Rains Quotations

Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought, the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better yields than anticipated.

Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

I'm not saying you have to be totally despondent or anything, but... in New York, it's cold sometimes; it rains sometimes; even if everything in your life is great, bad weather can set the mood. You can write songs in New York because it's not always perfect. To write a good song, things can't be perfect.

I was very young, and I was on vacation with my family, and there was a retrospective of old films, and one of them was 'The Phantom of the Opera' with Claude Rains that was in color. It was something very important for my career because I began to follow these stories that were morbid.

Where they occurred, the light rains wetted fine-textured fuels such as grasses and weeds and thus temporarily lowered the risk of accidental starts from sparks. Larger fuels (limbs and logs three inches and above in size) were impacted very little.

Unless the fall rains come, we are in a bit of trouble.

We expressed to them our concern of the ability to house people if it rains and whether there were enough safeguards for some of the bands with their electrical equipment outside.

We're issuing this brown water advisory as a precaution because heavy rains are going to wash whatever pollution on the land into the streams and into the ocean.

With the rains we experienced in January and February, we knew the risk was as high as it's ever been.

We're still living off a couple of years of surplus rainfall. We can get through a continued dry spring, as long as the summer rains come when they're supposed to.

Yes, it will rain on their parade. There's a possibility of some heavy rains in the Pasadena area.

We won't be able to do much until spring, when the rains subside.

We were concerned about Venezuela, ... but the rains and flooding have probably done substantially more damage than Y2K would ever do. Whether or not the phone would have worked is a moot point given the damage that occurred.

Last year, what saved everything as far as water were the springtime rains that came. That's what filled up most of our irrigation reservoirs, because there was no snow to speak of. It was very, very skimpy statewide.

Most of the timely rains came when we needed them, although there were places that could have used more.

More and more people are at risk because the rains have not come. We will be coming back in the next few weeks with additional requests. We do not know how much more will be requested, it needs to be further assessed ... but I expect it will be more than 100,000 tons.

If we get the rains, the water will be stirred up and it will be tough, but without the rains the sight fishing will be great. It's just all about the weather.

If we have some heavy rains this season, as we did a few years ago, there will be some major problems. With the scheduled delays in building the Fort Hamer Bridge, Manatee County continues to get further and further behind in caring for the needs of the residents of this area.

I do not think that God arbitrarily causes hurricanes and tornadoes and tragedies like this. The Bible says it rains on the just and the unjust.

I am indifferent if my spinach is leaf or creamed; if I work to fatiguing point or spend days doing nothing; if I smoke fifty cigarettes a day or none at all; if it rains or shines; if the dentist hurts, or the shoe pinches, or I secure a bargain.

For winter's rains and ruins are over,/ And all the season of snows and sins;/ The days dividing lover and lover,/ The light that loses, the night that wins.

If it rains for 40 days and 40 nights, yeah.

We're in the middle of a drought - even if it rains from now until the summer, we will still have problems. Everything that both the water companies and that customers can do will make a difference.

We can confidently say the rains have established. In many arid and semi-arid regions, the drought is already alleviating, the dams are filling up and there is water for livestock.

The rains pretty well knocked them down. We hope that our containment lines will hold if they rekindle.

The rains in Washington on the day that Pope John Paul II died were unusually ferocious, as if the heavens were weeping with uncontrollable sadness.

The rains have caused huge damage to our crops. Almost 95 percent of the crop is damaged. Nothing is left.

The rains don't weaken as fast as the winds do. As far as the rains are concerned, they are going to extend over a large portion of the state.

Under perfect conditions -- with no rain and all the pumps working -- you're talking at least 20 days in the areas that have 20 feet of water. And we know we don't have perfect conditions. It rains an hour nearly every afternoon.

I went up for the first time when I was 18. It's a great place - I love L.A.; I mean, in Ireland it just rains all the time, it's crap weather, so it's nice to go to L.A. where it's just sunshine every day, and then it's kinda easier to live a kinda healthy lifestyle.

Ironically, these rains bring little respite. While they have alleviated the immediate need for water, there is increased risk of people falling sick from drinking contaminated water, while livestock deaths have continued because the animals are too weak and vulnerable to diseases such as pneumonia when temperatures drop at night.

