It is also why, later that evening, after finally leaving the office, the rain still drumming on the dirty skylights of my corporate apartment, I wrote this.
The qualifying session stayed dry but rain could still affect the outcome of the race.
Quite a spectacle for the determined sunbathers who, despite the odd rain shower, were still out in bikinis on the beach.
Of course the UK can still rain nuclear destruction with Trident missiles, sustain a deployment of several thousand troops overseas or one of two dozen or so combat aircraft.
Even as the sun shone this week, London's Olympics chiefs were still fretting about the potential for more rain.
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Although weakened, Parma is still bringing heavy rain across the northern Philippines, and the government is warning residents to be aware of landslides and further flooding.
The sky is still a perfect cloudless blue and the forecasters have dropped their previous prediction of rain by the weekend.
When she pulled off the shirt, her hair, still stiff with rain, stuck up in ruff around her face, as if she were roused against him.
Still, we know that when the rain and the storm are over, those that have prudently guided their clients through the storm will emerge stronger and poised for growth.
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Smoke still rose from tree stumps, and even the blessed rain clouds delivered new bolts of lightning.
Heavy rain has the potential to worsen sanitation conditions in camps, which, with cholera still so prevalent in Haiti, is a major concern.
Rain began to fall at the start of the second set, but there was still time for Federer to break before play was suspended for 20 minutes - and when it resumed he secured the double break.
Following a one-hour morning rain delay, the visitors had been reduced to 80-5 in their second innings, still needing a further 145 runs to make England's openers strap on their pads one more time.
Flooding is still a concern as Fay moves up the peninsula, with up to 25cm (10in) of rain forecast.
Wildflowers encouraged by a rare recent rain brilliant red buckeye and purple larkspur peppered acres of grass, still brown from the winter dry season.
As the rain season begins, they are taking matters into their own hands, building shelters to replace the tents that many still rely on for shelter.
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