Thursday, 13 April 2006 @ 7:36pm. It’s now day three of the deluge of water from the sky. I am waiting at the office for the streets to drain a bit more. I was already out today and let’s just say I was not in the best of moods with a soaking wet jean skirt and backpack. Fortunately, the papers in my bag were okay. I would have been even more cranky had today’s interview notes been smudged. As I walked in the rain and through dirty street water, I asked aloud “What is the purpose of all of this rain?” There are droughts in other places of the world with people who are desperate for water, and yet, it’s falling in waves here and not there… One of the nice things about all the rain, however, is that many folks are patient and helpful. Traffic slows down to safer speeds and people laugh more, in part because that’s pretty much all you can do and the alternative, which is to be upset, doesn’t do anyone any good. Sadly, there are also negatives. For example, three people passed away when the strong winds and rain caused a large, heavy tree to crash on top of their mini-bus.