People actually enjoy it when it rains in San Diego because we never get it. It's a nice change of pace. When you live in Southern California, everybody says, 'It's so expensive there.' I tell them, 'It's just a very expensive weather tax.'

Our ticket sales are tracking about 35 percent ahead of the Women's Open at this time. If that holds true, we're looking at well over 130,000 spectators. The X-factor is the weather. If it rains for a week straight and you've got muddy conditions, that's not conducive to people walking around. Or if it's horribly hot like last year. That obviously keeps people away, but you cross your fingers and hope the conditions allow for spectators to have an enjoyable time.

Our weather folks are telling us we're going to get some rain, but the problem is it will be isolated. What we really need is sustaining rain, one of those long rains you like for your gardens.

Remnants of Ivan met with a front over the area that would have brought heavy rains anyway, that's a lot of water in a hurry. Plus a lot of it came over headwaters at rivers and creeks. It happens.

June and July we were looking at terrible crops, and then I think we benefited from hurricane rains and had a better crop than we thought, which dropped the prices.

That way, if it rains for the Breeders Cup at least we won't have to worry about it.

When it rains soup, the poor man has no spoon

When it rains it pours. That about sums it up.

When it rains it pours, and its pouring here right now.

When it rains here it floods. I didn't expect so many fairways to hold as much water as they did.

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We get rains... More rains... Subsoil... Rains during the growing season.

We are glad that it is raining, but the rains have also come with havoc.

What we see this season is there are several days in between rains and enough time for it to stay dry and warm and windy. There's nowhere for the pollen to go, so it just stays in the air, on the trees and you can actually see it building up.

With a combination of last week's rains and (yesterday's rain), we could end up with a sizable disaster situation. It might not be a lot of major damage, but if it is spread out over the entire island, it could be significant.

We would like to extend our appreciation to the cooperating landowners and the agencies that have provided additional funding to make this project a success so far, ... We are also looking for landowners who are interested in funding for projects to repair the shoreline of Elm Lake itself, or its many tributaries that may have been damaged by heavy rains in May and June.

Whenever it rains ? and it rains hard ? and the water turns brown, that means there's something in there.

While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most severely affected area in northern Illinois remains stubbornly dry.

With spring rains in the offing and a heightened potential for runoff, we are moving ahead on several key task force recommendations, rather than risk losing opportunities to help protect lives and property while we await a final report.

We will need good soaking rains over the entire region before the first of May.

We had some rains about a month ago. We were at the real serious stage where our crops were dying. They weren't just stressed, they were dying.

We are expecting a storm to move into Southern California and the rains could move in as early as Monday morning.

We are dry in the Plains, but the good thing is that these spring rains can bring up that total pretty rapidly.

Extreme warm temperatures early on and wet, heavy rains could change that. That's what usually causes flooding.

Every time it rains we get a real mess. It's very disheartening.

Both storms are going to add up to quite an amount of rainfall, some of the heaviest rains we have seen so far this season.

The good news is that the rains have been better this year. We will not see widespread famine.

Yes, we are keeping an eye on that and trying to deliver as many relief goods as possible before rains start again.

You have to look back 43 years, to 1963, to find anything this severe. It is a dire situation that may take over a year for full recovery, once the rains return.

There have been heavy rains in the area and as a result many rivers and streams have flooded.

Even though the rains have hit and will alleviate part of the problem, we're looking at this as a long term problem.

Even normal rains won't bring dead livestock back to life in the north or provide an immediate harvest in the east. There is no quick fix to this emergency after five consecutive poor seasons.

Cotton can take dry weather pretty good and it can take wet weather pretty good. But it has a difficult time going from really, really dry to really, really wet. So the rains we did get were very timely.

And with forecasters suggesting that the April rains will also be poor, the number of families needing assistance could grow in the coming months. Without adequate emergency food aid, we fear for the worst.

Even if substantial rains are received in May - which we hope for - given the magnitude of livestock losses sustained during the crisis, full recovery will be a long process that will take years or even decades.

Flooding will develop rather quickly in areas that have seen the heavy rains over the last thee weeks. It won't take much to push those areas back into a dangerous situation. So we all need to be aware of what's happening around us, especially this afternoon and tomorrow.

