Yep here when it rains it usually just rains all day but not hard and continues the next day etc. etc. and then once in a while it will pound down like heck! We don't get a lot of inches so for us .73 in one day is a lot! We are about #44 on the list of wettest places in the country so you guys back east get much more then we do in the long run. We just spread it out all through fall and winter so it seems as tho we are in rain up to our waists but not.
Seattle receives the largest amount of rainfall of any major (pop > 250,000) U.S. city in November, and is in the top 10 through Winter, but is in the lower half of all cities June–September. Thunderstorms are rare. Seattle reports thunder on just seven days per year. For comparison,
Fort Myers, Florida reports thunder on 93 days per year
Kansas City 52, and New York City 25.
There are occasional downpours. One downpour occurred on December 2–4, 2007, when sustained
hurricane-force winds and widespread heavy rainfall associated with a strong "
Pineapple Express" event occurred in the greater Puget Sound area and the western parts of Washington and Oregon. People blamed heavy rain and strong winds for several power outages and at least four deaths. Interstate 5 at Chehalis, Washington was flooded and closed for almost two days. Precipitation totals exceeded 14 inches (356 mm) in some areas with winds topping out at 130 mph (209 km/hr) along coastal Oregon. It became the second wettest event in Seattle history when a little over 5 inches (130 mm) of rain fell on Seattle in a 24 hour period. People claim the rain indirectly led to five deaths and widespread flooding and damage.
