Was that the brief torrential downpour that came through last Tuesday? If so, it looks less torrential when photographed than I remember as viewed through my car windshield. I wonder if that is always true.
No, I made that last Sunday. A very thin line of storm front came through with brief but intense rain. As for the windshield, some time back I wondered how come every time I stopped the car to try to photograph a torrential downpour, the rain would let up as soon as I pulled over. Then I realized that plowing into the rain at 50 mph or whatever smashes the rain into the windshield and makes it seem more intense than if you are just standing still as it pours down.
Hmmm. But last Tuesday, the rain was so intense that I slowed to less than 10 mph just in order to see a little, and it was still torrential-looking. I was in city traffic, anyway. But seeing rain is harder than it looks, I agree.
Winsted, Connecticut
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Was that the brief torrential downpour that came through last Tuesday? If so, it looks less torrential when photographed than I remember as viewed through my car windshield. I wonder if that is always true.
scott
Scott,
No, I made that last Sunday. A very thin line of storm front came through with brief but intense rain. As for the windshield, some time back I wondered how come every time I stopped the car to try to photograph a torrential downpour, the rain would let up as soon as I pulled over. Then I realized that plowing into the rain at 50 mph or whatever smashes the rain into the windshield and makes it seem more intense than if you are just standing still as it pours down.
Hmmm. But last Tuesday, the rain was so intense that I slowed to less than 10 mph just in order to see a little, and it was still torrential-looking. I was in city traffic, anyway. But seeing rain is harder than it looks, I agree.
scott
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