why do people say its raining cats and dogs?
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Because in "ye olden times" stuff got chucked into open sewers, including dead animals. When it rained hard, it all got washed out.
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From the National Weather Service:\n\nWhen we talk about rainfall, we usually refer to it as being either showers or rain. If we are forecasting showers, we expect the rain to fall on an intermittent basis and from cumulus-type clouds. The showers may vary greatly in intensity over just a few minutes or a few miles. For example, lets say that the forecast for today is calling for a chance of showers. That means that if the rain does develop, it will be on and off, rather scattered, may vary in intensity over just a couple of minutes, and fall from cumulus-type clouds.\n\nIf the forecast for today called for rain, it means we expect the rain to fall rather steadily and from a flat, stratus-type of cloud, and won't change much in intensity from hour to hour. It also means that the rain will fall over a fairly large area, not like showers, which usually fall over smaller areas.
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raining period is an extremely sexy moment. rainy days are days that make you sit back relax and enjoy those around you. My girl and i like to open the window by the bed and get a lil wet.
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It rains because the upper atmosphere is warmer than the air at the ground. Generally this is freezing rain, but not always.
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T means thunder. They are just a big rain with lighting.
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The only thing is, they don't always lie down when it is going to rain.  A lot of times you see them standing in a tight bunch right before it rains, too.  They almost always have their rear ends to the wind.  A lot of the "old timers" had ways of predicting the weather just by looking at natural things, guess this was just one of them.
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If they're acting weird in your locale, better check the weather reports.  Animals are highly sensitive to climatic changes, and electro-magnetic disturbances.
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No, it means that you should take your umbrella with you, because the humidity in the air, and the pressure system suggest it could rain.  Weather prediction isn't exact science, so basically... they never KNOW for a fact if it is raining or not... no matter what percent they give.
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BECAUSE THOSE AREAS MIGHT HAVE HIGH HILLS WHERE THE CLOUDS HIT HARD AND RAIN .MIGHT BE THE LOW AREAS AND FINALLY DUE TO CLOSE TO SEAS
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I got rained on big time.  It was a warm day so it wasn't really uncomfortable.  A guy hit his brakes and started skidding sideways on the wet pavement and an old woman with an umbrella turned around and called him an asshole.  It doesn't get much better than that.
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I do not get ppl who do this. So many dog owners I see do this, and I think, man...an hour ago he was licking cat pee off a tire and then licking his crotch, and then eating wet dog food...SICK!
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Because you are in the neighborhood of ocean. In the day when it starts warming up, the water in the sea evaporates and then the clouds come with wind. So it rains in the afternoon or the evening when there are enough raindrops in the clouds
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lol\nit is like\nwhy is teh sky blue\nwhy doe sit not rain when it should\nwho knows that are so unpredictable
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I think the weather is off because, I don't think that the news is the greatest thing for the weather. One time they said it was going to rain, I was excited, but dissappointed. I wonder when did they decide to be the foretellers of the world. Maybe everysince they've started showing the news; now their inaccuracies are on the internet. Too bad for the people. But I say good job on the forecast on the Katrina and the hurricanes that they've warned people about in advanced, you have to give them that.
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I live in sunny southern california and the reasons why I love this place is because of the nice weather. Rain is not really in the nice weather catagory sorry. I need the sun for energy. I get lazy when it rains. I over slept when it rains. However having said that, I think sometimes the rain is very romantic if you're in certain areas like a hut with palm trees and stuff. You end up writing poems and love songs while the rain trikles above the roof of the house. ANd usually when it stops raining, a beautiful rainbow appears. But again, I prefer the sun with clear beautiful blue skys.
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Because it is soothing and a constant sound. It is a statistic fact that most people sleep better when listening to rain sounds because they are calming and filter out other noises. So that is probably why you slept all day :)
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It's instinctual.  In the natural world, a cat would be a dog's lunch.