Beyond it, the Pacific was glowering slightly, and low, ominous streaks of rain splattered the sky.
The last week of Susan Grossman's deafness began with flashes of lightning and streaks of rain, a silent movie of a storm that she watched through windows.
A horde of rats runs spitting out blood after being wacked by a broom woven with streaks of rain.
The drops of rain became streaks as in the soft, clicking comfort of the train the voices spoke: housewives, shopkeepers, shrews, Captain Cat — the blind retired sea captain dreaming of a strumpet, Rosie Probert ("Come on up, boys, I'm dead").
The drops of rain became streaks as in the soft, clicking comfort of the train the voices spoke: housewives, shopkeepers, shrews, Captain Cat the blind retired sea captain dreaming of a strumpet, Rosie Probert ("Come on up, boys, I'm dead").
While Baltimore's streak of at least 15 days of rain will surely be broken by next weekend, wet weather is expected to return for the 141st Preakness Stakes.
Since the streak started there has been just 9.2mm of rain in Sydney.
On the green metal face seven decades of rain have left dark streaks from the hairline down to the neck that look like ghostly post-match sweat.
The Marlins were swept in the four-game series (they played only three games because the finale on Thursday was postponed because of rain), matching their longest losing streak of the season.
"Kitchen Stories," which opens today in New York and Los Angeles, is best in its first two-thirds, when the streaks of subdued peculiarity rain down at unexpected moments.
