Robb
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Thu Jun-03-04 06:45 PM
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What's it called when rain doesn't hit the ground? |
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OK, smarties. What's the word for rain that falls but evaporates before it reaches earth?
This has been bugging me for some time, and Google has failed me. :shrug:
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Thu Jun-03-04 06:47 PM
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Thu Jun-03-04 06:49 PM
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5. It's called "rain falling into a body of water" |
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Thu Jun-03-04 06:49 PM
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spelling may be incorrect.
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Thu Jun-03-04 06:50 PM
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8. The same with water in a dry river bed. What do they call that? |
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Thu Jun-03-04 06:54 PM
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11. imaginary, if there is water in the bed it's not dry eom |
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Thu Jun-03-04 06:51 PM
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9. You're from Coloradio and don't know that???? |
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We wouldn't be in a drought if all of that rain would quit evaporating before it hits the ground.
BTW, it is spelled 'virga' not 'verga".
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Thu Jun-03-04 06:54 PM
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12. I'm from Colorado and am a dingbat. |
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...Memory...failing. Who are you people? Where are my pants? :D
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Thu Jun-03-04 07:05 PM
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13. Heh. Here in Seattle we get rain even without clouds. |
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Know what they call that?
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Fri Jun-04-04 01:04 AM
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24. Actually, It's called |
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'dry rain.'
It's a phenomenon that occurs when the humidity and the dew point converge in just such a manner as to coat everything in water even though there isn't a cloud in the sky. It's actually pretty rare in Seattle and happens more out on the coast.
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Thu Jun-03-04 07:10 PM
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14. An alternate definition of "verga" is the Spanish word for penis |
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Edited on Thu Jun-03-04 07:11 PM by Rowdyboy
As told to me by a lovely blushing Hispanic woman a few years ago while we were watching "virga" in Denver...
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Thu Jun-03-04 07:17 PM
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17. The correct spelling is V-I-R-G-A |
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Virga is any form or precipitation that doesn’t reach the ground.
Verga? That explains something. So I guess verga grande means ... oh, well, never mind. Just an echo in my head from the past.
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Thu Jun-03-04 07:31 PM
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18. Verga is a swear word in Spanish. But I think it's a clean swear word |
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because I heard my abuela say it once and she would never say anything too naughty.
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:43 PM
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21. Yeah I'd call that pretty dry |
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Thu Jun-03-04 10:58 PM
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the long-awaited, rare, delightful desert rainstorm around here. That forgets to actually make it close enough to the ground to moisten anything.
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:46 PM
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22. Is this a Polish joke? |
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Edited on Thu Jun-03-04 11:46 PM by NightTrain
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:49 PM
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23. I thought it was called viagra. |
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