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<blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 1901365" data-attributes="member: 945">I agree.&nbsp; Just having moved to Virginia from Kansas, I am keenly aware of the different kinds of weather.&nbsp; While I don't miss the cold and snow I left behind in Kansas, I have noticed a distinct lack of tornado-inducing, hellish thunderstorms that Kansas has.In Kansas, it's like it holds onto the rain like a precious commodity until it can't hold it anymore, than it gushes forth like a torrent, and often brings tornados along for the ride.&nbsp; Often these rains fall horizontally to the ground, and are sights to behold.In Virginia, on the other hand, the rains are a gentleman's rain. Often, people here walk around in them without umbrellas as if they are only a minor nuisance.&nbsp; One day, eating lunch, I was admiring what I considered a mediocre rain, coming down fairly briskly, but vertically nonethless, unaccompanied by cold weather or windy conditions.&nbsp; The waitress inside the restaurant commented to someone on the phone &quot;wow, it's really pouring outside&quot;, she said.&nbsp; &quot;As if&quot;, I thought to myself, &quot;come to Kansas sometime&quot;.I've also noticed a general lack of thunder and lightning.&nbsp; My friend says it actually has something to do with the amount of metal in the ground.&nbsp; Beats me.&nbsp; I just know that it doesn't lightning very often here, and I had kind of missed that.&nbsp; It did last night, though, so that reassured me that I was still living on planet Earth.&nbsp; For a while I wasn't so sure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="der_kluge, post: 1901365, member: 945"] I agree. Just having moved to Virginia from Kansas, I am keenly aware of the different kinds of weather. While I don't miss the cold and snow I left behind in Kansas, I have noticed a distinct lack of tornado-inducing, hellish thunderstorms that Kansas has. In Kansas, it's like it holds onto the rain like a precious commodity until it can't hold it anymore, than it gushes forth like a torrent, and often brings tornados along for the ride. Often these rains fall horizontally to the ground, and are sights to behold. In Virginia, on the other hand, the rains are a gentleman's rain. Often, people here walk around in them without umbrellas as if they are only a minor nuisance. One day, eating lunch, I was admiring what I considered a mediocre rain, coming down fairly briskly, but vertically nonethless, unaccompanied by cold weather or windy conditions. The waitress inside the restaurant commented to someone on the phone "wow, it's really pouring outside", she said. "As if", I thought to myself, "come to Kansas sometime". I've also noticed a general lack of thunder and lightning. My friend says it actually has something to do with the amount of metal in the ground. Beats me. I just know that it doesn't lightning very often here, and I had kind of missed that. It did last night, though, so that reassured me that I was still living on planet Earth. For a while I wasn't so sure. [/QUOTE]

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