Rain

The first time that I saw it rain here I thought to myself "if it rained like this back home there would be flood warnings", well yesterday back in Fort Collins I hear that there were flood warnings.

Here are some stats on how much it rains in Thailand:

Overall the southern parts of Thailand get by far the most rain with around 2,400 millimetres (~94 inches) every year, compared with the central and northern regions of Thailand, both of which get around 1,400 millimetres (~55 inches).
Source: Travelfish

Here's what caused flood warnings back home:

DayWeather Inc. of Cheyenne, using a city of Fort Collins automated rain gauge network installed after the 1997 Spring Creek flood, reported 4.92 inches (124 mm) on Taft Hill Road near Harmony that fell in 90 minutes to two hours.

The storm dumped more than 3 inches (76 mm) of rain on west Harmony Road in 45 minutes, according to the weather service.

The source is a News repost from a friend's LJ and I'll keep her URL private.

It rains just less than every other day right now and I hear that it's only the begining of the rainy season. The other day it was raining and the drops came down huge, more like puddles falling from the sky. It was very surreal to watch this happen outside my window.

Now I'm not saying that the flood warnings weren't justified. What was dumped in the span of an hour back home is a lot even for Thailand. Also the terrain back home is not like the terrain here, and with what happened in 97 I'm sure everyone is scared of a flood even an entire decade later. It's just interesting to note how large the difference is concerning what is normal and abnormal weather.

If it rained that much that quickly here, people would think that it was September or October, and wonder what happened to August.