I’ve noticed in Florida most people just walk through the rain. Maybe because when it’s not raining the humidity is high enough that you’d think it’s raining anyway? Or because even when raining it can still be 90+ degrees out?
Nothing.
Forecasts around here are almost always opposite of reality.
If you want to be 100% sure there will be rain tomorrow, just ask me to wash my car.
I bring my 17" canoe. Just flip it over and carry it on my shoulders. Heavy enough it won’t blow off, Nice and big. It if rains too long then I can canoe through the street that is now a river.
@davea510 This is a pretty important detail. If I am going to work, I will use an umbrella to get from my car to the building and vice versa. But there are a lot of other scenarios where a poncho is a more practical choice (sporting event, amusement park, etc). Something like a quick trip to the store might just merit a ball cap. If I am going on my daily walk, and it is warm enough, I might not opt for anything in addition to what I already have on.
@moonhat yup, just walking around feet get so gross. saw it all the time when i used to take the T. i have a pair of flip flops in a beach bag in the trunk of my car - they only get used on vacation or if i go to a beach/pool.
A change of clothes in a waterproof bag and wearing a hoodie over whatever I have on. Frankly, living in a city with a lot of wind, umbrellas don’t last more than a few rainstorms if I’m lucky, even the higher end ones blow out. And they do nothing to protect anything below my shoulders, unless I get a monsterous one that’s too unwieldly to wrangle. Ponchos are just hot, sticky messes. I’ve never found a rain slicker/jacket that isn’t super hot either. Rain boots are nice for short distances, like if I were going to a car from the house, but they’re too heavy for much more than that. So eff it, if I get too soaked, I can change when I get there.
@Jamileigh17 I have a couple of Marmot Precip jackets that work well and aren’t insanely hot. They’re often on sale, especially discontinued colors. Worth checking out.
Rain isn’t much of a bother …unless it freezes, then it is one of the worst weather conditions in the world. Existing outside of your house when everything is covered in a sheet of ice can be near impossible!
If my wife can’t sleep, it is either going to rain in a couple days or the crappy Meh sound machine stopped working, again. Whatever, I work from home, so I am not going anywhere.
Seattle person but I have no problem keeping an umbrella in my work bag because waiting for the bus, especially when it’s late which is often, I hate getting rained on. I also have one of those clear bubble umbrellas which is fun, like you are in your little dry world all to yourself
Besides the mentioned hoodie option, a good trenchcoat is also workable for inclement weather, if not as good as a true raincoat. Just make sure you are going somewhere with a drain under the coat rack.
Born and raised in Seattle; I don’t bring a damn thing.
Why isn’t GIANT SPONGE on the list?
Maybe my jacket. I don’t believe in them unbrella thingies…
Is nothing an option?
I’ve noticed in Florida most people just walk through the rain. Maybe because when it’s not raining the humidity is high enough that you’d think it’s raining anyway? Or because even when raining it can still be 90+ degrees out?
/giphy hot and rainy
@ddbelyea confirmed.
Walked through the rain today and it didn’t feel much different than a normal day.
If it is pouring, I’ll use an umbrella or jacket.
Nothing.
Forecasts around here are almost always opposite of reality.
If you want to be 100% sure there will be rain tomorrow, just ask me to wash my car.
@jester747
Are you in Oklahoma too?!?!
@jester747
For us it always rains on our day to water our lawn.
Hat. It’s Seattle. the only umbrellas here belong to tourist and recent transplants.
@ratman Exactly… Seattle now, grew up in Juneau… water is just water. Maybe a hat… maybe just get wet. No fancy hairdos.
I bring my 17" canoe. Just flip it over and carry it on my shoulders. Heavy enough it won’t blow off, Nice and big. It if rains too long then I can canoe through the street that is now a river.
@Kidsandliz Seems a little small.
@cinoclav LOL I just saw what I did there. 17 FOOT
a shrug and a willingness to make a mad dash for the car/door if it gets bad.
I don’t mess with any of them.
Rain? Is that where… water… comes from the sky? Hmm, I guess the parasol I use to hide from the sun might keep water off of me.
/giphy desert life
I wear a hat
I just bring a ball cap.
