I'll Take The Rain Thank You Very Much

So many people complain about the weather here in the NW. Yes we do get rain, not as much as people think but we do have a lot of gloomy gray days during our winters and this year it has continued on into our spring so people are really starting to grumble. I think since I have lived here most of my life I am used to it. I don't suffer from the depression that a lot of people get when they transplant to our area.
Right now I am chatting with a friend from Alabama. She is waiting for the tornado that is ravaging through her state to get to her area in a few hours. She is prepared or at least as prepared as you can be for those type of storms.
So when people here complain about the weather I have to remind them what the rest of the nation and world (let's not forget Japan's catastrophic ordeal) and I tell them ,"I will take the rain thank you very much."

I will live with gloomy wet winters and mild summer days. I will live with Rainex on my windshield and my raincoat always hanging on the back of my front door.

Even the thought of a massive earthquake doesn't frighten me as much as the thought of being whisked away in a tornado.  I would love to see the sunshine this week but if all it is going to do in my neighborhood is rain, I'm good with that.