I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; it's like the end of the world.

The worst thing is we end up cleaning it up and it rains the next day. We're getting good at that.

They all have the same problem, ... They need to finish before it rains or gets hot.

The way it's looking, we're probably going to be under a burn ban until we get significant rains in the spring or summer, if we even get them then.

The sad part about it is, they haven't fixed it right yet. It's still rough. And if it rains again, it's going to happen again.

It was a little bit wet but we were able to get through it. We don't have Field Turf where we are so, if it rains extensively, we'll have to change our practice site.

These rains were much needed to refill the aquifers. We had been far behind our normal rain totals, but we are now sitting pretty.

The situation remains difficult but it's not critical. The rains and snow often make it miserable but not unmanageable.

The slower movement means heavy rains will fall over the same area for some period of time. Areas that are prone to flooding could see a significant amount of water.

Right now, we've got a big hole there. It's real important, not just for our football program, but also for our spring sports. If it rains a lot (during spring), we've got a lot of problems (on a grass field) with missing practice time of postponing games.

Right now we're working without our safety net. Fall and winter precipitation typically recharges the soil profile and increase pond, stream and river levels. Without that precipitation, it becomes imperative that spring rains come and give us the collateral we need as we enter the summer season.

Normally it blows and the rains are coming down, but this was very unusual, clear skies, beautiful weather, but it's just so windy.

April and May might start to warm some, but it could still be plenty wet. It rains here, but that's part of the reason why it's so green and beautiful. Let's get through the winter, and we can look forward to the summer months.

That vapor is very hot and expands outward from the point of impact, cooling and expanding as it goes. As it cools the vapor condenses as little droplets and rains out over the whole Earth.

The models we have ... (suggest) that the rains in autumn will be normal or even less than normal,

The weather has suddenly changed. If it rains tonight (Tuesday) as well, we would have to see how much sweating is there on the track.

There wasn't any payment involved, there weren't any threats, there wasn't any quid pro quo, but he made it very clear that Barry would appreciate it if we kept him out of it. And we had several discussions about how Mike Rains knew what the score was -- and that is that he knew Barry was using.

They're all strong storms bringing significant rains and snow at the higher elevations, maybe a couple of feet.

Aberdeen is in the mountains, and it's cold and rains quite a bit, but I still love it.

It was different from McDaniels Mill Road where heavy rains just blew out the pipes. This one has been on the list for a while, and when a county worker went out there, he stopped and inspected the pipes and noticed the erosion. The thought was that if we don't do something now, it would compromise the road.

It's a bummer when it rains like that. It makes the balls wet and kind of slippery. Everything is more difficult. That's football. You can play in rain, sleet, snow. It doesn't matter. Today, we just got better at throwing in the rain.

It never rains on the pass parade. It may rain before. It may rain after, but it never rains on the Pass Parade, but it is a time to for a moment, put aside all that has happened and just celebrate.

It's true, when it rains it pours, and when you're winning, everything seems like it works. It happens like that.

It just rains like heck here. Oh, you get sick and tired of it, but you get used to after awhile.

It looks like the system doesn't have quite the dynamic with the heavy rains that we had in the past event.

It's really too early to pinpoint where the heaviest rains will form, but the overall weather pattern is looking quite similar to what we saw last week.

It's like hitting rock bottom. But the family I grew up in, my parents always told me, it only rains so many days before the sun can shine again. I just think here pretty soon the sun is going to start back shining on us.

Summer Nights gives us a powerful tool when we book Bumbershoot, and it also gives us a safety net for years when it rains or something else happens. (The two events) are linked operationally, financially and spiritually.

It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains comes, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone.

It's very much a sensitivity model; you don't know what your business looks like a month out. If it rains tomorrow, or it rains for the next week, then you're missing your entire month or quarter. It's a thin business as far as margins are concerned.

In many respects, because of the advent new rains this week, we are still in the response mode.

If the rains expected in March do not come we could have a serious problem.

If there are just a few seed heads out, then forget it. Manage it like you normally do. But if your field is full of seed heads, then mow it. If it rains in May or June, the new growth will be leafy and less toxic than the fields not mowed.