Not only have the good deeds of that wonderful molecule so essential to rain forests, begonias and plants that feed God's creatures been ignored, it has even come to be demonized as an endangering pollutant and climate-ravaging menace.
'They would choose a day without rain so that the wood for the fire would not be wet.
The gravel pit had filled to its brim with melted snow and rain, so that Caro had to edge around it on her way to catch the school bus.
At one point the sound and the volume of the rain was so intense that everyone stopped their conversations and stared at pools of water that were rapidly building up near the edges.
Friday's broad storm in Oklahoma hit during the evening rush hour and stuck around, causing havoc on Interstate 40, a major artery connecting suburbs east and west of the city, and dropping so much rain on the area that streets were flooded to a depth of 4 feet.
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There were fears that the roof of the atrium was so high that the building would have its own weather and rain would fall on the guests.
Long ago they were used for performing sacrificial rituals so that the Sun Gods would signal the Rain Gods to replenish their crops for harvesting.
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They fit so tightly together that they are nearly impervious to rain and sun.
But what was most eerie about this was that there were so few people around--because of the rain, few people ventured out onto the street.
We now know that oak seedlings rarely thrive under mature oaks (which rain caterpillars on them), so the oak climax was just a passing phase.
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While he was in the rain, while it was raining so hard and the wind was blowing, he was praying that God will calm the water, calm the wind, so that he will be able to make it somewhere with his kids.
So it seems that if it gets locked into the wrong position, with a pattern of large waves, heavy rain is the result.
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