# If I have to take a few vacation days to get some rain around here...alright, I'll do it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769 "2018-08-17T02:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/1 "2018-08-17T02:16:52Z")
Mission accomplished. Scheduled days off a month ago when it was dry as a bone and sure enough two days of rain so far. It’s OK, we need it. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/2 "2018-08-17T07:24:52Z")
Murphy’s Law mate, Sorry 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/3 "2018-08-17T14:22:12Z")
We need it too. I was thinking of washing my car. That usually is just as good as a rain dance! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/4 "2018-08-17T15:07:33Z")
[Count your blessings.](https://goo.gl/images/ex2nZP) ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/5 "2018-08-17T17:34:30Z")
I propose the Great American Campout. Whenever there is a significant drought, people need to go camping. No campfires, of course, but in a tent, not a camper, cabin, or RV. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/6 "2018-08-17T17:48:52Z")
A couple of years ago (what, wait, ten years? Really? When did that happen?) I spent a year in Australia. I went camping three times in that year, and it _chucked_ it down every time. In two of those places it hadn’t rained in over 2 years. Mind you, I think the talent is inherited: my mother once went on a trip to a place that billed itself as the Driest Town On The Planet, where they hadn’t had a drop for over a decade. Guess what happened the day she went? ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/7 "2018-08-17T17:53:41Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > A couple of years ago (what, wait, ten years? Really? When did that happen?) I spent a year in Australia. I went camping three times in that year, and it _chucked_ it down every time. In two of those places it hadn’t rained in over 2 years. > > Mind you, I think the talent is inherited: my mother once went on a trip to a place that billed itself as the Driest Town On The Planet, where they hadn’t had a drop for over a decade. Guess what happened the day she went? Maybe it’s genetic. We lived in Europe in the early 80’s, and NL had the first Hans Brinker Silver Skates races in a very long time. When we moved to a tropical island, they had typhoons every other weekend for a couple of months. In AZ’s high desert, the winds were horrible that year. In many places we have lived, we keep hearing the same thing: “The weather is never like this!” ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/8 "2018-08-17T20:55:49Z")
Day three of rain but today interspersed with sunny periods where it’s extremely hot and muggy. Raining like cow piss on a flat rock at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/9 "2018-08-17T23:19:31Z")
My Girl Scout troop could end a six month drought by going to camp. I remember especially the first time, having the corner of the tent come untied and having to get out in the pouring rain to tie it down. I was in fourth grade. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/10 "2018-08-18T04:24:11Z")
Last year I took off Halloween and November first. We had [no power](https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-10-31/crews-scramble-to-restore-power-to-northeast-after-storm) for 32 of those 48 hours. sigh. From what I recall hearing on the news, it was the 5th most damaging storm in state history that was neither a snow/ice storm or a hurricane. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-to-take-a-few-vacation-days-to-get-some-rain-around-here-alright-ill-do-it/819769/11 "2018-08-18T04:49:37Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > I propose the Great American Campout. Whenever there is a significant drought, people need to go camping. No campfires, of course, but in a tent, not a camper, cabin, or RV. Really go for it - sleeping bags under the stars, no tents.