Do you enjoy the solace of rainy days?
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"Humph is in his doge. Words weigh no no more to him than raindrips to Rethfernhim. Which we all like. Rain. When we sleep. Drops. But wait until our sleeping. Drain. Sdops." (Finnegans Wake)
Plenty of rain in Rathfarnham lately. No need for apps.
posted by kersplunk at 4:21 AM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
Plenty of rain in Rathfarnham lately. No need for apps.
posted by kersplunk at 4:21 AM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
Same here; it's forecast to rain every day this week. Neat app but mother nature global warming gives me enough rain.
posted by octothorpe at 4:27 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by octothorpe at 4:27 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
why...why are there five seasons
posted by mittens at 4:28 AM on August 16, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by mittens at 4:28 AM on August 16, 2021 [5 favorites]
Haven’t clicked on the link that has no description and might(?) go to something that auto plays sound yet, so this comment might or might not be relevant, but some regions do have five seasons. Eg. in New England and the Canadian Maritimes there’s summer, autumn, winter, mud season, and spring.
posted by eviemath at 4:39 AM on August 16, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by eviemath at 4:39 AM on August 16, 2021 [3 favorites]
We don't seem to get rain in Chicago anymore. It's more like long stretches of drought interspersed with violent, heavy downpours. I don't even remember the last time we had a "rainy day" where it just gently rained for a long stretch—and I work outside and pay close attention to the weather.
posted by SoberHighland at 4:40 AM on August 16, 2021 [8 favorites]
posted by SoberHighland at 4:40 AM on August 16, 2021 [8 favorites]
I always feel more productive when it's raining. Sunny days are lazy and boring, but if nature is putting in the effort to do something interesting and fulfilling, I feel motivated to do the same.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 5:11 AM on August 16, 2021 [6 favorites]
posted by RonButNotStupid at 5:11 AM on August 16, 2021 [6 favorites]
why...why are there five seasons
The Aboriginal people of Australia have between three and six seasons depending on their country. Right now in the Yirrganydji region it's Kurraminya Yiwanyji (windy dry season). They have two main seasons and five sub-seasons. That first link has a drop down list that'll show you the different calenders around Australia, you'll begin to understand why these are far more useful and descriptive than the European ones. Saying it's summer in northern Queensland is completely meaningless.
If you type 'rain' into youtube's search the first hit is three hours of rain noises, and it has 130 million views. I'm guessing this is because of people like me who have tinnitus. I only really notice my tinnitus when there's silence, then it's my entire world, so you put on the white noise.
They get a bit niche, ten hours on a creaky wooden pirate ship in a thunderstorm is my jam.
posted by adept256 at 5:27 AM on August 16, 2021 [17 favorites]
The Aboriginal people of Australia have between three and six seasons depending on their country. Right now in the Yirrganydji region it's Kurraminya Yiwanyji (windy dry season). They have two main seasons and five sub-seasons. That first link has a drop down list that'll show you the different calenders around Australia, you'll begin to understand why these are far more useful and descriptive than the European ones. Saying it's summer in northern Queensland is completely meaningless.
If you type 'rain' into youtube's search the first hit is three hours of rain noises, and it has 130 million views. I'm guessing this is because of people like me who have tinnitus. I only really notice my tinnitus when there's silence, then it's my entire world, so you put on the white noise.
They get a bit niche, ten hours on a creaky wooden pirate ship in a thunderstorm is my jam.
posted by adept256 at 5:27 AM on August 16, 2021 [17 favorites]
btw never turn your headphones up louder than recommended. It's not worth it.
posted by adept256 at 5:29 AM on August 16, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by adept256 at 5:29 AM on August 16, 2021 [3 favorites]
They get a bit niche, ten hours on a creaky wooden pirate ship in a thunderstorm is my jam.
I really enjoy the comments (for once):
posted by fight or flight at 5:51 AM on August 16, 2021 [6 favorites]
I really enjoy the comments (for once):
Anon ymousDelightful.
1 year ago
I like how this is specifically a pirate ship.
Captain Sleepy Slacker [the video creator]
1 year ago
Arr, what else be it then Matey r??
posted by fight or flight at 5:51 AM on August 16, 2021 [6 favorites]
why...why are there five seasons
I was talking to a bloke from Borneo a long time ago who referred to "two-season countries" and "four-season countries". So, given that I live in a four-season country, and it rains in every season, and then add "rainy season" but not "dry season" from further North, and you get five.
...oh what? Canicule? What? I like my theory better.
The Aboriginal people of Australia have between three and six seasons depending on their country.
