of rain. Not 24/7 rain, but yes, every day. Some days are worse - like rainy days in New York, and others are cloudy with spots of rain, mostly at night. One day this week the sun even came out for a few hours. This is why Seattle has the reputation it's got.

No doubt this is the worst spell of weather we've had since we moved here, but...you know what I'm gonna say...this is the exception. Listening to a radio talk show on the way to work this morning, the hosts are talking about the Seahawks playoff game this Saturday. One of the hosts observed that if it rained during the game, it might portend good luck for the 'Hawks since earlier this season they came back to win a big game against Dallas in the rain. The surprise is that it was the first rainy Seahawks game in the new stadium which opened in 2002.

If it rains for 9 more days in a row, we'll beat a 1953 record. This is in direct contradiction to some of the tall tales we've heard about the 'hundred straight days of rain.' It is pretty amazing that we've had measurable rain 25 days in a row, and it has caused flooding, mud slides and other problems. It's even become news all around the country. I read an article on Boston.com about the record rainfall. Even so, at the conclusion of the article, the writer does point out that...

Though Seattle is famous for its rain, the city's average annual rainfall from 1970 to 2000 was 37.07 inches, compared with 49.71 inches for New York City.

Nah, I think it'll take a lot more rain to change my sunny disposition.