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Dan Abel > wrote:

> We lived in Seattle for four years, without a car. It rains too darned
> much!

Seattle gets less rain (in inches) than most cities on the east coast.
When it does happen, it's usually a light brief rainfall. Some of the
cities east, north and south of Seattle get more rain. The Olympic
Mountains scrape much of the moisture out of the weather systems before
they get to us.

I grew up in Miami. The ordinary summer afternoon rainstorms that I saw
there would totally freak out a Seattleite. Not to mention the
hurricanes.

Seattle does get a lot of overcast, cloudy days. Especially in winter.

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Julian Vrieslander