So, rumor has it that sometimes planes fly in sky and seed the air to create rain. This is typically done to help clear the air following some bad air days (you can learn more here), but I think they spilled some extra seeds and the clouds went nuts…four days of heavy rain, and a bit of flooding (this is sarcasm, God might have actually just been pissed at the sins of humanity, or perhaps it was just global warming…who knows). Regardless, it was an incredible, warm rain.
God said, “let there be rivers to complicate the transportation and clear the air” and within ten minutes of the first drop it was [kinda] so. And God saw it and said, “it is good.”
Someone named this baby “The hutong branch of the Yellow River.”
This is the moat running through the hutong.
The rain was quite magical and beautiful, but the best part was learning where all the leaks were in the recently renovated apartment. With the amount of rain pouring from the sky it was impossible to do a “good” fix during the storm…which left me using duct tape to create alleys for the water to run down in order to kind of control the flow.
I was hoping the days rain would help cool the air, but, it actually just created 1000+% humidity. EVERYTHING IS BLURRY, ALL THE TIME.
Today, the grey sky was not pollution…it was humidity. I could almost, maybe, tolerate the grayness if it wasn’t making my ear holes sweat or giving me a soggy bottom.
Alas, you cannot win. You are either choked by dirty air, or choked by clean, hot, wet, air. Thanks, Obama.
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