/giphy Singing in the Rain
Umbrella, unless it is very windy. Then, it depends on how heavy the rain is.
@baqui63
In Oklahoma they’re called Unbrellas because of the wind ripping them inside out.
My insulated stairs
@therealjrn do they come on an attached truck?
Bring where?
@davea510 This is a pretty important detail. If I am going to work, I will use an umbrella to get from my car to the building and vice versa. But there are a lot of other scenarios where a poncho is a more practical choice (sporting event, amusement park, etc). Something like a quick trip to the store might just merit a ball cap. If I am going on my daily walk, and it is warm enough, I might not opt for anything in addition to what I already have on.
@DrWorm Thank you. I’m retired and mostly play golf or crab, when raining I alternate between couch and pool table.
It’s not forecasted, it is raining. Been doing it all damn day.
There’s a rumor of sunshine tomorrow, but I’m bringing my umbrella anyway. Can’t trust those air molecules.
@TheFLP I think you should blame someone for that missed forecast today. If only there was someone here to blame…
A moose. Usually, anyway.
The only concession I make for rain is flip flops instead of tennis shoes. I hate wet socks.
@olddognewtricks eeegh, really? What about wet feet? That sounds bad and cold.
@moonhat @olddognewtricks and also gross, but i’m reading that from a city perspective. not going barefoot through any puddles around here thx
@jerk_nugget @olddognewtricks no kidding- I have co workers that won’t even wear sandals in the hottest weather here downtown because of the grossness.
@moonhat yup, just walking around feet get so gross. saw it all the time when i used to take the T. i have a pair of flip flops in a beach bag in the trunk of my car - they only get used on vacation or if i go to a beach/pool.
@jerk_nugget @moonhat I live in the country so I know what is around my yard.
@olddognewtricks suspected as much - makes all the difference! definitely got no beef with bare feet in my own wet grass
A change of clothes in a waterproof bag and wearing a hoodie over whatever I have on. Frankly, living in a city with a lot of wind, umbrellas don’t last more than a few rainstorms if I’m lucky, even the higher end ones blow out. And they do nothing to protect anything below my shoulders, unless I get a monsterous one that’s too unwieldly to wrangle. Ponchos are just hot, sticky messes. I’ve never found a rain slicker/jacket that isn’t super hot either. Rain boots are nice for short distances, like if I were going to a car from the house, but they’re too heavy for much more than that. So eff it, if I get too soaked, I can change when I get there.
@Jamileigh17 I have a couple of Marmot Precip jackets that work well and aren’t insanely hot. They’re often on sale, especially discontinued colors. Worth checking out.
@cinoclav Good to know, thanks!
I’m in Oregon… no umbrella. If it rains hard enough, maybe a hoodie.
Nothing different than any other day.
Soap that way when I am camping I need not use the disgusting bath house
Rain isn’t much of a bother …unless it freezes, then it is one of the worst weather conditions in the world. Existing outside of your house when everything is covered in a sheet of ice can be near impossible!
Literally nothing, or at most, a hoodie
depending on the occasion:
I can only think about a wise piece of advice my Dad used to say, “Didn’t your mother ever teach you to stay in out of the rain?”
I bring my car, it keeps me dry, 100% effective.
If my wife can’t sleep, it is either going to rain in a couple days or the crappy Meh sound machine stopped working, again. Whatever, I work from home, so I am not going anywhere.
baseball hat to keep my head dryish and my face from getting soaked.
Weather is irrelevant. The oppressive roofs and walls see to that.
Seattle person but I have no problem keeping an umbrella in my work bag because waiting for the bus, especially when it’s late which is often, I hate getting rained on. I also have one of those clear bubble umbrellas which is fun, like you are in your little dry world all to yourself
Depending on the situation, a compact umbrella, a bigger umbrella, flip flops, change of shoes and socks, or a hooded jacket.
I hate water. I hate rain. I am always overprepared.
If its warm enough…just strip down.
depending on the occasion ether full rain gear or a light rain coat.
I would never wear misspelled galoshes.
Besides the mentioned hoodie option, a good trenchcoat is also workable for inclement weather, if not as good as a true raincoat. Just make sure you are going somewhere with a drain under the coat rack.
/giphy “I came to Casablanca for the waters.”
