Sewer-line trash poses a serious problem for environmental protection officials, leading to clogs that hamper the system from operating at maximum capacity when it is needed the most: during rainy weather, when storm water and wastewater share much of the pipes and can overflow into the city's waterways.
High-pressure ridges, moreover, periodically develop offshore during the rainy season, shifting storms to the north.
He was born on the stormest, rainy night.
Fixing the solar panels at an elevated location, say about 9 to 10m above the ground level, is vulnerable to heavy wind during the storm or rainy days.
As a temporary transplant from the West coast where a change of seasons amounts to nothing more dramatic than a few rainy days, weathering this storm has revealed a great deal about New York and the people who live here, that I feel compelled to share.
You have just lived through the fifth-rainiest May day in the modern history of New York and the rainiest day since Tropical Storm Irene battered the city two summers ago, according to the weather historian Steve Fybish.
But in the rainy season, when the storms come, they leave running.
They say fewer storms and rainy days have allowed pollution to build up, boosting the number of bad air days over two consecutive winters.
But having weathered the storm in blustery, rainy conditions at a heaving King Power Stadium they nearly went ahead.
And the time to put away money for a rainy day is before the storm, not after it.
