There was some pretty heavy rainfall tonight in Toronto. Just a couple of observations I came up with due to it:
1. Tonight was the second time this year, where I explicitly witnessed a sort of border between an area with no rainfall, and an area with a lot, and having no choice but to drive straight through it. It's quite an experience, from being sunny (or just dry, as in tonight, when the sun had already set while I was driving home), you see in front of you a haze that you're not too sure about. Then the raindrops are seen more clearly, then the sound of a shower get louder and louder, until you're fully engulfed in the rain, where the wipers can't wash the rain off the windshield fast enough and there's nothing you can do to get rid of the sound of the rain bombing down upon your car. What beauty!
2. The view at my place rocks! Not only do I hear and see all the rain as well compared to when I'm in the car, but the big windows let me see practically every lightning bolt on the west side of Don Mills -- all the way to Etobicoke/Mississauga/Brampton! I wish I had something that could take some pictures that would do the lightning bolts some justice. As a side note, has anyone ever seen ORANGE lightning bolts outside of a lab? I can now say that I have!
Dan
