Sechele happened to be his tribe's rainmaker as well as kgosi, and Livingstone's stay coincided with the worst drought ever known, so Sechele's decision to stop making rain was predictably unpopular.
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Glenullin had the better of the first half in horrendous conditions, wind and rain making the pitch difficult for both teams, the Mitchel's ahead 0-06 to 0-04 at the break.
When he stepped out on to the turf to warm-up and saw heavy rain making the pitch increasingly treacherous, he could have been forgiven for wishing Robinson - who was not even on the bench - had not been so unceremoniously dumped.
The king's charisma, intelligence, talents (from playing the saxophone to rain-making, a science in which he holds a European patent) and deep concern for his people's welfare make him adored at home and admired around the world.
He said the clay soil had absorbed recent rain and snow, making it more unstable.
The Los Angeles area has received less than 2 inches of rain since January, making the bone-dry region "definitely ripe for these fires, " said William Patzert, a NASA climatologist.
Agricultural fertilisers washed off the land by rain can cause algal population booms, making more food available to the larvae.
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With the rain lashing down and a swirling wind making life difficult on a bumpy pitch, there were few first-half thrills for the 3, 640 hardy souls in attendance.
For all the recent improvements at a packed Twickenham Stoop the return was in decidedly more prosaic surroundings, with heavy rain turning the pitch into a quagmire and making handling very difficult.
In another rain-affected game, Wellington batted first, making a respectable 169-7 at Orleton Park, Rajat Bhatia top scoring with 55.
But overnight rain left large patches of ice on the course, making it too dangerous.
Only a couple of inches of rain have fallen in Southern California since the start of the year, making the region as dry as it normally would be in the fall, when fire season is typically at its peak.
The fear is that melting ice, along with increased snow and rain, could reduce the density and salinity of the top layers of the sea, making them more buoyant.
But the Democrats' image-making is clearly relying on Lieberman's presence to invoke the sort of Old Testament avenging angel who'll rain down plagues at the first sign of moral turpitude.
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