> > When I was in Florida last, thickly overcast skies rained almost every day...for half an hour. The rest of the time it was bright and sunny.
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> Around here, at least, that type of weather is called "showers," as opposed to regular rain.

Sometimes these half hour rain spells were "showers," but when it comes down so thick the ground floods because it can't drain fast enough, when it hits the ground so hard you have to shout to be heard, when it comes down at Epcot (Sosiqui! High five!) so furiously that the crowds of people outdoors, even ones with rain gear, VANISH, then that ain't no shower.

S "Leen and I couldn't even stay dry under shelter, so we finally figured, what the heck are we bothering for, and traipsed out into the unavoidable ankle-deep puddles and splashed around for fun. We were the only people out of thousands doing this." am