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When the Rain Comes

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When the rain comes, they run and hide their head. You can see them. They dart and dodge and duck and make a lot of undignified noises.

[Look there goes one now!]

The rains of finter (since we no longer have a fall season let’s merge it into winter) have now begun. As a consequence, and as if triggered by some automated response system, EVERYTHING has been cancelled.

When the rain comes, we put a stop to anything and everything we have planned for the rest of the day. We call our friends and say, “But it’s raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaing.” In the alternative, they will say it to us. The effect is much the same.

When the rain comes, we even cancel going to the movies. Why? Do we fear that incipient precipitation will permeate the roof and dampen our coifs? Possibly, but I rather think we are afraid of the eighteen steps we may have to take from door to car and eighteen more from car to the doors of Usce. Even if we are in the underground parking.

Fully hatted and umbrellaed.

Belgrade hardly qualifies as the Home of Perfect Weather. It is not as if we are accustomed to 364 days of glorious sunshine and are discombobulated by an anomalous raindrop. No, indeed. Belgrade has what people like to call a “continental climate” – it gets unbearably hot in the summer, unmentionably cold in the winter, and in the meantime it is either a) raining or b) blowing down the dreaded Košava. Wedged in and around all this Weather, we may have quite a few lovely days.

All this to say, that we really should be used to this. The rain comes. And we scuttle. And that is not the end of it. Each year we always read how the snow “surprised us this year” (and therefore we could not clear the roads). Surprised? Really? This is Belgrade. It snows in Belgrade. Am I the only one who noticed?

Today it is raining. Today I have already heard of at least seven sets of plans for the afternoon/evening that have been thwarted by the rain. We could – no, it’s raining. What if we – no, it’s raining. Well then we could always – are you kidding? Did you SEE the rain?

It is unclear to me whether this is an effect of squeamishness about getting wet or if it has other proximate causes. When the rain comes, for example, our Internet service gets spotty. When we call the Provider, they tell us: “It’s raining.” When the rain comes, the traffic becomes unnavigable. This, one assumes, happens because everyone is rushing to get home and OUT OF THE RAIN. People who took the trolley-bus to work may run home, get the car, and then drive back home.

Not to be left out.

Armed as I am with my back-up umbrella, I have not changed my plans since this morning. I will carry them out to the fullest and return slightly dampened but accomplished.

Of course it has been raining since morning. And my plans were to go home and read a book.

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blogovatelj 16:31 23.10.2014

Bitlsi. Najveći.

blogovatelj 16:54 23.10.2014

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Jel ovo neka zajebancija?

Belgrade has what people like to call a “continental climate” – it gets unbearably hot in the summer, unmentionably cold in the winter, and in the meantime it is either a) raining or b) blowing down the dreaded Košava.

Temperature za Beograd i Des Moines, Iowa.

A porediti košavu sa prerijskom vetrinom?! Košava je u poređenju sa tom vrstom nepogode tek blagi lahor.

Chris Farmer 17:28 23.10.2014

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I hear Des Moines is an AWFUL place to live. :)

srdjan.pajic 07:32 24.10.2014

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blogovatelj
Jel ovo neka zajebancija?

Belgrade has what people like to call a “continental climate” – it gets unbearably hot in the summer, unmentionably cold in the winter, and in the meantime it is either a) raining or b) blowing down the dreaded Košava.

Temperature za Beograd i Des Moines, Iowa.

A porediti košavu sa prerijskom vetrinom?! Košava je u poređenju sa tom vrstom nepogode tek blagi lahor.

Blogi, jel ovo neka zajebancija, ili ti nisi bio u Beogradu u julu i avgustu poslednjih 10-15 godina? Ne znam za Des Moines, ali ja sam u Beograd prestao da dolazim pre kraja avgusta. To je takav vlažni pakao da je čisto gubljenje vremena doći ranije. Ili ako dodjem, odma zapalim u neku planinu.

stefan.hauzer 07:50 24.10.2014

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To je takav vlažni pakao

blogovatelj 03:56 25.10.2014

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Blogi, jel ovo neka zajebancija, ili ti nisi bio u Beogradu u julu i avgustu poslednjih 10-15 godina?

U avgustu sam poslednji put bio 2006.
Posle toga sam uvek bio ili u prolece, ili u jesen. Od polovine marta do polovine aprila, ili od polovine oktobra do polovine novembra.
Bio 2009, 2012, 2013. I temperatura je bila divotna, ali divotna. Uvek
Prekosutra krecem opet i ocekujem isto.
A jel ti znas kako u preriji duva? Leti kao da ti je neko sa 5cm fen ukljucio na najjace u glavu, a zimi kao da te nozevima ubada vetar, ma kako obucen bio. Leti duva direktno sa Kariba, zimi direkt sa severnog pola, jer je Severna Amerika po sredini ravna kao tepsija. Iskusio sam ovo u juznom Ontariju nebrojeno puta, jer ti vetrovi i ovde stizu.
Studirao sam u NS i doktorirao kosavu, ima je i tamo. U Zrenjaninu duva jos gore, i tamo sam bio nebrojeno puta. Ali kako rekoh, to je blagi lahor u poredjenju sa srednjim zapadom.

muaddib92 17:27 23.10.2014

Listen to the falling rain..

I like it very much when is raining in Belgrade, I do. Besides, my most beloved season is the very special part of the fall called the 'Indian Summer' or 'Bablje leto' in Serbian - and it lasts for 3 weeks here (this is an average, but the accurate one, since my hunting season begins by middle October for last 41 years <_<

Belgrade hardly qualifies as the Home of Perfect Weather. It is not as if we are accustomed to 364 days of glorious sunshine and are discombobulated by an anomalous raindrop. No, indeed. Belgrade has what people like to call a “continental climate” – it gets unbearably hot in the summer, unmentionably cold in the winter, and in the meantime it is either a) raining or b) blowing down the dreaded Košava. Wedged in and around all this Weather, we may have quite a few lovely days.

Try Russia or Scandinavia (or better don't try them), Chris

And my plans were to go home and read a book.

My plans are also the same, to have my dinner and read my book (glass of red wine included

Regards,

satinelle 22:47 23.10.2014

Re: Listen to the falling rain..

glass of red wine included

Of course, cheers!

Chris, lep ti taj engleski, ali ako si ovde godinama, progovori fucking srpski da te "ceo svet razume".

Chris Farmer 13:16 24.10.2014

Re: Listen to the falling rain..

satinelle
Chris, lep ti taj engleski

Thank you very much!

jednatanja 08:50 24.10.2014

Well

´tis a cultural thing. Where I live in Germany, people get out in rain otherwise they would be inside 90% of the time. There is also a different "quality" of rain, drizzle vs downpour, with the latter being more common in Serbia. Every kid in kindergarten here has a pair of rain boots, raincoat and rainpants (all made of this new invention called polyester), and the kids are sent outside at exactly the same time every day in any weather. I can see all the mothers and grandmothers from east of Germany watch in horror as the kids line up hand-in-hand, in their colorful spacesuits to go out for a walk in the rain. In Serbia one does not have to do that because, well, there are always other 5 sunny days in the week. Congrats on your bravery and determinaton!