Oh I so wish we would learn from this stuff (cf: seasons starting on the first of the month... grrr wtf?).
posted by pompomtom at 5:59 AM on August 16, 2021
I was talking to a bloke from Borneo a long time ago who referred to "two-season countries" and "four-season countries". So, given that I live in a four-season country, and it rains in every season, and then add "rainy season" but not "dry season" from further North, and you get five.
...oh what? Canicule? What? I like my theory better.
The Aboriginal people of Australia have between three and six seasons depending on their country.
Oh I so wish we would learn from this stuff (cf: seasons starting on the first of the month... grrr wtf?).
posted by pompomtom at 5:59 AM on August 16, 2021
We don't seem to get rain in Chicago anymore. It's more like long stretches of drought interspersed with violent, heavy downpours. I don't even remember the last time we had a "rainy day" where it just gently rained for a long stretch—and I work outside and pay close attention to the weather.
We had one like last week in Chicago, where I am.
posted by tiny frying pan at 6:05 AM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
We had one like last week in Chicago, where I am.
posted by tiny frying pan at 6:05 AM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
This is the first time I've heard about Canicule, but I can say without a doubt that the season just ended here (Southern New England). The air is different--slightly crisper and without the humidity of last week. Overall it feels very "September" now.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 6:07 AM on August 16, 2021
posted by RonButNotStupid at 6:07 AM on August 16, 2021
I always liked Kurt Vonnegut’s idea for six seasons (in the US):
May-June: Spring
July-August: Summer
September-October: Fall
November-December: Locking
January-February: Winter
March-April: Unlocking
posted by ejs at 6:12 AM on August 16, 2021 [6 favorites]
May-June: Spring
July-August: Summer
September-October: Fall
November-December: Locking
January-February: Winter
March-April: Unlocking
posted by ejs at 6:12 AM on August 16, 2021 [6 favorites]
See also MyNoise, which has a more complex and manipulable sound model if you want to fine tune things. Also many, many different kinds of soundscapes. As seen on Metafilter.
I like to think of myself as well read with a large vocabulary for obscure English words but canicule is a new one to me. Comes from the Latin word for Sirius, the dog star, the origin of our phrase "dog days of summer". I love when these strange associations come leaping across 2000 years of language and culture.
It's a doggy dog world.
posted by Nelson at 6:59 AM on August 16, 2021 [16 favorites]
I like to think of myself as well read with a large vocabulary for obscure English words but canicule is a new one to me. Comes from the Latin word for Sirius, the dog star, the origin of our phrase "dog days of summer". I love when these strange associations come leaping across 2000 years of language and culture.
It's a doggy dog world.
posted by Nelson at 6:59 AM on August 16, 2021 [16 favorites]
What I really want to invent is some device I can install in my attic above my bedroom that mimics the sound of raindrops falling on the roof. The white noise generators are nice but it would be awesome to have a little more effect to it.
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:29 AM on August 16, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:29 AM on August 16, 2021 [4 favorites]
So does the link auto-play sound, or am I safe to click when I need to keep my phone quiet?
posted by eviemath at 8:09 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by eviemath at 8:09 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
I love things like this. I started on them for sleep during a period when some inexplicable (to me at least) anxiety was keeping me from sleeping, and then started listening to them in the office for a time when random machinery noises from the floor above were making it hard to focus. Now I spend about half my time working to ambient background noises meant for people playing table top RPGs.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 8:22 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 8:22 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
why...why are there five seasons
I live in a five-season climate, here in Arizona -- the period most of the States call summer is a bit longer here, and divided into dry summer and wet monsoon seasons.
posted by Quasirandom at 8:35 AM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
I live in a five-season climate, here in Arizona -- the period most of the States call summer is a bit longer here, and divided into dry summer and wet monsoon seasons.
posted by Quasirandom at 8:35 AM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
why are there five seasons
Seattle Seasons (except "smoke season" happens longer into September now)
posted by Grim Fridge at 9:16 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
Seattle Seasons (except "smoke season" happens longer into September now)
posted by Grim Fridge at 9:16 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
If you miss the sound of Brood X, MyNoise has that now.
posted by The Half Language Plant at 9:51 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by The Half Language Plant at 9:51 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
Nothing plays until you click one of the seasons buttons. firefox blocks autoplay anyway, but even Edge didn't have a sound until I picked one to play.
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I really like this Android "white noise generator" named "White Noise Baby Sleep Sounds"
It has 40 different sounds, and it's easy to pick a few and blend them at different sound levels.
