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The rain was as it always was: hesitant at first, then confident.
Rumaan Alam • Leave the World Behind
‘Derecho’
Derecho saw higher than usual lookups early in the week as severe weather was forecast in parts of the United States.
Derecho refers to a large, fast-moving complex of thunderstorms with powerful straight-line winds that cause ... See more
Derecho saw higher than usual lookups early in the week as severe weather was forecast in parts of the United States.
Severe Storms, and a Possible Derecho, Threaten the Northern Plains
(headline), The New York Times , 28 July 2025
Derecho refers to a large, fast-moving complex of thunderstorms with powerful straight-line winds that cause ... See more
The Words of the Week - Aug. 1
Invidia ceu fulmine summa vaporant.
Roberto Bolaño • The Savage Detectives: A Novel
The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth—
Abdullah Ali • The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an: Complete Translation with Selected Notes
cars sheening by with the special lonely sound of cars in rain,
David Foster Wallace • Infinite Jest
The fellness of a gloomy hurricane but faintly resembled the discord that reigned in my mind.
Charles Brockden Brown • Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
fall tings
Merry Austin • 1 card
most parts of the world, rainfall and snow accumulation—and runoff to rivers—peak during the nongrowing seasons of the year, when demand for irrigation water is lowest.
Scientific American Editors • Battling Drought: The Science of Water Management
