I don’t have a rain gauge at my house. I had one out here for a stretch of something
near ten years. Over the course of that
time, I made a few observations that allow me to gauge rainfall by other means.
One of the surest measures of precipitation is made by watching to
see if puddles form on the gravel road to my house.
To form puddles on the road, at least a quarter-inch of rainfall
is required.
A half-inch of rainfall joins together the puddles like the links
of a chain.
An alternate method for gauging rain is my cat.
This morning, I let him in after a night out in the rain. He is now sprawled across my lap,
half-soaked.
A quarter-inch of rain, that.
—Mitchell Hegman
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