I'm using "waterfall" and "boiling kettle" at half power and "jet cabin" at full. Then dial down the resulting mix to about 4 out of 10. This range of tones blocked low frequency and mid frequency highway noise at the hotel. Nice!
posted by jjj606 at 10:14 AM on August 16, 2021 [3 favorites]
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I really like this Android "white noise generator" named "White Noise Baby Sleep Sounds"
It has 40 different sounds, and it's easy to pick a few and blend them at different sound levels.
I'm using "waterfall" and "boiling kettle" at half power and "jet cabin" at full. Then dial down the resulting mix to about 4 out of 10. This range of tones blocked low frequency and mid frequency highway noise at the hotel. Nice!
posted by jjj606 at 10:14 AM on August 16, 2021 [3 favorites]
eviemath, no auto play, the link goes to a page where you can click various buttons to make the rain sounds play.
posted by Zumbador at 10:16 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Zumbador at 10:16 AM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
My calendar is five seasons of 73 days each: Early Spring, Spring, Summer, Late Summer and The Holidays. There's no Fall or Winter.
posted by The Half Language Plant at 10:22 AM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by The Half Language Plant at 10:22 AM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
My mostly Midwest friends were saying last year how February is widely the worst month for those longing for spring, and I feel like in the PNW, it's mid August - mid September. You are ready for fall but instead it's the hottest, driest, most wildfirey month. You haven't seen rain since June. The grass and the hills are brown and crunchy. September 1 feels like it should feel a little fall-y but it's at least two more weeks. I am Wolverine, holding a picture of a rainy street.
posted by nakedmolerats at 11:01 AM on August 16, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by nakedmolerats at 11:01 AM on August 16, 2021 [4 favorites]
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
posted by kirkaracha at 12:01 PM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by kirkaracha at 12:01 PM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
There are only two seasons: precipitation / no precipitation.
posted by Pendragon at 3:23 PM on August 16, 2021
posted by Pendragon at 3:23 PM on August 16, 2021
In Toronto, as in several other major cities, the seasons are “winter” and “roadwork.”
posted by ricochet biscuit at 3:55 PM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 3:55 PM on August 16, 2021 [2 favorites]
I have to mildly disagree with the 5 seasons of New England above, as in my mind there are 6: summer, fall, sticks, winter, mud, spring.
posted by inexorably_forward at 6:58 PM on August 16, 2021
posted by inexorably_forward at 6:58 PM on August 16, 2021
Further to adept256's comment above, there are many First Nations peoples in Australia and there are many different calendars or ways of describing the seasons, which makes sense given how inter-connected they are with place, climate, flora and fauna. Here's an article about the seven seasons of the Kulin Nation here in Victoria.
posted by Athanassiel at 7:15 PM on August 16, 2021
posted by Athanassiel at 7:15 PM on August 16, 2021
Yeah it's really interesting how some mobs have a burning season when it's safe to clear the scrub, so the hot dry months aren't a total catastrophe. CSIRO and BoM have some collections of calendars I might make a post about later on.
posted by adept256 at 7:49 PM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by adept256 at 7:49 PM on August 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
Let's see, Houston has.....
January Omg are we going to freeze to death???? It's 40!!! Break out the ski coats
February It's back to 60, we only need regular coats now
March Sweaters and windbreakers spring (we really don't understand cold y'all)
April Floods
May Get Outside While You Can, floods
June Hurricane season, wonder why we live in this city but don't make any plans to move.
July It's Too Hot, plus mosquitoes
August Abandon All Hope If No AC. How have the mosquitoes tripled in size?
September Pray futilely for a cold front
October we have hope of no longer burning to death
November Eh.
December Rich people Christmas lights display!
posted by Jacen at 3:35 AM on August 17, 2021
January Omg are we going to freeze to death???? It's 40!!! Break out the ski coats
February It's back to 60, we only need regular coats now
March Sweaters and windbreakers spring (we really don't understand cold y'all)
April Floods
May Get Outside While You Can, floods
June Hurricane season, wonder why we live in this city but don't make any plans to move.
July It's Too Hot, plus mosquitoes
August Abandon All Hope If No AC. How have the mosquitoes tripled in size?
September Pray futilely for a cold front
October we have hope of no longer burning to death
November Eh.
December Rich people Christmas lights display!
posted by Jacen at 3:35 AM on August 17, 2021
"The solace of rainy days..."
Yet another way digital reality is inferior, inadequate.
posted by lathrop at 4:27 PM on August 17, 2021
Yet another way digital reality is inferior, inadequate.
posted by lathrop at 4:27 PM on August 17, 2021
It's been raining all week and we're forecast to get 2" of rain today with flash flood warnings. I don't really need a simulated rainy day.
posted by octothorpe at 4:59 AM on August 18, 2021
posted by octothorpe at 4:59 AM on August 18, 2021
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