Speaking Of The #$&*(@#*)& Rain

Oct 10, 2007 | Living-In, Weather

I truly never thought this would happen. But it has: I am SICK of this rain. Up till now, I’ve loved it. Very dramatic, soothing, love the sound. Plus, up till now, it’s been sunny in the morning, raining in the afternoon, clear at night. I mean, I knew...

Where Does All That Rain Go?

Sep 16, 2007 | Weather

Like the 800lb gorilla, anywhere it wants! It has rained all the live long day again today. And a downpour the whole time, no off and on stuff like normal thunderstorms in the states. Even hurricanes gust. Not this: a steady hard rain sound on the roof all day. Puts...

All Day Long

Aug 30, 2007 | Weather

That would be the rain. The blogs down our way, like Erin all the way over in San Pedro to the east and Jen all the way over in San Ramon to the west, are talking ’bout endless rains. The past few weeks in particular. It’s been raining HARD and LONG....

Budding Pyromaniacs

Mar 13, 2007 | Culture Shock, Teenagers, Weather

By now, middle of March, it hasn’t rained in about 4 months here in the central valley. While the coast gets more rain, it’s dry as a bone there, too, by all accounts. Costa Rica has two seasons: wet and dry. Starting in May, it rains off and on for a...

The Wind, She’s A-Howlin’

Jan 13, 2007 | Living-In, Weather

Remember when I wrote how this time of year is really summer here? How perfect the weather is on the mountain? Cool breeze, hot sun? Well, the rainy season is definitely over. I got that right. We had our last good rain about two weeks ago. And because of our...

Weather & Time

Sep 30, 2006 | Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Culture Shock, Time, Weather

Costa Rica time is GMT -6, what the U.S. calls Central Time without Daylight Savings. So summers we are two hours behind Key West and winters we are only one. Très confusing… Daylight Savings with a twist! On the simple side, Costa Rica is so close to the...

A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fa-ah-all

May 8, 2006 | Weather

She starts… Yesterday, we woke to another gorgeous day. By 1pm, the skies were dark. At 2pm, the rain started and it poured for 2 hours. A wonderful storm: complete with a little thunder and lightening. Then it stopped and was clear and beautiful again. Like...